God Provides Help Outside of Myself Okay. Hear me out. I’ve prayed for help, and believe me, my problem was bigger than what I could manage. God gave me wisdom to make some changes that helped, and strength to endure in the meantime, but frankly, it was not enough. I wasn’t ungrateful at all, far […]
Rearing Children Who Love the Local Church
One of my long-term prayer requests is for my children to grow to love the local church and experience the precious community that we see in the Bible. However, as children, they are limited in ways that they can be involved. How can I encourage them to be a part when people aren’t beating down […]
Local Church Ministry for Children
This week our family took care of my friend’s two year old while she was in the hospital having baby #2. Since we don’t have babies at our house full time, helping young mamas has the benefit of exposing our children to normal child development. It’s a life skill that has great value as they […]
When Your Child Has a Gift for Hospitality
The last few years, I’ve been listening to my 12-year-old son talk about friends: saying good-bye to friends, needing to trust God with friends, and claiming adults and two year olds as friends. Last year I started to wonder whether his habit of asking for me to invite people over for dinner wasn’t just […]
