The most effective place for us to slow down and simplify is to soak in God’s Word at some point in our day. When my kids were little, I kept a Bible in every bathroom so I could “refuel” on God’s truth in the very few minutes I might have a...
For the last part of last week and the first part of this week, we’re focusing on slowing down and simplifying. Today’s Marriage Monday continues on in that theme. Mark says… When Jill and I have our schedule maxed out, our marriage suffers. We...
“A surplus of emotion usually precedes acting without wisdom.” ~Jennifer Rothschild
Today’s “slow down and simplify” assignment is to stop what you are doing at some point throughout the day. Let your “to do” list go, realize that the housework will still be there when you are done, and simply take 15 minutes to play...
Do you remember the two great guest posts by Shari Braendel last August? She was the one who taught us how to dress for our body shape? (You can find those posts HERE and HERE if you missed them.) She’s featured today on Focus on the Family’s LIVE...
Last Thursday was the final day of the Ultimate Blog Party. What a great week it was getting to meet some wonderful moms and find some wonderful new blogs! I decided to draw one extra winner for the Professionalizing Motherhood books I was giving away from those who...
In one of our more difficult seasons of marriage, we discovered that we were speaking different languages to each other. Mark was loving me the way he wanted to be loved and I was loving him the way I wanted to be loved. The problem was that we felt unloved by each...
“When you are walking with God, there is no such thing as an interruption.” Becky Kempf
This has been such a wonderful week of conversations. Sure, there were giveaways providing motivation to comment everyday, but if we can keep up the conversations like we’ve been having them, it will take the blog to a new level of encouragement, relationship,...
Wow! Yesterday’s conversation about toy organization was great! I learned some new ideas from our practical discussion. I am loving these wonderful dialogues…we are learning so much from each other! Congratulations to Stephanie (daveandstephy) and Becky...
