YOUR will, Father, not mine. Those are hard words to come by sometimes. Adapted from Pray Confidently and Consistently: Finally Let Go of the Things Holding You Back from Your Most Important Conversation by Valerie Woerner. Obedience is hard to talk about, but it plays a crucial part in both...
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...
5 Ways to Practice Gratitude During Thanksgiving
Practicing gratitude doesn’t need to be as dull as washing the dinner dishes after the holiday meal! Try one (or more) of these five fun ways to practice gratitude as a family. Are your kids (or you) bored of the typical Thanksgiving tradition of going around the table and naming...
How Can I Find Rhythm and Routine at Home?
Home is your garden of life, so to speak, and you are free to order it and plant it as you will. But all great works of life must be planned in order to make them productive, useful, and flourishing. With a garden, the more ground that is planted, the...
What do you do when a friendship goes wrong?
In an ideal world, we would all be surrounded by throngs of people who want our best, know our story, share our deepest convictions, and are willing to walk with us through life. However, as so many of us are keenly aware, this is not usually the case. Unfortunately, the...
Gather: We Come Together around the Table
The idea of gathering to eat is a somewhat fluid one. We can gather in the kitchen to graze on food options. We can gather in the living room with plates in laps. We can gather in the family room to eat in front of a screen. We can gather...