“You’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious- the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to...
An excited mom caught me after Mark and I finished the Living With Less So Your Family Has More workshop at the Hearts at Home Conference in March. “I’m so excited,” she said eagerly. “My husband and I have a comfortable lifestyle. I have never been...
Note: For those who receive my blog by email, you will get Marriage Monday on Tuesday morning. Blogger was down all day Sunday and Monday and I was unable to post until Monday afternoon. So better late than never…here’s this week’s...
“Many times when you see a hostile, angry teenager, you are not seeing the heart of that teen. It’s a mask, a signal that he is hurting on the...
You’ve probably heard the saying, “The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.” And then there’s, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Both of those sayings seem to describe our family. Take Erica, for...
Dear Anne,You have now entered into a new season of life. Motherhood will be the most important job you’ll ever have. There are so many things that I long to share with you: lessons your dad and I learned the hard way, strategies we learned from everyday...
As you may know, I’m a Compassion Child Sponsor. Our family sponsors Daniel for $38/month. Daniel is 12 and lives in Honduras. We pray for him and write to him. He also writes to us.Since my opportunity to go on a Compassion trip to El Salvador two years...
“Remember, your children learn more from what they see and hear you do than from the best lecture you can...
The days of summer are upon us. For those of us with school-age children it means change. I always look forward to that time with both excitement and uncertainty. Just how will we fill our hours and our days? Several years ago I...
