Want to take a challenge and read the Bible in one year with me?! Recently someone dear to me lost her Mom. I know how devastating this is. When we spoke she shared that she was really feeling drawn to read the Bible but had NO idea where or how to start…
When having a conversation with some friends the other day, we were talking about how most parents desire that their kids grow up to be “good people”. Of course there’s nothing wrong with hoping for this, and I couldn’t put my finger on it at the time, but I knew that just “being good people” is not what I want for our kids. For some reason the conversation made me feel unsettled inside. What kind of Mom am I to not want our kids to be GOOD?
When a young friend emailed recently requesting advice for a good marriage, I hoped you might be willing to add your own advice to the mix. Please share in the comments!
Have you ever felt “bored” when sitting in church? Or maybe you just don’t feel like going? Because of our humanity, I think we all have felt that way at times. But this story about “Clean Blood” will freak you out and will definitely wake us up a bit…
Lately I’m feeling more and more like I want to somehow live radically for Jesus, and do something that takes me to a place of being less comfortable than most of us are here in this part of the world. My flesh says no-thank-you, I’m just fine here!
Recently a reader asked for advice on how to raise kids to be committed Christians. For Kent and I, this is our number one goal as parents, to raise up kids who love Jesus so they can know Him and be used by Him to help others in this world, and so we can all be together in the next. I just don’t see how anything else matches this goal when you think of eternity, but wow, it’s not easy, and I sure don’t have the magic formula. I’ve got some ideas though…
Father Mike Schmitz is one of my favorite podcasts to listen to when I’m out walking — he and Father John Riccardo always seem to speak right to my heart! This video by Father Mike, “How to Discern”, is a favorite, because who among us doesn’t question how to know God’s will for our lives?!
My Mom was always there for all five of us kids, no matter what. She taught us many lifelong lessons about being good to others. And Kent’s Mom is not your typical Mother-in-law…
Do you wonder what Colton from Heaven is for Real is like today? Yesterday I took the kids to see Heaven is for Real at the theater. It was a beautiful film that you won’t forget, much like the book!
“I don’t know why, you’d want a guy, who only cares what he sees with his eyes.” I showed this to our younger kids and want to help them ‘get’ this now, before the world teaches them differently…