It’s Spring Break in Memphis. Today my wife Lynn took our daughter Holly (11) away on a mother-daughter retreat. They’ll stay a couple of days at a friend’s lakehouse. Holly is our middle child of five so her older sister and brother have gone on …
Spring Fruit Salad
Whenever I hear the words fruit salad my mind automatically sings yummy, yummy. If you are a mom of children who love or have loved The Wiggles you know exactly what I’m talking about. This recipe is one that is worthy of singing Fruit Salad, …
Two Great Giveaways this Week!
We have two great book giveaways going on this week. This is a great opportunity to get some good books for yourself or save for gift-giving. Don’t forget to click through the links and enter one or both. The Person I Marry and Other Bower …
Book Review: Married Mom, Solo Parent
Several years ago, while munching on chips and salsa with fellow MMCW writer Carla Anne Coroy, we talked about the book she was writing for an often unrecognized group of mothers. Late last year Married Mom, Solo Parent: Finding God’s Strength to Face the Challenge …
Backyard Blessings
For one week last summer, our church did something radically different than anything we had ever done before. Rather than send our youth on a mission trip to another state or country, we joined together as a church body for an intensive week of …
Making Clean-Up Fun for Little Ones
No kid wants to stop their fun to clean up! So don’t let them stop. Make the clean up part of the fun! Here are some ideas. *Have them pick up all the red toys, then the green toys, then the square toys, then the …
Meet Engaging Today’s Prodigal Author Carol Barnier
You’ve said you put off writing this book for years. Why is that? In truth, I was embarrassed. It was just so much easier to let people think I’d always been a Christian, that I’d always been faithful to God’s plans for me, that I’d …
Raising Teens: Resisting the Urge to Badger
Dad’s disgust showed on his face before his words even emerged. “I can’t believe you smell of cigarettes again.” “Really? You can still smell it?” Justin lifts his shirt to his nose to sniff it. “Yeah, me and probably half the folks in church tonight.” …
A Cement Block Garden–Really!
I do not consider myself a gardener, just a want-a-be. For years, I have killed more vegetables in container gardening attempts than my family has eaten. Last year I stepped outside my comfort zone and did the unthinkable…planted a real vegetable garden. A church in …
False Hope or Real Hope?
“A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.” Psalm 33:17 NASB Horses are known for their strength and speed. In 1973 a thoroughbred horse named Secretariat became a household word. His winning streak was tremendous; …