This article first appeared at Christianity Today International on May 8, 2019. It is written by Jennifer Brown Jones. “NO! I NOT QUIET!” The meltdown began—of course—just as the prayer was starting. My husband grabbed our son Mischa’s hand and left the sanctuary, as quickly … Read More
Your Kids Need Less Quality Time Than You Think
Parenting is an everyday race against time to accomplish a thousand tasks, while also carving out that precious quality time our kids so need and deserve. Parenting is a huge job. Not only are we raising humans but we also have to fit in time … Read More
Teaching Our Children To Pray
It’s interesting but it doesn’t seem to matter who you ask about prayer there is always a tone of guilt in the answer. “How are your devotions going?” “Good, but I only really did like 4 days last week. One day I did 45 minutes … Read More
Easter’s Over – Let the Adventure Begin
Show me a kid who doesn’t love an adventure. (If you can, I’ll show you a kid who has rotted his brains out with video games.) Easter, the most important holiday on the Christian calendar is over for another year. Now it’s time to help … Read More
Re-blog: If Christianity is True, Why Do So Many Kids Have Doubts Today?
I love Natasha Crain’s writing about apologetics for parents and kids! This is a GREAT blog post she wrote on February 28, 2019. I hope you find it helpful as well. If Christianity is True, Why Do So Many Kids Have Doubts Today? Christianity Today recently … Read More
Teaching Instead of Disciplining
Isn’t is easy to become discouraged about parenting? One minute you’re planning an amazing day out with the family and the next you’re ready to call the whole thing off. You know the scenario that proceeds. Your kids are refusing to eat their breakfast and … Read More
How To Resist Coasting Through The Last Two Months of School
I don’t know what it’s like for every parent, but for me, after Spring Break finishes, my head moves toward summer planning. I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one who is tempted to forget the moment we are in. For our kids who are in … Read More
What I Learned at Disney (this time round)
Well, we did it again. We took four of the kids to Disney World over Spring Break. Here is a rundown of my top ten lessons from this year’s road trip. 33 hours is still a LONG time. That’s how long it takes to drive … Read More
Feeding Your Family
Here’s a vlog with some tips on how to make feeding your family a little easier. Since not all of us love cooking all the time….
4 MORE Practical Ways to Grow Your Child’s Love for Jesus
Welcome back to our four-part series on growing your child’s love for Jesus. Here’s where you can find part one, two, and three. Today we’ll close with four MORE ways to cultivate in your kids a love for Jesus. Live the hardships of life with … Read More
4 Practical Ways to Grow Your Kids’ Love for Jesus – (Part 3 of 4)
As Christian parents, we want our kids to love Jesus just like we do. And there are very practical ways to grow that in our children. In this second part of our 4-part series, we’re looking at some very simple, down to earth ways we … Read More
My Mothering Journey – Learning That It’s All About God
By Jenni Funk I think my journey started when I was a little girl. As far as I can remember, I always wanted to be a young mom; my plan was to be done having kids by the age of 26. So when I met … Read More
Practical Ways to Grow Your Child’s Love for Jesus (Part 2)
As Christian parents, we want our kids to love Jesus just like we do.And there are very practical ways to grow that in our children. In this second part of our 4-part series, we’re looking at some very simple, down to earth ways we can … Read More
LaDawn’s Book Picks
With February being “I Love to Read Month” I thought I’d take the chance to highlight a few of my favorite books. I know as moms it’s hard to find time to sit down and read a book. And when we do finally get to put … Read More
Practical Ways to Grow Your Child’s Love for Jesus [Part 1]
By Brad Klassen As a parent, if you are like me, you have a desire and a heart to see your children love Jesus and grow in Him. This could be based on many different things. Maybe for you it’s because of the life … Read More
Five Secrets Noah Knew About Raising Jesus-Loving Kids
By Brad Klassen I have a deep desire to see my children choose to live life God’s way. I have prayed for it often. The problem is, my children have me as their father. I get tired and don’t want to play. I have been … Read More
Fasting and Motherhood
I still remember the very first time I food fasted for a full day. I was in my 3rd year of university and attending a prayer group led by a cute boy (now my husband). He had shared his experiences with fasting and encouraged … Read More