“Do not forsake wisdom and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.” Proverbs 4:6
Don’t Say No
“Older women … are to teach what is good, and so train the young women…” Titus 2:3-4a As a young woman, I remember lamenting with another woman about the lack of willing or available older women in our church at the time, who could help us journey this noble but...
Going Pro
For the purposes of peace and grace, this is another post that requires that I define who it is written for. Like army wives write to encourage army wives, homeschool moms write to encourage homeschool moms and working moms write to encourage working moms, today I...
And the Nominees for Best Mom Are…
This post contains insights that I wish I knew 18 years back but didn't discover until a few years ago. It really can liberate you from the crippling comparison game that plagues so many moms. So before you restock that designer diaper bag, slave over that Pinterest...
Flourishing in the Ordinary – Untouchable Mamas
Let’s play a word association game: When I say “enemies to parenting”, what images come to mind? Snapchat? High school druggies? Vixens in crop tops? As I’m finding with many things in life, the obvious offenders aren’t always the most dangerous. ...
Flourishing in the Ordinary – Grin Reapers
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap… And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Gal. 6:7,9 I knew I shouldn’t do it, but I did it anyway. The apple seed in my...
Birdies, Boarders and Bad Communication
“Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.” Ecclesiastes 10:20 One of God’s greatest gifts to me during my early mothering years was a...
Flourishing in the Ordinary – Soil Sisters
“And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Mark 4:8 Right up there with out-of-tune pianos and flannelgraphs, the parable of the sower was a familiar part of my church...
Flourishing in the Ordinary – Foundational Truth
Greetings friend! Remember me? I apologize for going missing since spring, but regular writing and good motherhood are sometimes mutually exclusive objectives in my life! I haven't given up on motherhood and I haven't mastered it either, but I've been itching to...
A Helpful Curse
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth...
Blue Jean Sundays
“…For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7b Maybe it’s because I’m over 40 now, but I have to admit to a new found appreciation for the tailored and comfy dress. But it wasn’t always that...