What fulfills our hearts — and makes Jesus Happy
These pages actually helped me familiarize myself with some of the key players of the Bible.
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When God is the top priority for a person and family, all other relationships fall into place
“I know He’s real. I’ve seen how He’s worked in my life.”
Three words to help your family grow together and not grow apart
This is parenting that changes you … and changes your kid.
How to pray for your children
These prayers also convey to my son that God cares about the details of his life, that God sees him and is with him and is involved in what’s happening to him in the here and now.
Dear Us: Why We Can Give Up on a “Happy Marriage”: 3 Secrets to Grow Something Far Better
Marriage isn’t about staying happy — marriage is about staying growing.
What to do when it all comes crashing down
I was so focused on being perfect, I was missing all the joy.
The Power of Welcome: Helping Our Kids Choose Love over Fear
This is the rigorous life of love worth living, love that opens the world to us, that leads us toward discovery and transformation.
The Secret to Freedom — and it’s not what you’d expect
It’s not just about what you give; it’s about the heart behind the giving. God loves a cheerful giver
The Most Important Skill that Your 2019 Really Needs
Spun. Some guy with a mullet and loud voice had lobbed that one word my way. In all his 1989 wisdom, he had flicked his feathered hair back and snorted…
How to find joy in the land of unanswered prayer
The Lord taught me how to sigh in pain, how to weep in gladness, and how to trust during days of hope deferred.
When things are not as they should be yet still good
What if we could learn to “see through” to the deeper meaning of things and discover the beauty and love of God?
The Invitation to Notice: How my son with Down syndrome is teaching me the richness of a small, unhurried life
I judged my parenting based on whether my children were successful, polite, and kind. I judged my own value based on those standards as well.
What to do when your stuff exhausts you
We believe that home exists to serve people, not the other way around.
How to Make Peace with Daily Bread
Sometimes the bread I’m sent just isn’t the bread I want.
What We Can Offer to a World Crying Out (and it’s not what you think)
In the span of God’s wide and rowdy family, we all belong to one another and there is no such thing as other people’s children.
