Let yourself smile, be crazy inspired, laugh, love & really live the gift of this life
just a little bit more this weekend…
Serving up only the Good Stuff for you & your people right here:
A saunter through the mountains is just the breath of fresh air I needed
This amazing woman who has fostered 81 newborns over three decades.
Just wow! #BeTheGift
The science of gratitude & anxiety — & when science backs up what the Bible has already said? This is just the best!
30 family photos over 30 years — & just to watch your own family age & grow. This is touching, & sobering.
Now this is just fun! Watch 57,000 beluga whales migrate off the coast of Canada.
“Joy comes, tears fall
I’m learning there is beauty in it all…
Oh, God is good“
this teacher’s surprise for her student–#BeTheGift
The extraordinary power of hope and what we all need to learn from 13 year olds!
“Here’s the wild thing about hope: it doesn’t require concrete proof – just belief in what’s
possible.” #WayMaker
Oh my! This wildly kind man, just out there trying to encourage people who otherwise want to give up. What an inspiring, gift of a man. #BeTheGift
When a brave 11-year-old boy rings a neighbor’s doorbell looking for new friends–and how 70 million have rallied on this boy’s behalf?! Astounding! You just have to read this one!
– Finding & making beauty in the most unlikely places –
Post of the Week From Around These Parts
In all the aching world, what words can possibly soothe a mess of looming fears?
What lines can untangle a knotted ball of tightening worries?
We’re all facing all kinds of big challenges & hard things.
This is for someone who’s sorta craving real comfort — or to offer some bonafide comfort to people you desperately love:
When You (& Your People) Need Comfort & Courage & a Real Hero for Your Story
One Parenting Hack I Discovered with My 7th Child
So. Our first child was born in the spring of 1995.
And our 7th child was born at the end of summer of 2014…
Which means a few months every year, our 7 children span, from oldest to youngest, across a whole 20 years!
And this parenting hack for our 7th child is a game-changer… that’s changed the days for all of us:
– just too sweet –
If you need a chuckle this weekend… this one’s for you. :)
from Christine Caine on prayer — and anything Chris writes, we sit intentionally and listen…
when someone talks to God as their best friend and without all the church-talk. Now this is just really, really good.
Hoping to make new friends at church? We could all use this refresher sometimes.
A really great, super practical read…
Ohh this fluff ball! Who wants one?! Do we need one on the farm?!
On The Book Stack at the Farm
Read Alicia Britt Chole‘s recent guest post:
The Night is Not Your Enemy
Glory, glory, glory! Take a moment to breathe this beauty in.
“When my troubles are a little too heavy
Who I can turn to, to share the weight?
Who can I turn to, I turn to You“
[from our Facebook community – join us?]
It’s not that things aren’t going to go sideways,
It’s how you go His ways afterward.
Repentance is rerouting toward Home.
It’s never too late to turn around toward Him and Home.
That’s all for this weekend, friends.
Go slow. Be God-struck. Grant grace. Live Truth.
Give Thanks. Love well. Re – joy, re- joy, ‘re- joys’ again
Share Whatever Is Good.
