We’ve discovered a sweet offset — that the balances are bent in our favor. The more we hike, the greater the hiking becomes. Here are 4 ways we’ve taught our kids to love family hikes.

Over twelve and a half hours and 197 miles, we began a new family hobby that will direct our minds and hearts toward our Creator.

They slow at every whirling pool where water wraps itself around the rocks. My children look free within the bounds of this river. Without these boundaries, it all falls apart…

I know now the hard-pressed nature of being a mama balancing countless responsibilities in and outside the home. An intense fear of dropping the iron of their upbringing or education while tending too greedily to the iron of my career… and yet, I’m grateful for this bookend vantage…

Our children are growing up in a world of gray space, an arena lacking definitive lines. And yet, I think they know the world cannot operate in this way.

“Why do they change words in some Bibles?” I could sense the skepticism in my son’s voice, a new tone carried throughout his questions in recent days. It’s uncomfortable, yet welcome. I asked him for it, really …