Parent Devotion: For What It’s (Really) Worth
There’s probably a mathematical formula for determining how much more expensive our kids get as they get older. I’m no accountant, but it feels like I’ve added another zero to my kids’ annual [...]
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Posted Parent Devotion: How to Predict Your Future
It’s so easy to believe lies. My 20-year-old daughter has been going through a rough time in college lately. She’s smart, she’s strong, and, as a scientist, she prides herself on filtering out [...]
Parent Devotion: The Truth About Lies
It’s so easy to believe lies. My 20-year-old daughter has been going through a rough time in college lately. She’s smart, she’s strong, and, as a scientist, she prides herself on filtering out [...]
Parent Devotion: Of Fat Bombs and F-Bombs
It’s different for every parent, but at some point we all have to let our kids make their own decisions. College is perhaps the most significant time when this happens.
Surviving the Storm When the World Comes Crashing Down
[This article is an excerpt from a chapter in the best-selling devotional book, Release My Grip, Hope for a Parent's Heart as Kids Leave the Nest and Learn to Fly When the Dark Clouds Roll In: [...]
(Podcast) Every Growing Thing Changes
We don't know about you, but the prospect of personal and spiritual growth is encouraging. Even more encouraging is the promise of the Holy Spirit to actively help us grow. If only he didn't [...]
Release My Grip. A Mother's Prayer for College Drop-off
Lord have mercy—it’s the night before we take our son to college. This is his last night in the bed that he’s slept in for the past 18 years. Release me from lurking around his bedroom, but I [...]