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I don’t see it until we write that second list. Placing it next to the first, we see what we did not glimpse in the midst of time passing.

Before we look forward

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I have tried not to write about this. It is so hard. So unspeakably hard. A mother and father staring into death. A precious girl found without breath.

As we ask God to raise a dead child, are we bypassing His better promises?

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Advent is here, and just like every year, I feel terribly unprepared. Not only because I have planned nothing, but because I’m terrified that if I do dare to plan, Advent will be lost.

For all of us mamas unready for Advent

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Advent is here, and just like every year, I feel terribly unprepared. Not only because I have planned nothing, but because I’m terrified that if I do dare to plan, Advent will be lost.

For all of us mamas unready for Advent

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“It was worth it,” she shared with a smile, “I could finally see it.” That is what I am holding out for.

Fellow mama, your labor is not in vain

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Behind us the clock went about its business ticking away at our day, but something in me sunk — a moment weighed down to make its mark on time.

I didn’t throw away his art. He did.

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Each time I would place pen to paper to write about my child, I would ask myself if this was a tale of fiction.

I doubted my miscarriage

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He caught my nervous upward glance. Dark clouds pressed in on two sides. And then he turned to our son.

Will We Teach Them When to Turn Back?

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I want him immersed in the breathtaking story of Scripture. That’s just what Zondervan’s new NIrV Illustrated Holy Bible for Kids has put into motion.

Our Favorite Kid’s Bible for New Readers

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I want him immersed in the breathtaking story of Scripture. That’s just what Zondervan’s new NIrV Illustrated Holy Bible for Kids has put into motion.

Our Favorite Kid’s Bible for New Readers

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We can send our children off on the first day with all the right supplies, but if we don’t send them off with intentional prayers, we’re missing our chance to spiritually prepare.

4 Ways to Pray Your Kids to School This Year (Guest Post on Guideposts)

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I know that this mothering instinct — to protect my children at all cost from the horrors and devastations of this world — cannot drive me to run away. No, it needs to press me to consider what I’ll run to.

When bad people get away with their bad stuff, and motherhood is terrifying.

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Raising kids stirs something deep in our souls — an innate knowing that our time is finite. Taking my kids outside in creation, I’m discovering how to stretch our time and pack it to the brim with meaning. God’s creativity provides the riches of resources for teaching the next generation who He is and how He loves us. Join our adventure and discover inspiration and resources for refusing rush, creating habits of rest, living intentionally, and making the most of this beautiful life!

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