Family Life
How My Father Cultivated My Faith: He Opened My Eyes to Spiritual Applications
My dad was not an excellent reader. That didn’t stop him from reading his Bible or listening to books on tape. Since he was an artist, he learned visually. If he could illustrate a concept, he could understand it better.Giving flesh to a truth from God’s Word, my father extended this concept to utilizing anything…
Read MoreHow 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 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…
Read MoreiPhone Scavenger Hunt – Free Fun
It all began in 2011. We were celebrating my mom’s 65th birthday, and we were looking for inexpensive ways to entertain 17 people of various ages. That can be very challenging because anything multiplied by 17 can add up really quickly! We were staying at the Embassy Suites that connects with Bass Pro Shop in…
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