When it comes to the controversial topic of when it’s okay to start celebrating Christmas, ours is a house divided. I’m in the mid-November camp: don’t get me wrong, I love Thanksgiving, ...
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The Worship Problem
Earlier this year, one of my kiddos went through a several-week period of extreme discontentment. This child seemed to have a bad attitude about almost everything. We experienced lots of complaining and ...
Twelve Things I Learned This Fall . . . About Classical Homeschooling, Spiritual Movements, Family Traditions, and Kids Doing What Kids Do
January 1st may be the official start of a new year, but for me, it’s always been fall that has signaled new beginnings. And this fall has been a season of MANY ...
Discipleship, Discernment, and Defying Disinformation
This school year, I’ve had the opportunity to volunteer as a Bible study leader for 5th grade girls in our church’s midweek discipleship program. As a mom of a 5th grader (not ...
Lately || October 2025
Last week, my kids and I were playing on the playground at our YMCA when a woman in her fifties came over to talk. She’d spotted the kids’ matching Sports Day t-shirts ...
Convicted
Earlier this month, Christian singer-songwriter Forrest Frank made waves when he announced that he would not be attending the Dove Awards. In a social media post about his decision, the musician explained ...
In Praise of Handwashing Dishes (and why we don’t own a working dishwasher)
I grew up in a home without a dishwasher. Technically, we owned a dishwasher, but I don’t recall seeing my mom use it in the twenty-three years I lived in my parents’ ...
Grace and Peace
The pastor at our new church recently began a year-long teaching series on the book of Ephesians. I love this expository preaching style that takes the focus away from the topic of ...
Lately || September 2025
I am not sure if I actually lived the month of September or simply free-fell through it. We are in what is possibly the busiest season our family has EVER experienced, and ...
A Love That Grows
“Mama?” Kali’s quivering voice belied her confidence as she broke through the cacophony of voices clamoring for my attention. “Before Sully and I were born, did Charlie have all your love?” Her ...