Do you ever feel like your prayers aren't heard? Or that praying is a waste of time? Ever wonder if there is a better way to approach...

∞ 5 Days of Praying God’s Armor over Our Children ∞ It is so hard for me to let go of my children, every year, every day. I can't stop...

Eleanor Roosevelt prayed this prayer nightly. I love it. I am going to steal it for the next ten days and I'm inviting you to join me....

Looking forward from 45 is not as fun as it was when I was looking forward from 18. There are less events on the horizon that seem...

Motherhood is not for the faint of heart. Our culture tells us that we need to maintain our selves when Jesus calls us to die to ourselves.

The season of advent is all about waiting because advent itself means arrival. We are all waiting on the arrival of something from God,...

Caleb and I made muffins yesterday. The simple act of having him help me reminded me of something I am quick to forget. God doesn't need...

Church is wonderful, and it builds up the family, but the family is the unit where things are cemented and lived.

This face says it all! Apparently when I’m teaching I’m a little expressive (read dramatic). I got the privilege of speaking to a group...

Pray helps when desperately need perspective. I can get severe tunnel vision. When I start to fixate on things, prayer moves me forward.

We are sliding into a new school year with momentum. It is never too late or too soon for you to start praying over your kids in this...

Every summer our family meditates on a verse a week together. It's a manageable way to implant God's word in our hearts.

There are things I plant that I feel like no one sees. You too? But that isn’t the truth, when I plant in love, God sees, God multiplies,...

We make confession into a bully when he's really our friend.

I seem to always measure my day in tangible things I got done, but that's not how God measures my day.

I’ve been thinking about hope since before we started Advent traditions. This first week of advent focuses on hope, we lit the hope...

“There’s not much hope for a person who won’t live in the grace he’s given.”

... but my flowers aren't really rattled. they don't seem to understand what is going on, or maybe they actually remember who is in charge

Today is my day to reflect on the 14 years of her life and all the years left to be written. The best gift I can give her is prayer.

My last blog promised practical ways to get God's word in your life and family... This is it! I love the translation of this charge in...