I love it when we open up registration for a new conference! We’ve been working hard to put together an incredible lineup of main session speakers and workshops for our 2013 events! I will be keynoting this year along with Candace Cameron Bure (Remember her?...
This past Saturday morning, I picked up Marie from her crib and pulled my back. The intense pain took my breath away. I thought for sure that it was a minor muscle spasm that would go away in a few minutes. That was five days ago and my favorite position is still...
Last Friday afternoon, I got this text from my 16-year-old: Mom, can I have friends over after school to make Christmas cookies? Now that is a big request. Making cut-out Christmas cookies is a big undertaking…but how could I say no? My 16-year-old wanted to...
You know me…I believe in honesty. Getting all the cards out on the table. Talking about whatever needs to be talked about. Today the topic is pornography. Mark and I have shared openly in our ABC’s of a Healthy Marriage seminars and in my Is There Really...
“When we ask our children ‘What do you want for Christmas?’, we are asking a question that breeds selfishness. In order to develop selflessness we should be asking ‘What are you going to give?’ Christmas is the...
We finally got our Christmas tree up! I’ll admit, I was tempted to throw some lights on the largest green plant in our house and call it done…but the kids wouldn’t have it! I’m not a scrooge…I promise. I am tired, though. We’ve...
This year Mark and I have been reading a wonderful book: How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich. The book has given us great insights into ourselves and each other. Not only that, but it has changed our parenting, as well. One way that it has changed us is that we...
I had lunch with a friend last week who has been going through a hard season of marriage at the same time Mark and I have been navigating our hard season. We are both in marriage counseling and we were sharing what we’ve been learning in this season. My friend...
Today’s Focus on the Family radio broadcast is “The Voices of Adoption.” If you or someone you know would like to be encouraged in the blessings as well as the challenges of adoption, you can listen online.
“Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God.” ~Andrew Murray
