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When Having Adult Children is Harder Than You Expected
Adjusting to having adult children, and eventually adjusting to a fully-empty nest, was a journey for me. It is for most of us. I’ve now had the opportunity to launch children into adulthood five times. Watching each of our little birds fly out of the nest has been a...
6 Free Curriculum Ideas for Your Moms Group
Life is better lived together in community with others. In fact, that's a principle that we are taught in the Bible: Proverbs 27:17 says, "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." Galatians 6:2 says, "Carry each other’s burdens..." Hebrews 10:24-25...
4 Expectations to Release as an Empty Nester
Are you an empty nester, or are you preparing to be soon? One of the hardest parts of transitioning well into the empty nest season is intentionally releasing expectations of our children. Today I'm sharing an excerpt from my Empty Nest, Full Life book. I want to give...
The Ministry of Availability: Releasing Control & Embracing What Is
A few weeks ago, Mark and I awoke to a 6am text from our daughter-in-love. "When you guys wake up, can you give me a call?" She and our son Austin were scheduled to leave for Mexico within 24 hours and her mom was to keep the kids for their seven-day trip. However,...
How to Create a God Box
In the Bible, there's a story I love in Joshua 3-4. I encourage you to read those chapters if you're not familiar with the story, but to make it easy, here's a short version: For many years, God had been leading the nation of Israel to the Promised Land. After Moses...
Marching Orders for an Empty Nest Mama
Today's article is an adapted excerpt from Empty Nest, Full Life: Discovering God's Best for Your Next. Grab your copy here! As we launch into a new season of life, it's always a good time for us to consider how well we’re doing in stewarding what God’s given us. The...
Podcast
Trusting God When Life Takes An Unexpected Turn with Kristen Clark | Episode 119
Has your life gone precisely as you would have chosen? In one way or another, we all would probably answer that question with a resounding "no." It's no secret that life can be unpredictable. The plans we dream about and make don't always become our realities. When...
The Beauty of Boundaries with Lysa TerKeurst | Episode 118
Today, we are talking about a subject many of us struggle with in one way or another—boundaries. We ask ourselves: Is it unloving or selfish to set a boundary? As Christians, aren’t we called to be long-suffering and grace-giving? If you’ve ever wrestled with these...
How to Build Confidence with Nicole Kalil | Episode 117
Here in "No More Perfect" land, we talk a lot about the many different relationships in life—marriage, parenting, friendships, and even extended family relationships. However, we have never had an episode where we talk about our relationship with ourselves (until...
Finding and Keeping Friendships (with my friends from high school!) | Episode 115
Today we're talking about friendships. Have you ever struggled to find close girlfriends? Have you always felt on the outside of girlfriend groups? Do you have a group of friends that needs to be more intentional about getting together. If you said yes to any of those...
Max Lucado on Finding Strength and Purpose Through the Holy Spirit | Episode 113
Did you know that, in the Bible, Jesus said it would be "better for us" for Him to leave earth so that we can receive the Holy Spirit? It's true! The Holy Spirit has carried me through so much. It’s no secret that I’ve experienced some challenges in my life over the...
How To Build a Healthy Lifestyle with Danna Demetre | Episode 112
A little over eight years ago when I finished my breast cancer treatment, my doctor told me I had three jobs to do my part in staying cancer free: maintain a healthy weight, exercise daily, and eat nutritionally. I was highly motivated and this launched me into a new...
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