Foto Fridays For Foto Friday this week, I’ll sum-up the week in pictures. First, we had VBS at our church this week, and it was a family event. Here’s the crew on Silly Hat Day. Second, we celebrated my parents’ anniversary and my mom’s birthday. What love birds. Third, I…
Thoughtful Thursdays For today, I’m going to share an excerpt from an essay I wrote for NANC certification. This part still gets me excited… When we have faith in God, we are choosing to not depend on ourselves for our salvation. As Grudem explains, we essentially say: “I give up! …
Words for Wednesdays When Madam Blueberry goes to Stuff Mart, the writers must have been thinking of my love for Super Target. So often, children’s books and movies seem to apply to me more than my kids. It happened again today. Keeping 56 first graders calm during check-out after a…
Mommy Mondays Today starts my favorite week of the year: Vacation Bible School! The name brings back childhood memories of red Kool-Aid mustaches and sandwich cookies on napkins. I remember our church would have a contest between the boys and the girls: who brought in the most money. Kids came…
Foto Fridays When my 3 year old can’t find his shoes, he’ll tell me: “Mommy, I’m going outside with my feet on.” I laugh, “Good to know!” Do you prefer to wear shoes or just feet?
Thoughtful Thursdays Did you know that you can read the Bible out loud in 76 hours? At www.BibleGateway.com and http://www.audiobible.com, you can listen to the Bible online for free in a few different formats. What does that amount to a day? 12.5 Minutes In just 12.5 minutes a day, I…
Words for Wednesdays A poor homeless man. A rich art dealer. They wouldn’t score high on a friendship compatibility test. But in God’s eyes, they were a perfect match. A true story, Same Kind of Different as Meinspired me in ways I hardly expected when I casually picked the book…