(This post appeared on the MomQ.Org blog.) Moms, how many times a week do you say this phrase? “Say you’re sorry.” If there is more than one person living in your house, then there is conflict. And when there is conflict, there is the need to apologize and repair the relationship. Read the full post … More How the Gospel Helps Us Make Forgiveness a Regular Rhythm in Our Homes
(This post appeared on the MomQ.org blog.) There’s no denying that parenting can be messy. Sometimes it’s a literal mess. Like when your two-year-old draws on the wall with crayons. Or when your toddler grabs his dirty diaper and swings it around his head like a lasso. (This happened to me last week.) Then sometimes … More A Messy Refinement: How to Refocus When You Feel Defeated as a Parent
I wrote this post a few years ago but never published it. Our church is in the middle of a series called, “Rewrapping Christmas,” and we’ve been challenged to give a different kind of gift this year – a gift of time, a gift of being present with your family, a gift of benevolence, etc. … More Helping Your Kids Give the Best Gifts this Christmas
Sometimes you feel like everything keeps piling higher and higher and you convince yourself you will never again see the light of day. There will never be an end to the pile of laundry. The home improvements will never get done. You will never be able to dig out of the bottomless pit of medical … More Light at the End of the Tunnel
Be honest. You know without a shadow of a doubt that your child is the smartest, cutest, funniest, fill-in-the-blank-est kid in the world, right? Of course, you do. How do I know? Because so is my kid. Every parent knows their own child—their flawless offspring—is the next Einstein. The next President of the United States. … More When Your Child’s Diagnosis is, “We Don’t Know…”
Finding Words 