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Encouragement for every season of lifeTrain Up a Child
I have lived in my current home for almost 15 years. In that time, I have seen my neighbor boy grow from preschool, to the elementary school’s gifted program, to drug addiction and jail. I watched his parents take him to church, involve him in sports and Boy Scouts,...
A God You Can Trust
I LOVE sci-fi movies, I love action movies, and I love superhero movies. But when I watch movies about “gods” and “demi-gods,” as awesome as some of the movies are, I can’t help but see how they fail in comparison in so many ways to our One, True God! Since we do have...
Pain Avoidance
Romans 5:4 “And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation”. This scripture makes it clear that character doesn’t just happen. Character must be developed through patient endurance. Just writing this makes me...
What Budget?
When most people think about resources to help develop a budget (or refine one that has been neglected), many don’t realize all the important information they have available right in their online banking account. Although I previously worked in a retail bank setting,...
Allergy-Free Sneaky Veggie Casserole
I’m very fortunate that my kids usually like their veggies, but I know that’s not true for every parent. Then you add in my son’s dairy, egg, and peanut allergies and my recent discovery of my own dairy intolerance, and things get even more interesting. No hiding...
Listening to Him
I was prepping for my annual guests last summer – a car full of women from Iowa arriving to talk, walk, shop, and eat for three days. We first bonded during the parenting years, in adjoining foxholes, during the “parenting war.” We would slip each other intel – often...
Happy Birthday National Parks!
Is there anything more fun than a birthday party? Possibly, but still, birthdays are fun and this summer the National Park Service turns 100 years old. To celebrate this benchmark anniversary, the National Park Service is offering free entry into the parks for all...
A Moment of Star Wars
Do know that feeling when there’s a calling and passion placed in your heart? That feeling where you just want to thrive and burst in the purpose you were made for? I do. I also know that God likes to develop those he’s called to specific purposes in various kinds of...
Gluten FREEdom
Contrary to popular belief, the gluten-free lifestyle isn’t just a trend. Trust me, I want that donut and those pancakes and that Chinese food. I wish my body absorbed nutrients correctly. Let me take you back to my “growing up” years. I was in the third grade. Mom...
Share the Secrets
There is a story in 2 Kings 6 and 7 I think theologians have missed the meaning of for years. Let me briefly summarize the story and see if you don’t agree with my conjecture. The city of Samaria was under siege by the Aramean army. It had lasted so long that the...
