Score Big with this Pool Float Storage

We’ve canceled all of our summer trips due to the changing times. So we decided that it would be fun to clean up some of the less used portions of our back yard. Our previous pool float storage method was limited. We wanted a solution that would hold the floats in place while allowing for…

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How to Read Sense and Sensibility with the Gospel in Mind

Have you ever wanted to read a classic novel with someone who truly knows how to glean goodness from its pages? While I grew up loving literature, I feel like I never quite plumbed the depths that great books had to offer. In addition, if it wasn’t an explicitly Christian novel, then I wouldn’t be…

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Walking with a Purpose through Trying Times

Four years ago my family’s life was flipped upside down by a drunk driver who left my four nieces and one nephew without their homeschooling mother. He also left me without my best friend. My family adjusted our rhythm to support them for the next couple of years. It was difficult to keep going through…

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Processing the Coronavirus through Lectio Divina: Holy Reading

Holy reading - Lectio divine

by Andy Strauss There’s been a lot going on lately… I’m sure you can relate. One day I was setting up interviews for on campus ministries and preparing for midterms and the next I was packing up most of my dorm in my silver Honda Fit and leaving campus wondering what had just happened. Have…

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150+ Awesome Alternatives to Screen Time

It can be really challenging to compete with screens these days. First of all, screens offer some excellent learning and exploring opportunities. Secondly, they give us as parents a bit of time to get something done! Even though screens aren’t the enemy on their own, they can quickly take over your life. Over the years…

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