Homeschooling Super Heroes

Last school year we got a little taste of homeschooling and a whole new level of respect for teachers. If homeschooling is the route you’re taking, resist comparing yourself to those awesome teachers. They’re passing the baton to you. Run your best! Hebrews 12:1-3...

An Out-of-the-Box Summer

Every summer kids look forward to summer Bible camps and Vacation Bible schools. Church ladies  plan Bible Lessons, design crafts, write funny skits, dress up like characters, they have as much fun as the kids! The kids love the prizes for bringing guests or...

Hope Prevails

“…America! America! God shed His grace on thee…”  America’s founding, her history, even this year, the continuing thread is God’s blessing and goodness.  We’ve had good times and bad times, but God has seen us through.  And today I want to encourage you that...

A Strawberry Harvest

That picture is of my younger brother, Jonathan, when he was 8 years old. Strawberries were his 4H project. The funny thing is – he doesn’t like to eat strawberries. He spent two years working a garden he wouldn’t eat. Yes, he did all the weeding, and I did all...

Soul Care

Soul Care Soul care /sol/ /ker/ (noun) The life-giving practice of nurturing a close relationship with God. [see MATT. 28:11-30] There’s much talk about self-care, but even more caring of self, is soul care. Soul care draws us Godward in a deeper, more rejuvenating...