We all love a good Christmas-themed book to get cozy next to a roaring fire with! This month, dive into this excerpt from an exciting new title from Lynn Austin, The Wish Book. December 1951 Bobby Barrett stepped off the kindergarten school bus and his foot sank into a pile...
4 Ways To Celebrate Advent As a Family
As your family prepares to celebrate the birth of Christ, you may be surprised to find this Christmas to be one of the best yet! This article was originally posted on Read the Arc in 2020. By Christine McParland It can be hard for young children to appreciate the significance...
This Is What Leads Us to Thriving Marriage
"Love simply cannot grow when we’re in too much of a hurry to cultivate it." Taken from The Rhythm of Us: Create the Thriving Marriage You Long For by Chris + Jenni Graebe. In this article from Chris & Jenni Graebe, you’ll read from both of their perspectives. In this...
Take a Hurry Inventory
Taken from The Rhythm of Us: Create the Thriving Marriage You Long For by Chris + Jenni Graebe. In this article from Chris & Jenni Graebe, you’ll read from both of their perspectives. Take a hurry inventory. Yes, we’re asking you to answer the three questions below (even if you...
3 Ways that Rhythms Can Become Ruts In Your Marriage
Taken from The Rhythm of Us: Create the Thriving Marriage You Long For by Chris + Jenni Graebe While most of us can identify the main things that are bothering us in our marriage, sometimes we may not be able to pinpoint the patterns. It’s important, though, to find the...
Never Grow Passive About Smashing Up False Images
Through the blood of Jesus, you have been made “blood” with God’s family. You are a child of God, with all the benefits and blessings that comes from being part of his incredible family. By Aubrey Sampson, adapted from her title, Known. “OH MY GOODNESS! Aren’t you just the spitting...
What You Can Learn About God from Your Childhood
I realized that instead of appreciating that God made me wonderfully curious, creative, and artistic, I have spent most of my adulthood looking back on my younger self—naming myself—as “that weird little girl” I used to be. By Aubrey Sampson, adapted from her new book Known. I recently walked through...
Don’t Get Too Comfortable: The Truth About Motherhood
The problem isn’t the inevitable moments of discomfort; it’s that I am not prepared for them. I have to stop believing that trials are the exception to the rule, when really they’re just part of life. Excerpted from Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday by Valerie Woerner. I never fully appreciated...
6 Educational Books to Read with Your Preschooler
Children who are preschool-age are curious and tend to ask a lot of questions. Help your preschooler learn and grow this fall with these eight educational books that cover a variety of topics from questions about God to manners—and everything in between! For your future scientist . . . God...
Why I Wrote and Illustrated God Made the World
by Sarah Jean Collins People say that becoming a mom changes everything. I definitely found this to be true. I have always loved art and creating things, and when my daughter Campbell arrived, even this artistic area of my life was influenced. Campbell was a lot like most babies when...