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My son walked off the wrestling mat with tears in his eyes and said, “I don’t want to do this anymore.”It was his first yer on the varsity team. He ...

Christmas gift-giving is really hard for me.Don’t get me wrong, I love presents. I love thinking about presents, buying presents, wrapping presents, and watching my kids open their presents. The ...

If you spend a few minutes with children, one thing you’ll learn quickly is that they are passionate. Passionate with their emotions. Passionate with their desires. Passionate about causes. Passionate ...

As a mom of both young kids and older ones, I’ve learned how important it is for my children to find good friends.It’s been said that we are most like ...

Nick followed his dad through the snow-dusted parking lot. “Not my idea of fun,” he muttered.“Hey, you’re the one who waited until the last minute to buy Christmas gifts for ...

6Over the course of our lives we may hold different jobs and fulfill many different roles, but the Bible makes one thing clear: the moment we become parents, raising children ...

“I hate you!”My almost-8-year-old daughter’s refrain rings from the hallway as she stomps to her bedroom.I call after her, “I love you now and I’ll always love you.”That’s my refrain.Getting ...

Growing up I felt like I didn’t fit in.I was athletic enough to be on the team but not good enough to play in the games. I was friends at ...

Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, ...

Do you find it easy to fill your kids’ non-school hours and days with stimulating social, intellectual and recreational activities but challenging to get them to wind down at the ...

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your ...

“Finding your own beautiful has a lot to do with deciding what kind of person you want to become.” – Chelsea Crockett It’s official. I’m the mom of a teenager. ...

There are many schools of thought about the observance of Halloween by Christians.Should we participate in the activities around us? Do we dress up and hand out candy? What about ...

By the time you read this blog post, you’ll have already been inundated with pumpkin spice everything. It feels like every year the flavor pops up earlier than the last. ...

When it comes to parenting, most of us regard Proverbs 22:6 as our primary parental mission statement from God:Train up a child in the way he should go, and when ...

har·vest //ˈhärvist the consequence of an effort or activity the season for gathering crops the yield from plants in a single growing season the gathering of a ripened crop gather, ...