Finding Success in Family Devotions

Wiggling, talking, whining, disobeying—the struggle is real. What struggle? The difficult task of sitting everyone down for family devotions. Maybe it’s just me, but sometimes the effort doesn’t seem worth the payoff. My husband and I are always on a quest to find...

Tips for Restorative Decorating, Part 2

Hello! Here is part two of the Restorative Decorating Tips! These questions aren’t all about decorating, but I wanted to make sure I answered all that I received. Thank you for your patience in getting these posted as well as your interest in my passions! I hope you...

Freedom From Abuse

This is the seventh story in our “Freedom From…” Series, an 8-week series featuring women who have faced adversity and found freedom in the process. The following is the true story of Gwyneth Nelson (a pseudonym), as told to the Bridging the Gap team. All names have...

How to Support a Single Mom

Parenting is difficult. Anyone with kids—or even without them—would tell you this. Parenting as a single, especially of more than one child, is downright exhausting. We see each other struggling regularly, but it’s hard to know how to support one another and it’s...

Inviting God to dinner

When my husband and I were newly married and newly committed to following Christ in a way we had only flirted with in college, we were invited to dinner by Emil and Beulah. Emil and Beulah were in their 70s and, after a lifetime of teaching, Emil was a lay pastor in...