Did you enjoy the first part of Susannah and Peter’s courtship story? I am so glad she’s taking the time to get it written down! It is such a testimony of God’s love and grace! One of the things I think we’ve learned — after spending a total of at least five years of our lives overseeing courtships and engagements — is this: We don’t write our children’s love stories. God […]
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Courtship in Our Real World, Part 1
Courtship is an emotional topic. The very word — courtship — can stir up some pretty heated discussions. I think this is partly due to the fact that everyone seems to have a different definition for the word courtship. It’s probably also due to the fact that courtships do, after all, involve emotions. And I’m pretty sure a lot of strong opinions exist about courtship because we, as parents, inevitably make mistakes while trying to do […]
Read More →She Chose Life
I watched a video the other day. It was the testimony of a woman whose mother chose to give her life instead of choosing the “convenience” of aborting her. I rarely take the time to watch a video link on Facebook, but I’m so glad I watched this one. It made me think of an experience I had more than thirty years ago. Our first child, Daniel, had been born a […]
Read More →It’s Coming!
Stay tuned! Before the day is over, we will be posting news about an exciting new contest Doorposts is hosting — lots of great prizes, lots of learning, and lots of opportunity for good family times and creativity! While you wait, check out this great post about getting your children’s wiggly bodies involved in family worship and Bible study! Let them move! They’ll learn lots better, and have fun while […]
Read More →Book Review — and Giveaway — of “All Things Are Ready: A Bride’s Complete Christian Wedding Planner”
I’ve been wanting to write a review of All Things Are Ready, by Amy Hayes, for a long time. But first we had a wedding. Now I can really tell you how much I love this book! Those of you with young children may not need a wedding planner today. But you will tomorrow. 🙂 (You’ll need it a lot sooner than you think!) And you probably have some friends who could use this […]
Read More →“He’s Not Sharing!”
I bought it for $1.99 at Goodwill. I thought it would be a fun present for one of the grandkids. They could pretend to take pictures with it. My husband is the one who pointed out that it was a real camera. He fiddled with some things, put in some batteries, and we had a real working, bright pink, Fisher-Price digital camera. Now it was too hot of an item to give […]
Read More →A Fresh Start
“O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch” (Psalm 5:3). It’s a new year — a chance for a fresh start, in the same way that every morning is the opportunity for a fresh start. Every day we get to start out new. Every day gives us the opportunity to do better than the day before. As I enter this new year, I am praying […]
Read More →Glorious Chaos
This was the year. It’s been coming. We’ve always been committed to savoring the present opening — one person at a time, one present at a time, while everyone else watches. But that takes a long time with 20 different people giving presents to each other — especially when one of them is a present-junkie like me who never does less next year like I always say I’m going to do, and especially […]
Read More →This Little Baby
This little babe, so few days old, is come to rifle Satan’s fold. All hell doth at His presence quake, though He himself for cold do shake. For in this weak unarmed wise, the gates of hell He will surprise. Photo credit
Read More →Everything Has Changed!
I’m paranoid about driving on slippery roads. I’m even a bit paranoid about driving on potentially slippery roads. Ask my family. They’ll tell you. I think I’m forever scarred by the look of terror in the eyes of the driver in the car I almost broadsided when my car — along with a half-dozen others — went out of control on an icy overpass. That was back in my single schoolteacher […]
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