Category: Parenting
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Advice I’d Like to Give to My Young Mother Self – Matthew 4:18-20
To my dear self at twenty-three, from an older you, This is what you asked for. All your life you have wanted to know your purpose. You desired the freedom that comes from living simply and trusting God. You prayed to become a wife and a mother. Now live it. He added a husband to…
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The Day our Hero Cried – Romans 12:15
Dad’s mood was somber that morning in 1966 when he sat on the couch and opened his arms for a bear hug. The four of us piled on his lap, hugging and chattering, squirming and pushing. Dad didn’t seem to mind the ruckus. Lowering his head, he squeezed us extra hard. We knew Dad loved us more than anything. We didn’t know…
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Keeping the Joy
My son and his wife and daughter from Florida are here this week, and we’re filling our days with all the touches of love that we can – from siblings, aunties and uncles, great-grandparents, and more. We’ve played Frisbee on the beach at Florence, popped in to see old friends from church, visited family in Portland, and sat…
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Parenting Tip #5 – Teach God’s Ways
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to help our children avoid making the same mistakes we made? I think there are guides for accomplishing this in the Law given to Moses and in following Jesus’ example. “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.…
