"Learning to accept everything that sifts through the sovereignty of God's hands is the main takeaway from Job, says Lisa Harper, author of Lifeway's recent study on Job. If we trust that our God is good and he does good - even when life is really bad- hardship won't make us bitter, it will actually make us better." I love what she says later on, "Through the book Job I have ... Read More »
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Teaching Your Kids To Be Happy in God
Meet Jennifer Vliet Newman, a long time friend from back in our youth group and college days. She and and her husband Jonathan have three children. They live in Ohio where Jonathan pastors their church plant Koinos Christian Fellowship. You'll love her wisdom and insight in this article. It helped me and I pray it will help you in some ways as well. This past summer I ... Read More »
Epic Bible Study Fail – no really it’s bad.
It wasn't my finest moment in leading Bible Study last night. It was our first night of a new study on Job. We had new ladies in our church attending and a missionary and a few ladies from others churches. I had prepared my heart and was excited about our first night. Tables set with cute flowers, yummy food, books handed out. We got through introductions and small group time ... Read More »
Promotion not Punitive
The book of Job has always been a bit disturbing to me but also intriguing. Job was righteous, upright and loved God. And then it was suggested by God himself as someone that satan could test to the core. The conversation between God and satan was wether or not Job loved and followed God because he was richly blessed by God or because he simply delighted in God ... Read More »
How I landed in a Laughter Yoga Class – no really!!
I never would have imagined I'd be blogging about Laughter Yoga but here I am.....blogging about my personal experience in a Laughter Yoga class that I didn't know I signed up for. I didn't even know Laughter Yoga was a thing! But truly it is. I thought I was attending a luncheon event for caregivers with some ladies in our church who are currently caregiving. From the ... Read More »
The post in which I lose friends and kids hate me
I might lose all my friends and make people very mad but I'm willing to go there in case I reach one person who could be helped by this post. To help is what I desire most in this post. Not judgement. Not alarmism. I'm not a cool parent and here's why.. Our kids are 11 and 17. Prepare yourself........they don't have phones and they don't have an Instagram or Snapchat ... Read More »
3 Bible Study tips that help me stay engaged.
I'm a self proclaimed ADHD'er who stood on my head on the couch memorizing all my verses in Christian school among other crazy nonsensical approaches to learning. My attention span is the size of a gnat and so I have to find tools and tricks of the trade to keep myself engaged. So even in my study of the Bible I've learned some things that help me stay focused and engaged for ... Read More »
The single greatest thing your student needs this year
You might not be able to help your kid with their Math homework (hello - since 5th grade I've been of no help to my kids!) And you may be skidding in to carpool line every day while suddenly remembering you forgot to sign that blasted school form......again. But before you label yourself as worst school Mom ever remember this one thing you can do that will make ALL the ... Read More »