Are You Willing to Take the “UNPLUGGED SUNDAY” Family Challenge?

This is a repost of from last year, but it’s a challenge we try to share every Sunday. And since today is Sunday, I was just wondering… Are you willing to unplug from 8 to 8 on Sundays?   Recently, my hubby and I headed to Chili’s after church. As I stood in the restaurant waiting to be seated, I noticed a young family sitting in the waiting area. The mom and dad were busy text messaging or checking their latest Facebook status while the daughter, who was sandwiched between them, slouched down with a very exasperated look on her face.  …

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5 Verses Moms Should Memorize…and PRAY!

Salvation. It’s the most important thing we want for our children. The most important prayer our heart whispers every day. The most important cry of every Christian momma’s heart.  More than a godly spouse, educational and financial success, power, position or health, we pray that our children will be saved. But we’re not alone in this deep desire to see our kids come to know Christ. It’s God’s deepest desire too!  That’s why Jesus came… because it wasn’t His will that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance – and that includes your children, and my children, …

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Raising Children with a Faith Goal in Mind

Motherhood can be overwhelming at times. It’s easy to get pulled into the day-to-day details, taking care of tiny needs to the point of distraction, while pushing off the big picture that seems so far ahead of us. Before we know it, our babies have grown from 4 to 14 in the blink of an eye, and it suddenly hits us that the things we hoped to have accomplished may not have even been addressed. This is especially true of doing our part in building their faith. Just like everything else of any value in life, it takes preparation and …

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Mom, Are You Fretting?

“Do not fret.” Do we, as moms, follow this? David uses the word fret three times and all three in one psalm, Psalm 37, verses 1, 7, and 8. The Hebrew word for fret means to glow or grow warm, to be angry, to kindle, to blaze up, to be hot, to be furious, to burn. Our English definition is tempered somewhat. In part, it means to feel or express worry, annoyance, or discontent, to agitate, torment, irritate, or vex, to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, etc. Used as a noun, it means an agitated or irritated state …

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When Mother’s Day Disappoints

Did Mother’s Day live up to your dreams this year, or did you go to bed last night feeling disappointed?  Did Mother’s Day live up to your dreams this year, or did you go to bed last night feeling disappointed? Click To Tweet Most of us have probably been there at least a time or two. Maybe you’re a single mom, so Mother’s Day for you has never meant sleeping in or having someone else help with the children. You love your children, of course, but Mother’s Day reminds you of what you don’t have: someone to help raise your …

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Happy Mother’s Day! And here are the 5 winners of MOM Week!

Today, we celebrate YOU! To all you precious moms who have embraced the sacred call to mold the hearts of your children with the kind of momma love that leaves imprints on their hearts. You who love unconditionally, passionately, deeply and relentlessly. You who kiss boo-boos, hem pants, make meals, organize your home, play taxi driver for your kids, run errands, help with homework, wash that endless pile of dishes and that mounting mount of laundry. You whose heart aches when your children’s hearts hurt and you whose heart silently smiles with every one of those little victories in your …

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“Nana” Lessons from a Coffee Mug by Kathy Howard (and a GIVEAWAY)

I love coffee mugs. Wait, let me clarify… I love coffee. That makes mugs a necessity. So, I’m always on the lookout for my next favorite coffee container. When I was shopping the other day, I spotted several mugs decorated with my grandmother name – “Nana.” How nice! Not only would any of them make a very adequate holder for my coffee, but everyone would also know the coffee belonged to me. But, I couldn’t purchase all of them. I needed to choose one. So, I began to evaluate the pros and cons of each mug. Did it fit my …

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Prayer Matters by Pam Farrel (and a GIVEAWAY!)

We believe that prayer is the most strategic parenting technique any parent can utilize. We have made a habit of using the words of the Bible to form prayer requests for our kids and, out of curiosity, have kept track of the results. Here is one of the prayers we prayed consistently for our oldest son, Brock: God, give him the faith of a Daniel or a Joseph. Give him the courage to stand alone for You. Give him the integrity and wisdom to choose well in his relationships as you lead him to the godly woman he will marry …

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Thanks-Launching by Rhonda Rhea (and a GIVEAWAY!)

I hope this isn’t too personal, but I always seem to have at least one pair of jeans that I have to refer to as “breathing optional.” I’m not sure why I find the laws of jeans-physics so complicated. Wait, would that be physics—or maybe geometry? Jean-ometry? Whatever it is, the internal area of the jeans times the square root of the stretch of the fabric still can’t equal less that the sum of the body mass trying to fit inside it. This should not be so rocket-science-y. When my children were younger, I remember a few instances when wearing …

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When You Feel Like a Bad Mom by Sharon Jaynes (and a Giveaway!)

I wanted to climb into the mailbox where I had just dropped in my manuscript and get it out! But I wouldn’t fit. My son was in middle school when I decided to write the book, Being a Great Mom, Raising Great Kids. (The words middle school should give you a heads up that this is not going to be good.) Steven had always been such an easy child to raise. He was compliant, obedient, pleasant, polite, and playful. He’d accepted Christ as Savior, was a good student, and just a joy to be around. Yep. I had done a …

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