Motherhood

When We’ve Blown It: 7 Steps to Restore Connection with Our Kids

Parenthood is a holy adventure—one filled with equal parts joy, exhaustion, frustration, and grace. As Christian parents, we’re entrusted with nurturing our children’s faith and building a home where love, humility, and truth can flourish. But what happens when we get it wrong? How do we heal and restore connection when we raise our voices, lose our patience, or say the […]

When Leaders Exploit the Flock: A Biblical Response to Scandals

It’s one of the hardest realities Christians—and especially parents—must face: The people we trust most in the church can sometimes betray that trust in devastating ways. Spiritual heroes fall. Ministries collapse under scandal. Financial manipulation and sexual abuse aren’t just headlines—they’re heartbreaks etched into the stories of real families and children. As parents, we don’t just wrestle with disappointment […]

Parenting from Infant to the Empty Nest: Letting Go with Faith

If you’ve ever stood at the threshold of letting your children go—whether that looks like the first day of preschool, launching them to college, or watching them step into adulthood—you know it’s one of the most soul-stretching experiences a parent can face. For Christian parents, letting go is not just about releasing control—it’s a profound act […]

Why Some Prayers Change Outcomes—and Others Don’t

🙏 Is There a Bottleneck in Your Prayer Life? Have you ever cried out to God in prayer and felt like you were hitting a wall? Like there was a bottleneck in your prayer life—one you couldn’t quite explain, but you certainly could feel? Oh, friend, I’ve been there. Many of us have.  We pray sincerely, passionately, […]

Transform Your Year – Learn More Scripture with Your Family in 2026!

🎉 Ready for a Shortcut to Unforgettable Family Faith? 🎶 What if you could transform ordinary moments—carpool lines, laundry folding, even hiding in the closet for a breather—into powerful opportunities to plant God’s Word in your kids’ hearts (and your own)? If that sounds impossible, stick with me. This one thing—easy, fun, and shockingly effective—will change your family’s ENTIRE spiritual year: Scripture Memory—Through Song 📖 Why […]

What’s Keeping You Up This New Year’s Eve? 7 Ways to Slay Your Giants in 2026

🎉 Stepping Into 2026—How to Face the Giants in Your New Year 🎉 So… it’s the start of a brand new year, and if you’re like me, you can feel both the hope and the heaviness pressing in as the calendar turns. I don’t know about you, but as I look ahead to 2026, I’m staring […]

5 Wholesome Christmas Films You May Have Missed—for Every Member of the Family – “Best Of”

🎬 When Rotten Tomatoes Gets It Wrong… So there I was, scrolling through Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the “100 greatest Christmas movies of all time,” expecting Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, maybe even Elf. And they were there. But then I saw it. Sitting smugly at number four—top five, folks!—was a film called Tangerine. Never heard of […]

When the Holidays Hurt: The Christmas I Lost Hope—and Found Faith

There’s something about the holidays that no card, carol, or Christmas cookie can fix. That’s the deep ache of loss, disappointment, or longing that so many of us feel when the world around us sparkles and we’re just struggling to breathe. It’s the empty chair at the table, the relationship that’s fractured, the prayers that seem […]

Changing the World One Gift at a Time This Christmas with Samaritan’s Purse

🌟 The Christmas That Changed Everything: How You Can Change the World through Giving It was a picture-perfect Christmas scene… I sat in our living room, surrounded by shimmering decorations and the gentle glow of twinkling lights, gazing at a tree nearly buried beneath a bounty of gifts. The presents spilled out from under its […]

Unwrapping Advent: Finding Christ in Our Most Cherished Traditions

🦃Thanksgiving… then Black Friday… then Advent? 🎄 Aghhhhh! We all know the drill—Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and before you’ve polished off the last bite of pie, you’ll be facing the biggest shopping day of the year. No pressure, right? But while the world is speeding up into a frenzied dash of deals, decorations, and to-do lists, this Sunday quietly ushers […]