The words heritage and legacy are often used interchangeably in conversation, but they are not the same thing. Heritage is the combined traditions, beliefs, behaviors, achievements, and failures that your ancestors have passed along to you. You can’t change it. Legacy is what you add to your heritage before you...
Gifts for Mother’s Day
Mother's Day is almost here, and if you still aren't sure what to get your mom, we can help! Take the quiz below to see what book would make the perfect Mother's Day gift. Shop other Mother's Day titles here.
Bible Promises For Mothers
Some days are filed with great joy, and some with such anxiety and sorrow. Some days are filled with many, many giggles, others with tears and many screams. Daily cares and duties can take our eyes off of the hope of the Lord. Here are just a handful of God's...
Chosen Children
“She [Moses’s mom] saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months.” Exodus 2:2 (NLT) By Emily Assell, author of You Are. The fate of an entire nation depended on this mother’s ability to recognize and respond to God’s call on the life of her...
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...
A Father’s Day Gift Guide
This post was originally posted on The Arc. Father’s Day is next weekend. For those who have had their gifts picked out, shipped, and wrapped already, this post is for you, too: to share with your well-meaning but last-minute shopper friends and family. And I should know—I’m posting this list...
3 Ways to Help Children Process Grief
Whether you have a child who is dealing with grief for the first time—or whether you’re like me and are still processing childhood grief—the reality of death never goes away, nor does it become easier to accept. But neither can it extinguish our hope. By Christine McParland Death and loss...
7 Resources for Parents at Every Phase
Parenting isn’t easy. Maybe you’re a new parent, or maybe your children have entered a new phase of life. Read on for resources for different phases in the parenting journey. For the New Parent: The Lifegiving Parent by Clay and Sally Clarkson From the family that brought you The Lifegiving...
Looking for Funny
This article is excerpted from A Love That Laughs by Ted Cunningham. On walks with Amy, I look for funny. Recently we saw a sign displaying a city ordinance that I know must have been demanded by a hovering parent: Dog Waste Is a Threat to the Health of Our...
