Everyone wins when children are able to develop close ties to their grandparents. Here are some ways that mothers can encourage a relationship between their parents or in-laws and their children. * If grandparents live far away, consider starting a family blog. I have a …
Motherhood
Playing Puppies
Tonight the little boys wanted to play “puppies”. I was tired after a long day of teaching school, followed by helping out at the party for my husband’s office. A stack of dishes from the party waited in my sink….and I wanted to just tell …
Giving Our Children to God
In this 15-minute mini-podcast, I encourage parents to release their children to serve the Lord, even though it may cost them dearly. Click here to listen online or download for free.
Tips for Family Devotions Led by Mom
1. Start. Yeah, sounds kind of silly, but that’s half the battle–getting going. Decide right now while you’re reading this that you won’t let another day go by waiting for someone else to do it. Then plan what you’ll do today. 2. Don’t make it …
Family Devotions Led by Mom
Family devotions can be one of the always-wanted-to-do-it-but-never-quite-got-to-it parts of a Christian family’s home life. Many times mothers carry a pain in their hearts because we’d always hoped our husbands would be the spiritual heads of our homes. We think that means our husbands should …
Looking for a Bride
Proverbs 31 captures the words of a mother contemplating a wife for her son. If the king’s mother had been writing her oracle today, it may have sounded something like this: Where do I begin my son to describe the kind of young woman I …
Father Knows Best
The early 1950’s introduced a television show to the world based on a working father named Jim Anderson, his wife, Margaret, and their three children: Betty, Bud and Kathy. The show gave the typical struggles most family faced during the course of life, but it showed …
We’re Planning a Wedding!
It’s official–our daughter is planning a wedding. Everything is in place–the bridesmaid dresses, location and time. What is not decided upon is the groom. That will come much, much later. I’ve wondered when we would get around to talking about weddings. As little girls, we …
Respecting Dad
One of our main roles as a Mom is to teach our children to love, respect, and honor their father. What we say and do when he is not in our presence and when he is in our presence plays a big role in …
We Shall Be Like Him
A few weeks ago I was out by myself on a Friday night. I had big plans to go grocery shopping, all alone. It was one of those moments. I was driving along with the music cranked high, singing at the top of my voice. …