Posts by Betsy
How My Father Cultivated my Faith: Asking Eternal Questions
My father was a masterful question asker. Amazingly, he didn’t require much variety in his questions in order to draw out those around him. Each day he encouraged us to spend time reading God’s Word. His encouragement was based on his experience of the heart-changing power of the Bible. At dinner I could always expect one…
Read MoreHow My Father Cultivated my Faith: Cultivating a Love of God’s Word
With Father’s day around the corner, I thought I’d take this week to honor my father by sharing some of the ways that he strengthened my faith. As a young man, my father cultivated the skills of lying, cheating, and stealing. I know this because I heard him share his testimony over and over to…
Read MoreGetting the Most out of Audible
After Christmas break when all school seems tedious, I struggled to find stability in our read aloud time. Unfortunately, I was also taken down by severe allergies, and could barely speak for three weeks without coughing. Audible saved the day. We started listening to audio books in place of my reading, and it expanded to our time…
Read MoreReading With Your Ears Offers Grace to Young Readers
My son has always loved to read. When he was little, I didn’t see myself as his teacher-I was still in the mindset of counting down the time until he started Kindergarten. It wasn’t my job to teach him to read. We just read a lot together because I love to read. After he started…
Read MoreVacation Quick Stops I’d Love to return to: the Coast of Maine
A couple of years ago my sister moved to Boston. I had never been to “Boston in the fall,” so my mom and I took the kids to visit their cousins. Since I live in Texas, I forget that in other places, you can drive a couple of hours and pass through several states! While…
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