Blog for Christian Families, Parenting, & Marriage

Stopping the Family Crazy Cycle can seem daunting, but a parent’s first task has to focus on decoding.I want to underline just how badly children need our love and how ...

My 7-year old daughter Zoe loves to read and I’m amazed at her ability. Since she’s reading on her own now, I’ve wanted to do a Bible study with her, ...

By the end of January here in the Midwest, winter has usually worn out its welcome. The cold has been around for what seems like forever, and below-freezing temperatures have ...

Knowing your child’s learning style is a huge help on those days in the journey of parenting when you can’t seem to break through to your child.Have you ever found ...

The day had gotten away from me. It was a Hands Free Saturday, which meant having fun took priority over showering and doing my hair. But now it was almost ...

Bringing home a baby is sometimes a very scary thing for an older sibling. They think their world, as they know it, is going to be turned upside down.Thankfully, we ...

My kids are treasure hunters.My husband and I send our kids on adventures – but they are not kind that promise to yield pirate’s gold or the Ark of the ...

I sometimes still struggle with rejection and the hurt that comes from it. Knowing the height and length and breadth of God’s love for me helps me realize that what ...

It’s hard to admit, but I have really fuzzy and inconsistent memories of most of my childhood. I don’t know why this is the case; my childhood was pretty typical ...

When I was eleven years old, I committed my life to Christ. From that day forward, I’ve constantly lived with the realization that I only have one shot at life—and ...

Confession time: even as a pastor’s kid, I was terrible with reading my Bible every day. In fact, as a child I hated reading altogether and at nighttime, I would ...

What exactly is positive parenting?Is it some unattainable ideal? An urban legend? Something to aspire to, yet never achieve?In its essence, positive parenting simply means guiding our kids down the ...

I read lots of books on parenting when I was pregnant. One of the recommendations I discovered over and over again was to create a bedtime routine so that the ...

Maybe it was the recurring disappointment in my children’s faces when I told them I didn’t have time. Maybe it was the superficial hellos and hasty goodbyes offered to my ...

I stopped at my favorite bakery today.I ran inside, ordered up my favorite cookie, then sat outside in the warm car and enjoyed every bit of that salted caramel deliciousness ...

The beginning of a new year is a wonderful time to encourage children to read the Bible daily. Even if your child has not succeeded with daily Bible reading, the ...