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How A 10-Day Screen Free Challenge Can Help You
Have you ever considered a screen free challenge? Maybe you desire your spouse or kids to step away from their screens long enough to look you in the eye? Perhaps you prefer to be more present in the moment rather than absorbed on a social media site? Let’s be honest. We all have days where we would like to take every electronic device we own and chuck them out the nearest window. Unfortunately, we all would be hunting for those same devices within five minutes because we need them. Recently my husband and I completed a 10-day screen free challenge together. Since our kids only get screen time by looking…
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Christian Parenting: 21 Ways You Can Disciple the Heart Of Your Child Towards The Lord
What side of the sink do you wash your dishes in? (Hang with me! I promise washing dishes has something to do with how you can disciple the heart of your child.) I wash on the left hand side. Always. Rinsing happens on the right hand side. Always. You see, my mom and dad washed dishes on the left-hand side and rinsed on the right-hand side my whole life. And their parents did likewise. In all honesty, I never thought about it. Until I married my husband ten years ago. The first night in our newly wed apartment, he gallantly offered to wash dishes for me. And he proceeded to…
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10 Ways To Celebrate The Resurrection Of Jesus With Your Kids
With Easter just around the corner, Christian parents are looking for ways to celebrate the resurrection of the Jesus with their kids. As Christian parents we may have seen the ways that Easter has become commercialized. With this commercialization, we notice more and more people drifting away from the real reason for the celebration of Easter. In fact, for many in our society, they don’t even realize that Easter is more than a holiday involving a bunny rabbit and getting us in the mood for spring weather! If you want your family to skip on the Easter Bunny and instead focus on the resurrection of Jesus, then check out these…
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What Happens When God Wants You To Be A Different Mom
I don’t think people ever intend to be different. In fact, if we are honest, we spend much of our lives trying to blend in and be more like someone else. Even as Christian women, we are going to try to imitate those who have lived a Christian life before us. Maybe we will follow in the steps of our mom, Grandma, or a dear mentor and friend. We certainly should try to be imitating Christ. Here is the hard part. If we are truly going to be a Christian mom who leaves a legacy and difference, we have to be different. Christ was different. There was a reason…
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How To Approach The Holidays With Your Unsaved Family
Joy to the World, it is the Holiday season! In America, the holiday season stretches all the way from Halloween time until the New Year. That is almost three whole months of time that you have to manage family expectations for where you spend what days, who gets what gifts, and who hosts what dinners. Let’s face it. Holidays can be stressful for any family. Add in the fact that sometimes you have unsaved family that chooses to celebrate the holiday season very differently than you. This can give you a whole pile of emotional decision-making to endure! Our Family’s Story Growing up, my family barely touched Halloween at…
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Natural Points In Your Day To Hit The Reset Button
*This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through these links. You can read our disclosure policy here. Thanks for your support of this ministry!* Have you ever noticed that there are some days where you just wish you could push a button and redo the whole day? I know I have! Especially now that I have young kids. But even back in my seemingly blissful easy days of singleness, I found there were days I wanted to just start over! Days get filled with bad attitudes. Poor decisions were made. Patient responses were lacking. Chaos is happening all…