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Five Excellent Read-Aloud Book Series for Families

Five Excellent Read-Aloud Book Series for Families

Family read-alouds create lifelong memories as you experience adventure, love, loss, laughter, and thoughtful moments together in the pages of a book. Books become a part of who you are and a family culture of reading good books is a treasure! “Just one more chapter,”...

Finding Our New Normal – Priorities After the Pandemic

Finding Our New Normal – Priorities After the Pandemic

After weeks of quarantine, all of us are anxious to begin finding our new normal, but what will it look like? Do we really want to go back to rushing from here to there with stressed out family members who rarely have time to sit down to dinner together? Can we keep...

What to Do When Your Kids Act Like Enemies- Let Them

What to Do When Your Kids Act Like Enemies- Let Them

Bitter words, petty disagreements, tattling, put-downs, overreactions, anger. As Christians families, we are not immune to the woes of sibling issues. The constant bickering. It wears on your nerves. It breaks your heart. It steals your joy.  Not only does sibling...

How to Guard Your Heart – 30 Things I Want My Teens to Remember

How to Guard Your Heart – 30 Things I Want My Teens to Remember

Our hearts are so fragile, yet often so hard. We hurt and weep and the lightest insult toward ourselves, but lack empathy for our neighbor. We fill it so full of eternally useless things that we leave no room for what lasts. We go from feeling like our heart will...

Should I Follow My Heart? Honest Answers from God’s Word

Should I Follow My Heart? Honest Answers from God’s Word

Should I follow my heart? The world will tell you to “follow your heart.” It’s sounds so easy, right? Just do what feels right for you. Whether it’s a daily choice about spending or something with bigger consequences, our emotions often guide our decisions.  But,...

The Number One Rule to Build Strong Relationships

The Number One Rule to Build Strong Relationships

Relationship. That’s my word for the year. I need to focus on growing in my relationship with God and with others this year instead of focusing on myself and on so many tasks that are waiting to be done.  And I want my teens to remember the number one rule to build...

Fun Gifts for the Whole Family to Enjoy Together & Create Memories

Fun Gifts for the Whole Family to Enjoy Together & Create Memories

Have you ever thought about or looked for great gifts for the whole family? Are you having trouble finding the perfect gift for your sister, her husband, and kids? Do you want to do something special for your pastor’s family for Christmas, but don’t know what each...

Blessed to Be a Blessing – 30 Things I Want My Teens To Remember

Blessed to Be a Blessing – 30 Things I Want My Teens To Remember

 You and I are incredibly blessed. Although the we may not have all of our wants,  just having the basic necessities, plus whatever type of technology that enables you to read this, means we are richer than three-fourths of the world’s population. We can easily lose...

Best Gifts for Young Bakers

Best Gifts for Young Bakers

Some of my best memories involve good food, especially dessert! From Christmas time gingerbread houses to custom birthday cakes, baking and eating with family and friends is special! My teen daughter loves baking. She has her own home business baking cakes and plans...

Unconditional Love – 30 Things I Want My Teens to Remember

Unconditional Love – 30 Things I Want My Teens to Remember

 Unconditional love. God, our Heavenly Father, shows it to us as our example so we can show it to others, especially our children. It is the first thing I want my teens to remember. “I will always love you no matter what” is our family mantra. Even when you are in...

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