parenting by faith

Parenting by Faith: Adolescents

  I recently stumbled on this piece and wanted to share it with you to encourage you to anchor in God’s Word and heart in your own parenting. Enjoy!   Lord, please tell me what to do!  The helpless plea swirled around the room as I knelt by the bed, the door closed and locked, my mind reeling from a brief but …

parenting by faith

Parenting by Faith: Adolescence.

This week I am privileged to guest post at Revealing the Story, a fresh blog filled with stories written by women with lives just like yours and mine. So head on over to read the rest of this post, “Parenting by Faith: Adolescence” and prepare to be blessed by the rich mix of contributors at this sweet site.    Lord, please tell me what to …

Stubbornness or Stupidity?

I am out of commission for a week or so due to a bout of stubbornness (or was it stupidity?) over Labor Day weekend. Here’s the story: My son had finally worked it out for three of his college buddies to spend the weekend with us at our home. My husband, Mike, and I had crammed our pantry full of food and had made …

The Divine Art of Forgiveness

  Shock gave way to disbelief as I listened to the plans a friend shared with a group of us over coffee. My head swiveled towards her. What? I couldn’t have heard her right . . . Without warning, she’d removed me from a position of trust and replaced me with someone she didn’t know well. It didn’t make sense. She …