[Editor’s Note: Mentoring Moments first ran this piece by Cole Huffman several years ago. His daughter is 13 now and still plays with the girl next door. The staff of Mentoring Moments wishes each of you a Happy Easter!] The house behind us long sat …
What Does John Mean by Love?
“In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith” 1 John 5:3-4 The Apostle John is often described …
Longing for Those You Love To Be Free
“She sees them walking in a straight line, that’s not really her style. And they all got the same heartbeat, but hers is falling behind.” —Echosmith, “Cool Kids” My youngest daughter is 12 now. Show of hands here: Who wants to relive your twelfth year …
Difficult to Fabulous Fridays
*Affiliate links included for your inconvenience. Fridays are difficult days for me for several reasons. I won’t go into detail, but suffice it to say Friday has become a day I don’t look forward to except for the fact that the weekend follows it. God …
Hating Church
Four years ago if you were to ask me how I felt about the church I would’ve probably told you that I hate it. I am a pastor’s kid. Growing up, I felt like there were always about a zillion people in my house. There …
Finding Hope in a Hopeless World
Today after reading and watching the news and perusing Facebook I’m discouraged, downhearted, and dismayed. There is so much anger, pain, and just pure evil in the hearts and lives of people. I’m feeling pretty hopeless about this old world. It seems as though there’s …
You are Loved and Protected
After living in Arizona for a few months, Mark commented that he had never seen so many birds that would rather walk than fly. Whether it is a roadrunner or a family of quail, we constantly dodge them as we drive around our neighborhood. We …
Spring is in the Air
I do not like winter. I like warm. I’d live at the beach if God would send me there. Don’t get me wrong; I live in Kentucky and I’m a Kentucky girl. However, I would leave it from after Christmas until April if I could. …
Courageous Faith
There is now about 15 inches of snow in my yard. Second time in as many weeks we’ve had an overabundance of snow. This has caused my dog Cinnamon some trepidation. She wants to get to the backyard, but the step off the deck is …
Despite God’s History of Faithfulness
I had a moment today. It was one of those that comes out of no where, but you know you can’t stop it. I had picked up my daughter from preschool and for whatever reason, the cares of this world just came up and choked …