Since I've had kids and the stress has increased in my life, I've been struck with how deep of a sinner I am and have been left grappling with the question of, "HOW DO I CHANGE?" I thought this week's lesson in Self-Confrontation really addressed that well. ***WE CAN'T CHANGE BIBLICALLY UNLESS WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. Sure, you may be able to pull off some behavior modification, but it's only through HIS strength that we can have the power to conquer sin in our Read More
Learning to Chew
My best friend from Wisconsin recently became a Christian. What I love most about talking with Melissa Kane Snider is that she is not versed in Christian lingo nor learned in evangelical expressions. Conversing with her and her experience of following Jesus is fresh and life-giving. Recently Melissa asked me if I had read any C.S. Lewis. "Yes," I answered proudly. "Colby is reading the Chronicles of Narnia to the kids every night before bed." I could almost hear her rolling her eyes over Read More
Ever After..
My husband wrote this on our anniversary: Today is our 8th Wedding Anniversary. It's always hard to believe we are getting older, but we are edging ever closer to ten years of marriage and that is unfathomable. These are the moments we say, "time flies" or "before you know it," hoping to capture in words our sense of the fleeting nature of life. I must say...I like marriage. Not so much because either of us are very good at it, but precisely because we are not. There is nothing more rigorous Read More
Middle of the Night
How do you shield your children from the reality of death? Do you pretend it isn't a fact of life and ignore it? Do you guard them from thinking about it and constantly divert their attention to juvenile things? Or do you talk candidly about it, helping them think about it in a healthy way? The reality of death is really everywhere. You really can't teach your kids Bible stories without running into this theme rather quickly. Disney films don't even try to hide the fact that people pass Read More