Blog for Christian Families, Parenting, & Marriage
Blog for Christian Families, Parenting, & Marriage
3 Snow Day Activities and God Lessons
Snow days always have a way of changing my plans.When school or activities are cancelled due to snow or wintery conditions, my first inclination is to stay home, start a ...
This Christmas, Seek Christ
The Christmas season has arrived!Christmas is a season of great joy – a time to praise God and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.What is more miraculous than the coming ...
14 Small Acts of Kindness for Kids
One of my favorite Christmas stories (after the one in the book of Luke) is the The Pine Tree Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs. It’s about a Christmas tree farmer ...
Our Top 10 Books for Mom 2015
Are you looking for gift book ideas for the moms in your life? Here are our FaithGateway Top 10 book selections for Mom! These titles will bring comfort, sisterhood, understanding, ...
Our Top 12 Children's Books for 2015
It’s that time of year again – time for our annual Christmas Gift Guide for Kids! The most important gift you can give your children is a loving relationship with ...
Celebrating Christmas With Your Senses
The five senses. There is something so powerful about them. As an example, isn’t it amazing how one single smell or sound can trigger a sequence of events in an ...
What is Advent?
Advent begins this week for Christians around the world, but do you really know what Advent is?Advent is the season of waiting for Christmas.It begins on the fourth Sunday before ...
Ho, Ho, Ho! Rhyming Books are the Way to Go!
Recently, dear friends of ours visited with the newest addition to their family, a beautiful baby boy. After all the oohing and aahing we asked them, ”How is he sleeping? ...
Pause: Taking Notice this Holiday Season, Doing Less and Treasuring Christ More
This Christmas season we’re trying to spend less, ask for less, want less, wish less, and get less. – Ruth Schwenk“I need to get going on my wish list!”In the ...
FREE Christmas Bible Verses Advent Calendar Printable
One of my favorite holiday traditions is counting down to Christmas with an Advent calendar. My family has tried a lot of different Advent calendars over the years – Lego ...
Live a Life Filled With Purpose
Who am I?Why am I here?What is my purpose in life?We begin asking ourselves these questions from the moment we learn to speak.As our children grow, they ask us these ...
Teaching Our Children Through Parables
Parenting is hard.I think it’s safe to say that every parent can relate to that statement. So many times I find myself crawling into bed at the end of the ...
God's Word for Teen Girls: Q&A with Christine Caine
Editor’s Note: Our dear friend Christine Caine is a contributor to the brand new NIV Bible for Teen Girls, designed specifically for real teenage girls with real lives. Packed with ...
The Beauty of Adoption: I Prayed for You
Adoption is a beautiful thing. Giving a child a family means giving them hope, love, and belonging. Thats’s what God wants for all of us. Adoption was His idea, and ...
Talking With Children About Angels
Angels watch over my baby, Grant her a lifetime of your care So that even when I can not be with her I’ll know you will always be there.Angels watch ...
A Celebration of Life: Do You Know God?
I had planned the Celebration of Life service very carefully.I knew who I wanted to speak, who I wanted to perform, and which artist I wanted to paint pictures while ...
Free Resources
Free Bible Study featuring Anne Graham Lotz & Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright!
Free Bible Study featuring Anne Graham Lotz & Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright!
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