Tik Tok Gives Us Real-World Scenarios What’s with the idea that everything being done for good must be for selfish reasons? That attitude is proof of the critics own twisted character. You see, the Bible says that to the pure, all things are pure. The critics’ own insistence on finding impure motives behind every act…
Life got hard, didn’t it? Tug on those bootstraps and pull yourself up out of the mire with some divine assistance. My little guy has begun using an odd phrase all the time. “Womp womp!” In fact, he emphasizes the second word to make it even more insulting, as in, “Womp, WOMP!” When asked what…
Just one cool story of many When I was pregnant with my firstborn, I wanted to name her a few different things. But my favorite name was Elizabeth. It meant the same as my birth mom’s name. It also was cleverly versatile. You could cut it into so many nicknames: Elle, Ellie, Eliza, Liz, Lizzy,…
The Grape Ape The little ones around here are noise makers. All day long, they sing and jabber about anything that sounds interesting, “Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you!” They’ll turn anything into a song, “So-and-so looks like an ape, he ate a grape, so he’s a grape…
Most of my childhood photos are missing. I believe I have less than five of them. It’s kind of a bummer, considering that I was a cute, albeit annoying kid. So, now as an adult, I really value pictures of my own children. Thankfully, there are many. We have few photos of the daily ho…
We embrace tradition to bar newcomers entry into the faith, but Jesus keeps calling them to come in. Stephanie here: Jesus claimed to be a door. No, wait, he claimed to be THE door. He’s not afraid to tell us that he isn’t going to accept any other entry point to heaven. And there’s a…
(Spoiler: I never finished it) Summary This curriculum promises to be easy, all-in-one, and free! Introduction I’ve got ADHD and I needed to be able to print my lesson, study it in the car on the way to church and get to work teaching as soon as I arrived in class — almost 2 minutes…
How I learned to rest, trust, and somehow became more productive than ever. The things that most matter to me were learned the hard way. I hope they can become shortcuts for you to get to the next level. I’ll try to entertain you, as well. Blog categories Featured
Following God, Finding Balance Though none go with me, I still will follow… In “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” by C. S. Lewis, there’s a scene where Lucy realizes that she was supposed to have followed the lion Aslan alone into the forest. He had not expected her to wait for her siblings…