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Encouragement for every season of lifeWhy We Foster and Adopt Children
The other week was tough. I’m not going to lie. We got a call over the weekend that our adopted son’s biological mom had just died. Did I know any relatives they could call to notify? they wondered. I did not. Kyle and I spent the weekend praying about how our son...
Google Addiction
Worry. I’m awakened by sobs on the baby monitor, pitiful coughing cries mixed with long, wheezing breaths. Sighing, I glance over at the clock. 2:38 a.m. The baby is sick, and this is the third time tonight that she’s woken up. I stumble, zombie-like, to her bedroom....
Heart Condition
The human heart is a mystery. Science is able to study the inner workings of this intricate organ and understand its physiology. The intrigue comes when we look at the heart as the keeper of our emotions. For example, what does it mean when we say our...
Mercy for Eating Disorders
From Guest Contributor: Nancy Alcorn Today, five-year-old girls are being treated for eating disorders. The newest growth segment in the lingerie market is for prepubescent girls. Researchers view dieting and body image issues as the norm among pre-adolescents and...
Broken
Reaching for the right word was challenging. I couldn’t quite grasp a description of how I was feeling. One word kept coming to mind. As I repeatedly brushed it aside, it came back like a boomerang. Broken. It was one word I didn’t want to embrace. Yet, it was the...
The Hardest Question
My husband and I recently returned from a mission trip to Swaziland, Africa. When a person comes home from a trip such as this, the obvious question from friends is “How was your trip?” Even after nine mission trips I find this an incredibly hard question to answer....
Exercising Is For the Birds
I am 34, with a wonderful and supportive husband and a 4-year-old daughter, wanting so badly to feel better about myself. It is great to have a man who tells you all the time how beautiful he thinks you are. But it is another thing to look in the mirror and feel that...
My Lousy Testimony
A few weeks ago, my church sent out an email blast inviting those of us who felt led to send in our testimonies, presumably to be read and potentially selected to share with the congregation. My immediate reaction was one of disappointment; I thought deep down they’d...
Who Are You People?
Connecting with our kids can be challenging in a day and age where many things seem to grab or pull our attention away to other things. As a mom, especially, I feel like there are constantly things on my to-do list that can pull me away from my kids mentally, even if...
The Joy of Exercise… Clothes
In 2002 I started exercising. I know what you’re thinking: “not until 2002?” And the answer is, “Yes, not until 2002.” Exercise didn’t seem necessary when I had young children at home (although in hindsight, it might not have been a bad idea), and then I kind of got...
