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Every year around this time I sit down to write a blog entry about why you should make a Bible reading plan for the new year.  As committed as I still am to daily Bible reading, I wanted to pose a different question.  What is just one thing you can… Read more: Just One Thing for the New Year

Annually I load up my crew and head out for our child well-check visits. The pediatrician measures, weighs, looks them over, and (my favorite part) shows me the growth charts that compare this year to last. A child well-check is exactly what it sounds like: a stopping point to ask,… Read more: End-of-Year Heart Check: Questions to Strengthen Your Faith in the Year Ahead

I’m not sure who first penned the words “Loneliness feels louder in the season of celebration,” but as I edge closer to another decade of life, I find them to be increasingly true. There are empty place settings for loved ones who didn’t make it to another holiday. There are… Read more: The Art of an Unlonely Holiday: Welcoming Others to Your Table

Sometime around 2:30 a.m. I heard the sound every parent learns to dread.  My daughter was vomiting and we most definitely had a 7+ hour road trip back home ahead of us that morning. I felt the panic start to rise. I’ve never had to travel with a child sick… Read more: Essential Summer Car Kit

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose]. -1 Corinthians… Read more: Summer Planning Guide Freebie!

“Every day in each inch of space, each rhythm of time, each practice of love, we have the chance to join God in coming home, in living so that we make a home of this broken and beautiful world all over again. Love is enfleshed in the meals we make,… Read more: Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2025

April has felt a bit like a second winter here in the midwest, yet the calendar says warmer weather is coming for us in the next six to eight weeks. In many ways, summer can be a hard season to plan for. We often get MORE busy, not less. Routines… Read more: Habits for a New Season (Mom Version)