Blog for Christian Families, Parenting, & Marriage
Blog for Christian Families, Parenting, & Marriage
Teen Read Week - Top 10 Teen Fiction Picks for Fall!
It can be hard to find clean teen fiction, but we’ve made your search easier this week as we celebrate Teen Read Week! Give teens books filled with exciting adventures ...
Teen Read Week – 21 Nonfiction Books for Teens
Celebrate Teen Read Week this week by giving your teens a great book for deepening their faith and changing their life from the inside out! Teen Read Week is a ...
How to Encourage Children to Share Their Faith
Encouraging children to share their faith with others is important, but sometimes forgotten. The pace of life can go faster than we intend and though we mean to invite others ...
How to Date with No Regrets
“I really want to kiss you right now.”There is probably no other phrase that can get a heart to flutter more. To some, a kiss is just a kiss, but ...
Pray for Children Using Scriptures
How to Pray for Children Using ScripturesThis is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. — 1 John ...
Our Family's Favorite Fall Recipe & Craft
It’s my favorite time of year! Fall is here and we couldn’t be more excited. We celebrate each season with a special recipe, craft, and book. With it being fall, ...
Teaching Children Forgiveness
Several months ago, I wrote about teaching your children the importance of a sincere apology. But what if your little one is the one receiving the apology? How can we ...
Join Us for the Annie Downs Speak Love Live Chat!
You’ve heard the expression, ‘Think before you speak’ a hundred times, and probably shrugged it off just like that other insightful phrase, ‘Your face will freeze like that if you’re ...
Keep the Sibling Lose the Sibling Rivalry
Sibling rivalry can stir up so many images in a person’s mind, but the reality is sibling rivalry looks completely different from family to family. My sister and I were ...
Bedtime Routine for Kids: Now I lay me down
As a child, my mother would tuck my siblings and I into bed each night around 8pm. The routine would fluctuate slightly, but always end the same.We might have indulged ...
Overcoming the Trap of Labeling Kids
It’s easy to fall into the trap of labeling kids. Even if you tend to be an incredibly positive person, you might have gotten yourself caught in a swirl of ...
Teaching Older Siblings to Care for Younger Children
Teaching older siblings to care for younger children is especially important to my family. My four children’s ages span a range of about eight years. My oldest is closing in ...
Mom Time: Why It's Important to Find Time for Yourself
For me becoming a mom was the fruition of a lifelong dream. I used to wonder why women would talk about needing a break, needing some mom time. I thought ...
Family Night Tips: Make It Fun Not Forced
There’s nothing worse than forced, family nights! I can hear that parent now, “You will have fun whether you like it or not!”I don’t want to have to twist my ...
Speak Love: Making Your Words Matter
We have two options when we use our words: we can build or we can destroy. The Bible puts it even more seriously than that: Proverbs 18:21: The tongue has ...
Age Appropriate Chore Charts
If you have kids, I can almost guarantee you’ve tried chore charts in some form or another. But finding effective, age-appropriate chore charts has not been easy for our family ...
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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