Tag: family
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Why Family is Foundational
A togetherness story When I first started writing about togetherness a few years ago, I had no idea the ways in which God would share people, books, workshops, and Bible studies with me that would make this idea such a foundational part of my life. I’m now at a point where I would say—family and…
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Believe you can Be Well
A few years ago I was at the end of my rope. It seemed that so many frustrating things were happening in my life all at once. The way I was dealing with that frustration was through junk food, too much tv, too much phone time, and a lot of isolation. I had completely turned…
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In the Quiet
Over the past two years God has been whispering words to me. Words about quiet, solitude, rest, and prayer. My whole life I have never been afraid of sitting in the quiet and reading or just being in nature without talking. But with the hum of motherhood, work, and life there has been less time…
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Can One Pot Change Everything?
Tonight in the midwest it is cold. We have had multiple days of ice, winter mix, and cold temperatures that have kept the kids home from school and my husband home from work. After things cleared I braved the grocery store because we were almost out of everything. As I was preparing dinner this question…
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Quilt your Life
The past few weeks it has been so foggy here in 417land and for some reason when it is really foggy or rainy and I am in the car–I usually get my best thoughts from God. This is one of them. Quilt your Life. As in the blanket. You see, I grew up with a…