Today I’m happy to share this guest post from author Amy L. Sullivan! Her book “When More is Not Enough: How to Stop Giving Your Kids What They Want and Give Them What They Need” releases today. Be sure to check it out – seriously, who doesn’t need a book …
4 Easy Ways Parents Can Use the Internet to Grow Giving Hearts Read More
I’m excited today to feature a guest post from Wynter Pitts, founder of For Girls Like You Magazine, a ministry to girls (age 6-11) and their parents. Do you remember being 9, 10 or 11 years old? I do. It seems like a lifetime ago. Probably because, in my case, it …
As I’ve mentioned before, my husband Bryan leads a ministry that serves chili to 100-200 local homeless people each Thursday night. At the end of the year, we took all three of our kids to serve for the first time (that’s two 4-year-olds and a 2-year-old). I had only been …
Last week I offered the following Christmas present choice to my 4-year-old twins: “Mommy and Daddy are planning to get you five presents for Christmas. But we want to give you a choice. You can choose to receive all five presents or you can choose to receive one less and …
A Meaningful Christmas Gift Idea: Wrap an Empty Present Read More
Each night before bed our family does a roundtable prayer of thanks, with each of us saying something we are grateful for. Every time we do this, a small wave of guilt passes over me. I know we are supposed to give thanks to God for all things, but there …
In my recent post about starting faith conversations with kids, I pointed out that it’s one thing to acknowledge we need to be intentional in fostering the deeper conversations of faith; it’s another thing to have a plan for what those conversations should be. I said that I would draft …
60 Faith Questions I Hope To Answer Before My Kids Leave Home Read More
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