It was a Friday morning, which meant that the kids and I were gathered in the living room for our weekly “Friday History” day. I sat criss-cross on the floor, Nico in ...
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This One Will Make My Dad Blush
Last month, our family of six made our annual pilgrimage from our home in Central Texas to Southern California, where I spent the first thirty-two years of my life. You can take ...
On Bird Feeders and Funny Family Memories (and what they are teaching me about trusting the Lord)
When I was a junior in high school, our family spent spring break on a cruise through the Caribbean. This was back in the days when spring break was tied to Easter, ...
Our Personal Savior
This year, instead of reading through the full Bible in 365 days1 as I’ve done for the last few years, I am taking a slow-and-steady approach through just the New Testament, using ...
Reject, Receive, or Redeem?
In his letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul admonished the church of new believers to “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every ...
Present in 2026 Book Review #1: Every Home a Foundation
I’ve always loved home. Growing up, I actually spent a fair amount of time outside the home: I attended public schools and was involved in multiple extracurriculars during the school year, and ...
Choosing to Be Present in 2026
A few days before Christmas, the five biggest members of our family formed an assembly line around our dining table to fill mason jars with a Nativity Snack Mix that would be ...
Gifted
It was meant to be a quick trip to the library. We’d had a long morning and our tummies were grumbling, so the plan was to grab our books before heading straight ...
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 ...
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 ...