We’ve Never Gone Hungry
God continues to provide for us through the many seasons of our lives. At the beginning of this year, our reserves were running low because…
Category: Christianity
God Can Make the Most Out of Scrambled Eggs
I still have vivid memories of the evening I met Monique over ten years ago. She waltzed into our bible study, on the invitation of…
More Painful Than A Spanking
Since Elijah and Edan are way past the age when spanking is applicable or effective, namely between the ages of 1 and 6 years old,…
How Can I Forgive?
A few days ago I received an email with just one question on it. “How can I forgive?” It was a great question to be asked…
Love Beyond Us
It is always a privilege when Edric and I are invited to speak at retreats, give seminars, counsel couples, and lead discipleship groups as a…
How They Love One Another
I know my kids love one another but there are moments when this love is demonstrated in ways that amaze me. In the past week…
Character, Character Building, Christianity, Education, God, Homeschool, motherhood, Parenting, Thoughts
Do We Really Need to Be Stressed?
My older sons were de-motivated at the beginning of the morning. When they looked over the homeschool work they had to get done, they sulked…
The Last Twelve Months of Boyhood
Elijah is turning twelve this month. He hasn’t experienced puberty yet but I am anticipating that it will happen soon, which kind of frightens me….
Cozy Cabin Honesty
It’s a miracle when twenty-three people can live in a cabin together for four days and not go crazy. Soon after Christmas day, my parents…
Forty Years From Now
I watched them embrace one another, old friends…people my dad referred to as “antique” friends, which could have been interpreted as politically incorrect. However, both…
Birthday Blessings
I turn 38 this week. Hoowee. That sounds old. It’s hard to believe I am almost 40! Edric asked me what I wanted for my…
Surrender And Wait
If there is a tech-lover and computer savant in our family, it is Elijah, our eldest. At eleven years old he understands programming and code,…
