I’ve read the story a lot of times. I read it again just the other day. It’s a story that Matthew records in his gospel. So do Mark, Luke, and John, but only John tells us whose lunch Jesus transformed into enough for five thousand people. One young boy had fives loaves and two fishes. That’s the only food the disciples found amongst five thousand people. I’ve often imagined that […]
Read More →Passport in Hand
We’re living in a trailer. There’s not enough room in our trailer for a file cabinet. That’s why, several days before I was supposed to fly to a conference in Canada, I went out to my son’s garage (where many of our things are stored) and found our temporary file box. I pulled out my passport, took it back to the trailer, and tucked it into a basket next to […]
Read More →New Children’s Study Leading Up to Christmas!
Would you like a little help spending some time in the Word with your children during this busy season as we celebrate the birth of our Savior? Right here, every day until Christmas, you will find a short Bible lesson for children. We’ll be reading Luke 2:1-20, listening for specific words, making lists, drawing pictures, acting out portions of the story, watching videos, and memorizing — much like we do […]
Read More →Giveaway Winner, Just in Time for Our Christmas Sale!
We have a winner! Thank you to everyone who shared your comments on the Bible study. They are a help and encouragement to us! Today we drew from those comments at random to find out who won the $50 Doorposts gift certificate… Our winner is Michelle in OK, who said: “Thanksgiving week really derailed me and I am still behind but even on the days I didn’t have time to […]
Read More →A End-of-Study Giveaway!
I’ve enjoyed studying along with you all month! Now it’s time for a giveaway! First, I would like to give all of you a copy of Romans 8:1 that I lettered. Post this somewhere where you will keep seeing it — and believing it! Second, I want your feedback so that we can keep improving these Busy Mamas studies. I know after our last study, we received several suggestions that I really […]
Read More →Thirty Days in Romans 8 for Busy, Busy Mamas: Day 1, Getting Started
It’s been quite an adventure over the past few months — moving out of our place in the country and learning how to live in a travel trailer in our son’s driveway. Little by little we’ve regained most of the luxuries we take so for granted everyday — amazing things like hot water, Internet, a flushing toilet, a sound system, and the ability to cook at the same time the […]
Read More →Reasonable Expectations
The main storm of moving household, business, and farm has finally subsided. 19 years worth of stuff has been sold, given away, crammed into a storage unit and garage, and squeezed into the 28-foot-travel-trailer-masquerading-as-a-tiny-house that my husband and I will call home for at least a year. The business is stuffed into a small windowless warehouse space, and Daniel is actually getting Doorposts mail out the door again. Now the rebuilding begins. […]
Read More →Transition
Someday our lives will settle down and we will post on a more regular schedule again. (In fact, in just a little more than a month, we’ll be posting everyday while we do our Busy Mamas study of Romans 8!) For now we’re trying to move. We have approximately 40 hours left to be completely out of this house that has been our home for 19 years. 40 hours to still figure […]
Read More →Ingredients of Godly Discipline, Part 4: Consequences
As we seek to provide godly discipline for our children, there are times where it’s appropriate for us to devise consequences or allow them to experience the natural consequences of their sin. Why are consequences part of godly discipline? 1. Consequences prove that we love our children. “Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.” (Proverbs 13:24) 2. Consequences drive out folly. […]
Read More →Back from Ukraine!
I used to wake up with a plan for the day. Now I wake up and have to figure out where I even am. In the midst of writing a month’s worth of posts for our Child-Training Boot Camp Bible study, arranging flowers for two different weddings, putting our house on the market (5 offers in 4 days!), and accepting an offer on the place that has been our home […]
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