Peripheral Vision

Peripheral Vision

A few weeks ago, I was highly focused on my exercise routine on our rowing machine when my five-year-old daughter came bursting into the room. She hopped up on the spare bed in the guest room and said, “Mom! Look what I can do!” These words always bring a certain...
Eleven: A Reflection (Sophie’s Story)

Eleven: A Reflection (Sophie’s Story)

Every year on Sophie’s birthday, I feel very reflective. We are now 11 years into her journey. I think after 11 years I actually have developed some hindsight. For a long time it felt like I was only able to see everything about our life up close, like a picture book...
Let’s encourage them

Let’s encourage them

Let us encourage them Last weekend I attended the IF Gathering at our church. The IF Gathering is a women’s conference started by Jennie Allen; Bible teacher, author, she’s also a wife and a mom. The idea of the IF Gathering is “if God” …and she fills in the blank...
Lavish Kindness

Lavish Kindness

I guess God really has some things to say to me about my words lately. I shared recently about what God showed me when I caught one of my kids moving her messes instead of cleaning them up like she was supposed to. God convicted me that I was guilty of moving my...
Moving the Mess

Moving the Mess

We have a nightly routine around my house to help stay on top of the kids’ mess. About 15 minutes before their bedtime routine begins, play ends and clean-up begins. Anything that’s left out after the clean-up session ends and the bedtime routine begins, Mom picks up...

The Next “Yes”

The Next ‘Yes’ by Lara Price This past Sunday, I continued in our sermon series “Pressing On—Growing in Godliness”. We focused on the passage of Scripture from Philippians 1:27 through 2:11. We talked about how God desires us to “Grow in Godliness” by: SEEKING UNITY...
Sophie’s Story: Feeling the Heat

Sophie’s Story: Feeling the Heat

Earlier this month I took my littlest love out for a mommy date at the local pottery shop. Hannah loves to paint, anything, any day of the week, so this a perfect outing for her. This time she settled on a playful looking puppy for her painting project. We headed to...
How Gratitude is the Lens No One Can Really Afford to Lose

How Gratitude is the Lens No One Can Really Afford to Lose

To tell you the truth, right in the middle of this annual little dare to write down dozens of gifts and graces every day that I was thankful for, my spectacles snapped right in half one morning mid-November, and I became about as blind as a bat. What’s on the screen?...
When God Doesn’t Make Sense

When God Doesn’t Make Sense

Are you kidding me? Why should I be kind when the world is so cruel? Who will watch out for me if I’m always putting others first? What will I give my own family if I give everything away to others? It doesn’t make sense. She knows how you feel. We don’t even know her...