Hi Kids! Welcome to day 3 of our prayer challenge! What have you learned in the past two days? 1 What did you learn about the wise men? 2. What did you learn about Mary and Elizabeth? 3. Are you feeling better about praying? Let's go on a treasure hunt! Yesterday we looked for answers …
For Kids! 12 Days of Christmas Prayer Day 2
(My 7 year old Isaac helped me write this prayer blog for kids!) Isaac: Hi Moms and Dads! Are you ready for your kids to learn about Jesus? If you are, try to make your kids early for Sunday School. I hope they have a great day. Me: Great idea! Why is Sunday School important …
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2nd Day of Christmas Prayer
Welcome to the 2nd Day of Christmas Prayer. If you are on this blog, I assume you are drawn here with the desire to draw close to The Lord and to seek after him. Maybe you want to gain some sense of peace this holiday season from a spiritual journey. Whatever you are seeking, I …
1st Day of Christmas Prayer
Saturday, December 12th Welcome to Day 1 of Christmas Prayer! This is a time of reflection, but also unity in the body of Christ to come before the throne of God together in prayer. If you are not in a group to pray together, please ask The Lord to help you gather a friend or …
12 Days of Christmas Prayer Challenge
12 Days of Christmas Prayer Challenge Starts December 12-23 During a time of seeking God over the past few weeks on the state of the world and problems I see friends and family facing daily, I have been feeling an urgency to seek the Lord in prayer even more and to encourage other believers to …
“Bad Words” and Big Hearts
Today, as I listened to the melancholy song "Say Something I'm Giving Up On You" as I folded laundry....(not thinking of anyone in particular...just it was playing on apple music...) I got those weird melancholy feelings that music gives you, even when you have no reason to be melancholy. It gave me a very real …
Beautiful Covering of Love
She was dragged half-naked through the dusty streets. The clothes that covered her earlier that morning, were left behind in passion and now in regret. Now shame was the only thing that covered her. Everything was spinning and the angry crowd spat upon her, hit her and pushed her through the streets. These were not …
Betrayed by a Friend
For more years than I can remember, I have enjoyed the company of a very close friend. This friend knows my every thought and pretty much everything that has ever happened to me, good and bad. We have been through absolutely everything together. #everything I would say this friend always is someone who has defended …
Just a Mom.
When I was in high school, I used to lay on my bed and talk to my mom about everything I wanted to do with my life. I didn't want to be "just" anything, especially a mom. Moms really seem to be at the bottom of the totem-pole, at least they did in my teenage …
Cutting the Silver Cord
Today, I dropped my daughter off to school with track forms in hand. So excited to try her "hand" at running, she woke up early this morning and made everyone omelets. I love my sweet daughter, my first-born. Born in the very early days of my adulthood, virtually a child myself, my Ariel birthed me …
