In July, I met believers from Canada, Japan, Poland, and the U.S. to travel to Eastern Europe. Mama posted about my trip while I was in Ukraine, and several of you graciously bid on artwork that helped fund my trip. Thank you so much for your support! We served at a camp primarily focused on equipping and refreshing pastors and their families. Our team provided theological and pastoral training, practical […]
Read More →God Is Faithful
My oldest child turned thirty on Sunday. Wow. I found this letter in his baby book. I wrote it over thirty years ago, while we were waiting for him to arrive, before we knew if he was Daniel or Katie Beth. Reading through the letter, I was once again amazed at God’s faithfulness and grace. He has answered these prayers. His hand has been on my son, sustaining his life, […]
Read More →It’s True.
Everybody says it. Not very many of us believe it while we’re actually in the trenches. But it’s true. The years go by way too fast! Make the years, the days, the minutes count. You can’t go back and do it again. (Photography by Sweet Life Photography, Portland, Oregon) More pictures to come! 🙂
Read More →Previews of What’s to Come
One of my prize possessions sits on a dresser in our bedroom. It’s one of the first things I would grab if the house was on fire. It’s nothing fancy — just a little pitcher from an antique store — but inside it are several folded pieces of paper. Those are what I would want to save. They’re letters — letters from my children on the eve of their wedding […]
Read More →Dates with Daddy
It’s usually a spontaneous decision. When dinner is over, I’ll tell one of my girls (age 2 and 4) to hop in the car with me for a quick “daddy date.” This proposal is usually met with much excited bouncing, looking for shoes, and deciding which dress to wear before we set off on our adventure (which usually involves searching for ice cream in some form :-). In the car, […]
Read More →Because He Loves Us
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God; and so we are” (1 John 3:1). Our “baby” is getting married in 4 more days! The young man she is marrying loves her. It’s been such a delight to watch him studying her and finding out what she loves and what will please her. He discovered her love of […]
Read More →Gifts from My Father
Last night my husband and I made the trek once again to my daddy’s property to work, along with three strapping young men, on preparing it for Susannah’s way-too-fast-approaching wedding day. She and Peter want their reception there. So we’re working hard — along with a mob of amazing covenant brothers and sisters — to make it happen. I’m quite sure more than a few people think we’re a bit […]
Read More →In the Way WE Should Go
There is no way we can raise children who love and follow Jesus if we’re not loving and following Him. Our children can’t follow us somewhere if we’re not going there ourselves. If we love Jesus, we’ll want to listen to Him. If we listen to Him, we’ll love Him even more. And if we truly love Him, that love will spill out onto our children, and draw them to […]
Read More →A Biblical Definition of Strength (and other news)
Hi, this is Daniel again. I’m writing today’s post while Mama runs around town helping my little sister with wedding preparations (check out the snazzy rainbow flats she made for Susannah in the picture below!) Here’s what’s going on today: First of all, I just wrote another post for the Boy Dads blog entitled Twelve Ways to be a Strong Man. Even if you’re a boy Mom (or girl Mom, […]
Read More →Courtship, Part 4: Courtship Pitfalls
I had to laugh when someone shared this typically snarky quote from Doug Wilson with me. “Since I wrote ‘Her Hand in Marriage’, I have heard more than one courtship horror story. And more than once I have consequently said that the courtship model means that we have six idiots involved instead of two.” Maybe this is why any post about courtship is usually met with at least a few […]
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