It happens every year - homecoming court. I love it and I hate it. I hate that young girls especially tend to place so much value on a like, a share, a comment or in the case of homecoming - a vote. Each girl secretly hopes to be chosen as class representative even if she is too scared to walk the court or doesn't want to be in the spot light. She still wants to be the one ... Read More »
Fighting Culture
31 Days: Day 20 – A Halloween Outreach
Oh how I love Halloween. It's so much fun to dress up and as an adult you can dress up without being considered totally cray cray. I have a Nun costume and was dared by our outreach ministry team to wear it and make an announcement for our upcoming outreach on Halloween night but I declined. As much as I love to dress up I just am not feeling the costume on Sunday morning for ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 11 – Reaching out in church
Outreach doesn't have to take place outside the walls of our church or church family although that's where we normally tend to place outreach. We have plenty of opportunities within our own church walls to get outside of ourselves and focus on loving those around us. One of the first things I think about is new people visiting church. For those of us who have been churchin' it ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 10 – Human Trafficking Outreach
My eyes were first opened to the reality of human trafficking (sex slavery, modern slavery) when I attended a conference in Atlanta. A copy of "The White Umbrella" was given to everyone in attendance. For the next several weeks I read a chapter every day in carpool line and it broke my heart. It scared me and it made me overwhelmingly aware of the reality of human trafficking ... Read More »
2 Tips in training money $mart kids
1. Let them make money by working. In order to teach kids how to manage money wisely they need to have the opportunity to work for a weekly amount of money even if it's just one dollar. Mitchell and Sophie have the opportunity of making $5.00 a week in household chores if they do them all. They also have non-paying responsibilities around the house that they are expected to ... Read More »
3 gifts that can change the course of your child’s school year.
A lot of schools start up today in our area and possibly in yours too. We all remember those first day jitters and excitement. New backpacks, new school clothes and the smell of freshly sharpened pencils accompany little feet walking into hallways. Soon enough though the newness wears off and the pressures of school work, mean kids and peer pressure can take its toll on our ... Read More »
How I found myself in the middle of a live Frat party this week.
My sweet Christian friend who is sharing her story of redemption and freedom from drug addiction started sharing her story through a variety of social media platforms. One of which is Periscope. I wasn't familiar with this app so I was playing around with it trying to figure out how to follow and watch her daily 2pm coffee chats. Well somehow - I swear I don't know how ... Read More »
God uses other people to speak truth into our kids lives – foster it!
I love for our kids to have other godly people to pour into their lives besides me and Randy. Of course our parenting relationship is key in teaching and training our kids. But I also think our kids need to hear some of those same messages from other people. It adds another layer of truth from a different voice and I think that's healthy. This is why Sunday School and Youth ... Read More »