I can still see the flashes of light, looking up toward the sky from the bottom of the pool, the way the sun played on the ripples of water. I can still see my hair swirling around like the mermaids I often pretended to be, but surely mermaids don’t thrash and flail and reach and fight the water. Surely, mermaids don’t sink like this. I can still see the bubbles…
Three Lies That Keep Us From Serving God
Have You Lost Your Fire for Serving the Lord? Have you ever had a God-given passion? Have you ever started pursuing that passion with the skills God gave you, only to have someone or something discourage your desire and diminish your abilities? Have you ever…
(In)courage Guest Post: The Promise After Pruning
Every morning like clockwork, I would lace up my shoes, step outside as the sunrose, and take my daily walk. As soon as our state instituted stay-at-home orders last year, I instituted this ritual. With the rhythmic pounding of my feet on the pavement, I…
Our Totally Epic “The Shining” Family Halloween Costumes
Sometime last year, it suddenly occurred to me my family is THE PERFECT CONFIGURATION to dress up as all the characters from The Shining. My husband could be Jack Nicholson. I could be Shelley Duvall. My son could be the little boy, and my twins…
How Summer Break Helps Us Grow Closer To God
I’m honored to be a contributor at iBelieve.com. Here is my latest post in that space. It’s been several weeks now since school got out. Whether you have a school age child or any children at all, it’s likely you, like me, are starting to feel the…
5 (Surprising) Things I Learned The First Year of Homeschool
We just finished our first year of homeschool. We’ve known for a long time that this was the best option for our son academically (more on that in another post), so I had plenty of time to prepare and, you know, FREAK MYSELF OUT. There…
5 Ways 1 Corinthians 13 Will Revolutionize Your Parenting
I often hear 1 Corinthians 13 recited at weddings, but not often as it applies specifically to motherhood. The truth is, 1 Corinthians 13 is an extremely important passage for moms. As moms, we are our kids’ first experience with love. We are the ones…
Easter For The Overwhelmed And Worn Out
I’m honored to be a contributor over at iBelieve.com. Here is one of my recent posts for that community. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’ve been limping through Lent and toward Easter. I’ve been crawling through most of this year, overwhelmed…
5 Things the Israelites Taught Me About Homemaking
What do the Israelites in the desert have to do with homemaking? It’s a valid question, but surprisingly, their wanderings in the wilderness have more to do with my struggles with home management than you might think. Will has been complaining a LOT lately. Last Thursday was…