Always Talking

If you and I engaged in a one on one conversation and you told me that you never talk to yourself, I would give you that side-eye look.

Yes you do...You may call it thinking, You may call it a conscience….Whatever you call it, it is talking and preac...

Truth Trail Markers is a series of mini blog posts that share a real life story, illustration or object lesson that we have used to teach our kids eternal truth. Like a marker on a trail, it helps us to get back on the right track and then keep on moving with our day....

Truth Trail Markers is a series of mini blog posts that share a real life story, illustration or object lesson that we have used to teach our kids eternal truth. Like a marker on a trail, it helps us to get back on the right track and then keep on moving with our day....

Hymns for the Home

Hymns for the Home is a series that will highlight hymns and worship music that are great for family worship. They are chosen for their Biblical and spiritual content, as well as their simplicity.

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Hymns for the Home

Hymns for the Home is a series that will highlight hymns and worship music that are great for family worship. They are chosen for their Biblical and spiritual content, as well as their simplicity.

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Parenting in the Pews: Guiding your Children into the Joy of Worship
Author: Robbie Castleman
Pg # 125

What should we do with all the children?

Every church has to ask this question. Do we make a separate program that will meet all of their little (grimy and sticky) need...

Greatest Gift

As a family we have many Christmas traditions. Some of them are silly and important only to us; we eat tacos every Christmas eve, nerf wars, and have several advent calendars going at the same time. And some of them are more important and necessary for our...

Purity is Under Attack 

As I mentioned in the first article of this series (see article HERE), our family has been enriched and our perspective expanded to a global scale through our overseas assignments. The difficult, albeit invaluable, side to international living an...

Memories

Our childhoods are marked and made by memories. Hardly any of us truly remember the day to day grind of our six year old selves, but we do remember the first day of school. We have a hard time thinking about the instruction we received from our parents everyday...

Taking a Stand

My husband deployed when my oldest two children were ages three years and three months, and in support, my in-laws treated the kids and me to a nice Italian dinner. I will never forget the chaos that ensued in the restaurant that night! The two-year old a...