When I daydreamed about being married to my Prince Charming, our happily ever after didn’t include disagreements. Who fantasizes about arguing over silly things? If you’d asked me back then what might cause an angry word between “my whole world” and me, I would’ve guessed money. It made sense that finances should take top arguing … [Read more...]
What Our Family Sabbatical Taught Us – 10 Years Later
It's been 10 years. Hard to believe. This week I was on Focus on the Family sharing about the year that changed everything. It was January 2007 when we completed our one year radical sabbatical. What does that mean? It means I was frazzled, exhausted and discouraged. I recognized our family was being held hostage by busyness. We were … [Read more...]
Why Our Kids Don’t Have Free Reign on Netflix
“Mom, can I go on Netflix and watch a movie when you’re gone?” Samuel called me on my cell phone to ask. At the time, just shy of eleven years old, our youngest is pretty responsible. “No, son, wait until I get home. I’ll put a movie on for you.” I was heading out to take Grace, our thirteen year old to youth group and could see her sigh and … [Read more...]
Priceless – The Movie
Are you still wondering what sex-trafficking is all about? Maybe your teenagers have been asking you questions about it. If your family is like ours, we love to use movies to open up dialogue. Sex trafficking is a tough topic to broach with kids, so I recommend making sure they're mature enough to understand. If so, there's a movie out this … [Read more...]
Why I’m NOT Spending Valentine’s Day With Mr. Grey
A large Christian publishing house recently asked women this question: What book influenced you the most this year? Their answer: 50 Shades of Grey. 50 Shades of Grey will be out in theaters this week. Apparently, this book has women all in a tizzy. Weren't we just foaming at the mouth over misunderstood vampires and blood thirsty … [Read more...]
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