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We realized that we cannot afford to not take our kids on these trips, and so we needed to find ways to make it affordable.

Why we can’t afford to not take our kids on trips – and 5 ways we make it affordable

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Dear son, I saw you not see her that day. But one day soon, your eyes will linger.

My son, one day soon your eyes will linger

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I see it as I show up and do the rinse and repeat work of motherhood. As we tackle the same tasks and discipline at a dizzying pace, waiting for results we may not glean for years to come. Will we trust that God is at work in the midst of our waiting?

Surrendering the Wait of Our Work

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I see it as I show up and do the rinse and repeat work of motherhood. As we tackle the same tasks and discipline at a dizzying pace, waiting for results we may not glean for years to come. Will we trust that God is at work in the midst of our waiting?

Surrendering the Wait of Our Work

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I want to choose the kind of busy that I can invite my children into. A busy they can get on board with. The type of busy where they feel a deep sense of mission and reward. I want them to see the depth and breadth of all we pursue, to look at our life and, in all of its facets, to see the reflection of eternity.

Choosing The Right Kind of Busy for Our Family

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Our life spun with a hint of unpredictability. I wondered if we were unsteady—shifting here and there— if we were upsetting balance. I questioned, like all parents do, if we were making the right choices for our family.

What if we’re taking them in the wrong direction?

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Child, I will pray that the storms won’t come, all while knowing that some will. This world is fractured. No matter how hard I protect you, you will know the brokenness of it.

My child, I can’t keep you out of the storm.

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When we bring our children before the magnificent, mysterious world God has made, when we allow them to answer their own questions with more questions, it sparks something sacred in their heart.

Tucking Generations of Curiosity into a Child’s Heart

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As my ideas dissolved into reality, I took it personally. What was poked holes in all of my assumptions of what should be. I was failing. Until I rephrased my question.

It’s a million faithful steps

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As my ideas dissolved into reality, I took it personally. What was poked holes in all of my assumptions of what should be. I was failing. Until I rephrased my question.

It’s a million faithful steps

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  “Just a minute,” I responded flatly. In the peripheral of my focus he slipped back outside. I wonder now if he believed me. I don’t know what they made that day. I don’t know what he wanted to show me. That “just a minute” never took place. It was lost among empty promises punctuating […]

One Day We Will Run Out of Time for Another Empty “Just a Minute”

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I often questioned myself throughout that time. A week later, after she had left, my mother-in-law shared a photo of a single penny in a jar.

They trusted us with those final weeks

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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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