If you are an adult child of divorce, I know how deeply your heart has been torn. Even if your parents divorced decades ago, you still have scars that sometimes hurt. I have learned how to repair my heart with God’s help, and I want to give you hope through my story.
Faith Stories
How to Make a Resurrection Garden for Family Devotions
A resurrection garden is a fun project that can spark interesting family devotions. It’s a great way to celebrate Lent with your children. You’ll need to build it several weeks before Easter so the grass seed has time to grow.
I wrote about the spiritual meanings of the different pieces in this post. You can use this information to teach your children the meaning of the resurrection garden and how God grows our faith during Lent. I’ve also written a 40-day devotional to accompany your project–see signup details below.
Building your resurrection garden is quick, easy, and inexpensive. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of how to do it.
Reforming the Spheres
A range of emotions swept over me as I watched the video clips before the sermon. Shock, since I don’t meet face-to-face with such secular worldviews in my job at a Christian school. A mix of fear and overwhelm and doubt, since I try so hard to prepare my children to be lights in this … Read more
Christmas Comfort Zones
Certain elements of the Christmas season bring me warm, fuzzy feelings every year. Colorful light displays. Children’s Christmas programs. Hot cocoa and family recipe cookies. My tree decorated with treasured ornaments. I look forward to these traditions because they are tickets to temporary happiness in what is often a stressful time of social interaction. Tempted … Read more
Being Aware: Finding God’s Plan in the Details
Recently my treadmill broke, so I have been exercising outside in the glorious autumn weather. Years ago, my husband and I purchased acreage from a small country church, and now a county road runs between our properties. I had never considered the church cemetery’s gravel pathway to be a walking track until my treadmill broke. … Read more