There’s a lot of good advice out there on what and how to pray for our children, with lists of suggested prayer points and Bible verses to go with them. Everything from good manners to good health, grades, friends and beyond can really help direct specific prayers for specific needs. As I was lying on the […]
Have you ever read Jeremiah 32? I absolutely love this story in the Bible: the Babylonian army has moved in, and the land of Israel is under siege. They’re about to be overtaken by their enemies. In fact, God is saying YOU ARE going to be overtaken by your enemies. The situation is less than […]
Love, sex, and relationships. These 3 topics must be the source of most of the world’s joy and most of it’s pain. From a toddler’s tantrum to a full-blown world war, we need to know how to navigate these waters. These three “wisdom points” are all taken from Dean Sherman’s book, Relationships: The Key To Love, […]
I’ve long been fascinated with people, specifically their cultures. When I was a little girl, I would go to the library or our family’s set of encyclopedias (yes, pre-Google), and read about different countries and their practices. Sometimes I would try to make costumes like the ones I saw in the picture or food from […]
We’ve long heard it said that when we don’t know where we’ve been, we will no longer be able to tell where we are going. If we do not know our history, we do not know ourselves. This is as true within an individual as it is within a nation. We must understand where we are […]
Fascism can be defined as a group or movement that exalts it’s own ideas above all others. It is marked by a strong desire for control and zero tolerance for anyone who disagrees. Why are we talking about fascism on this Christian living blog? Because God is not a fascist. If we are to represent Him […]
Sometimes life is a hard-hitter. All you can do is try to make it through each round without getting knocked out. Hopefully throw a few good jabs in there at times, but mostly just not get killed. That’s a little how life has felt lately. A lot of stinging like a bee, not as much […]
My husband and I are both missionaries. We met whilst on the field in East Asia. That was in 2004. He had been there a couple of years already and me -newly arrived. We got married a few years later and were raising our 2 kids there until God called us to the US last […]
The blogging world can be a hard one to make it in. It seems nowadays, nearly everyone has a blog, has written a book, or can be hired to speak. Has that which was once a hobby or a desire to say something worthwhile begun to consume you? I think these signs could apply to almost […]
Love & War is one of our favorite marriage books. It might be the favorite, or at least among the top 3. We read quite a few before (and during) the first stages of our marriage. Some I would never recommend because I feel they are too fear-based: things-you-need-to-do-or-you’ll-lose-your-spouse type of advice. That’s not really my style, […]
