Teach these practical, transferable 12 crucial life lessons to help your children make wise choices, each day. From truths learned from personal experience, we want to encourage you to teach your children these disaster-busters. (They work well for adults, too.) 1) Apologize quickly and sincerely …
Show Me How: Com-Luv
This is for all you bloggers out there! Com-Luv is a win-win for both the blog author and the blog reader, allowing the reader to make a comment which will link back to a post on their own blog. When others read your comment, they …
To Him Who Knocks
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Luke 11:10
When His Footprints Are Not Seen
The television news crew was broadcasting breaking “live at ten” news on a dark street with red lights flashing in the background. A compact car had been demolished. Broadsided by a drunk driver who ran a red light while traveling at high speed, all three …
Heart Condition
In general, do you think people find it tempting to judge a person’s holiness or spirituality based on their physical attributes or the activities they take part in? Attending church, reading your Bible, dressing in fine clothes, participating in moral activities are all good attributes …
Jan’s Apple Bread
3 eggs, beaten 1 and 1/4 cup honey 1 cup coconut oil 1 T. vanilla 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 t. baking soda 1 t. cinnamon 1 and 1/2 cups dried apple slices (lightly sprinkled with cinnamon or plain slices) 1 cup chopped pecans or …
Show Me How: Dehydrating 101–A is for Apple, B is for Breadcrumbs
People dehydrate for lots of reasons–to prepare for a rainy day, to preserve a harvest from the garden, to create a gift from their kitchen or to store large amounts of food in a small place. All of those reasons apply to me. That little …
Leaving with Integrity
All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves. –Amelia Barr The year was 1996. We were in transition from the state of California to the state of Texas because of a job that …
Peace in the Storm
“Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper, the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and He guided them to their …
Need a Mentor? Be Proactive!
Mentoring relationships have had a significant impact on my growth in the Lord. For the past 20 years I have sought out mentors for myself and tried to mentor those younger than me in their faith. Some of these relationships have been set up formally, …