We want to make a difference in the lives of our daughters. In their friends too. But sometimes…life just gets in the way. Soccer, music, church, basketball, homework, meals, softball, concerts, cleaning…constant commitment pulls us away from what we want to be. Investors in the lives of our kids. I know. This year my daughter,…
“What if Mary had said no?” This was the question Liz Curtis Higgs posed to me this morning. Not over a breakfast coffee, although I would have loved that. But in her Advent book “The Women of Christmas.” Liz reminds us of the wisdom of God, “That’s why the Lord chose Mary. He knew she…
There are days as a parent when we watch our kids swimming in the dark waters of today’s culture and it appears as though they are drowning. Especially as it pertains to their faith. In her book, Rescue: Raising Teens in a Drowning Culture, Candy Gibbs draws her readers to a Bible story which renews…
“Dear Santa – This year please give me a big fat bank account and a slim body. Please don’t mix these two up like you did last year.” This message, intended for in the adult section of holiday decor at Dillard’s, found it’s way to the children department instead. I am afraid this isn’t…
They didn’t know what to do…they just felt they were to do something. So, they started to meet. Every Tuesday morning at the church for prayer. And they began to ask God: What should we do for our girls? After several months, they didn’t have a sense of any specific direction so they decided what God…
I am so excited to have as my guest today my friend, Courtney DeFeo. I met my new friend this summer at She Speaks where we were both speaking. She is a popular blogger and creator of ABC Scripture Cards featured on “The View.” Courtney and her husband, Ron, are the parents of girls – just like…