More Than We Can Handle

“I can handle one kid being a handful, or even two kids. I can even handle three of them. But sometimes . . . ” Luke sighed, shook his head, lowered his ...

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Quick Lit + October 2026

There were some interesting themes to my reading this month: three books by British authors; two stories of family members who have gone missing; a couple of family dramas; two novels with ...

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28 Questions to Spark Conversation and Reflection This Season

You probably know (or might have guessed) that 28 is my favorite numberโ€”hence these monthly lists. You might not know that October is my favorite month. (Is it yours too? I would ...

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Lately || September 2026

Happy first of October, the very best month! I’m trying my hardest to believe that it’s fall, even though it’s just this week that our daily highs are no longer in the ...

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Daddy Fix It

The crayon snapped in two, unable to withstand the force of the tiny hand repeatedly ramming it onto the surface of a coloring book. It took a second for our two-year-old crayon-killer ...

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Kalinda Joy & Sullivan Luke || From Six to Seven!

Hello, readers! My twins are turning SEVEN years old this week, so I am using this space to document the milestone with some pictures, a letter to my twinsies, and a super ...

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Easy Spiritual Rhythms We Practice With Our Kids

In a recent newsletter, Phylicia Masonheimer noted that when she was growing up, “discipleship started at home and was ‘topped off’ at church, not the other way around.” I love this explanation ...

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Quick Lit + September 2026

It’s Quick Lit day! And I have a shorter roundup for you this month, with a couple titles I actively loathed and a few more I really liked. As always, I’m sharing ...

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28 Small (and Big) Things I’m Grateful for Today

My usual low hum of anxiety has escalated to a fever pitch in recent weeks. That’s not unusual for meโ€”the words “overwhelmed” and “stressed” are MVPs of my daily journal entries. Instead ...

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Lately || August 2026

If August is the Sunday of summer, I’m pretty sure I took a too-long Sunday afternoon nap, because the month drew to a close while I wasn’t paying attention. Now that all ...

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