(*FREE printable card set included*) One thing that’s been helping me to keep my head on straight through this quarantine (especially when it feels like everything around me is spinning or when it’s actually me who’s doing the spinning) has been helping my kids to memorize Scripture. It has a great ripple effect because the more I get to point them to God’s Word, the more I’m reminding myself of it. And I sure need it…
Read MoreI want my kids to understand the threads that run between all of the books of the Bible. I want them to know God’s heart and to be able to search His Word on their own. This has been one of the things I’ve been doing with them lately to help them build Bible literacy…
Read MoreTwas the week before Christmas, And all through the house, The children were arguing, About who'd be left out...
Read MoreI've had so many requests for more details on how to put Game Plan into action. My kids have agreed ahead of time to be vulnerable with some of their recent Game Plan moments. This way, you'll get to see how it works at different stages. I'm going to take you down my little line, from oldest to youngest. It's been amazing for me to get to see Game Plan work in very different ways for each of my very different children in their very different phases of life.
Read MoreThere are voices that say you're not enough. That you can't keep up. That you'll always fall short. Do you hear those voices?
Sometimes, I believe them...
Good behavior doesn’t win life. It’s all about the heart. Every opportunity for discipline and training is a chance to lean into our kids and point them to Jesus.
Read MoreI've got some fabulous friends with books coming out this fall, and I'm so excited about them! It's been a huge honor to get to design prints for these gifted authors, and I want to share a few quick ways that you can get your hands on their books and on the prints (some of them for free)!
Read MoreDo you feel like you’re in a desert? Maybe wandering. Maybe hiding. Maybe alone or empty or worn down. Hungry, longing, reaching, walking…
Read MoreAre you ready for a sneak peek? It's a strategy for dialogue, instead of lecture. It's a strategy for modeling clean-slate forgiveness (even when consequences are still necessary). It's a strategy for teaching our kids the biblical "why" for every behavior we expect of them and knowing the "why" for ourselves. It's a strategy for keeping our parenting centered around the Gospel.
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