Faith
Lessons on How to Love – From Two Great Mothers
My sister wrote a sweet note to my mother for mother’s day in 2009. The title of her note was: “Lessons on How to Live in a Small Town (taught to me by my mother)”. Even though she used the word “live”, the truth is the life lived was one of love, and she was taught…
Read More3 Attributes of God Parents Should Imitate
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. As a “Christian”, I am saying that every day I seek to be more and more like Christ. Often, I find that it would be much easier to do this if I didn’t have kids. I imagine that if I didn’t have kids, I could be the most…
Read MoreNew From Old – The Beauty in the Remaking
My husband has recently started making things out of reclaimed wood. He takes his time and care with each piece to remake a cast out piece of wood into a treasure in our house. As I was contemplating 2 Corinthians 5:17 the other day, I realized that we are much like that cast off piece…
Read MoreFlourish in Your Faith – You Are A Masterpiece Mixed Media Workshop
I’ve been thinking on the concept of fostering faith a lot recently. It is so easy to get sidetracked in life by debilitating fears, all-consuming distractions, or faulty thinking. Days and days go by without any self-care, much less any faith-care, and you can easily find yourself in a wilderness of doubt without even knowing how…
Read MoreFostering Faith not Fear in our Sons
It’s been a tough year teaching my 15 year old son. Although we’ve been together in this homeschool journey for the past seven years, this year brought about difficulties I wasn’t prepared for…and it’s not on the academic side of things. While I’ve been working on loosening my mom grip and letting him become a…
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