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For months I have prayed for their safety, knowing that the very reasons we have brought them here are also the very reasons I am most afraid of.

When I Decided To Let My Kids Do Dangerous Things

Parenting

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They forgave me, yet that was only my first yell. The second came minutes later. My heart stopped in my chest. My voice was high and tight with panic.

The Day I Yelled Twice

Parenting

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While I was trying to teach my boys the importance of meeting people in their need and loving them to Jesus, they ended up teaching me something big, too.

Give Your Child The Gift Of Giving This Season

Parenting

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While I was trying to teach my boys the importance of meeting people in their need and loving them to Jesus, they ended up teaching me something big, too.

Give Your Child The Gift Of Giving This Season

Parenting

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Mamas are meant to redeem the time. But how do we redeem something that hasn’t yet been spent? We are learning how to dog-ear time’s passing with life lived in such a way that the clock’s ticking will never erase it.

We redeem time by restoring its potential for beauty.

Redeeming The Days Before They Are Ever Spent

Books

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“Oh it’s always this crazy”. He laughed a little before replying, “I thought my day was crazy. I wouldn’t trade it for your kind of crazy!”

And that’s where he was sorely mistaken.

He Said He Wouldn’t Trade His Kind Of Crazy For Mine

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“But Mama…” And this is when his voice cracks and his bottom lip begins to quiver. “I don’t want to die.”

No matter the circumstance or context, when for the first time words of their own death pass from the lips of your child, your own heart stops beating for a moment or two.

For When I Fear I Am Screwing Up My Child’s Faith

Books

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Please don’t ever think that I say this because I don’t love you enough. No my sons, I say this precisely because I love you so impossibly much.

An Open Letter To My Boys About Why Daddy Comes First

Parenting

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The newborn days are a puzzle; an intimate game of mother and child figuring each other out. And this game–this season of such beauty–it begs for grace.

To Every Mother With A Newborn {A Season Begging For Grace}

Books

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The newborn days are a puzzle; an intimate game of mother and child figuring each other out. And this game–this season of such beauty–it begs for grace.

To Every Mother With A Newborn {A Season Begging For Grace}

Books

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Within just a minute of the ultrasound technician placing the warm gel and ultrasound wand onto my swollen belly, I knew something did not look right. The technician did not divert her gaze from the screen as she spoke, The technician did not divert her gaze from the screen as she spoke, “I can only find 4 centimeters of fluid. I’m calling your doctor.”

What 32 Hours of Labor Taught Me About The Insufficiency Of Words

Pregnancy

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Why maybe it’s ok that we don’t cherish every moment, but instead unearth the beauty threaded throughout them.

Why Maybe It’s Ok That We Don’t Cherish Every Moment

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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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