As we explore the curriculum of kindness, our families should be the first recipients of our care. We’ll start by taking a look at how we can teach a godly vision of marriage and train the younger women to love their husbands.
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The Curriculum of Kindness
In this post, we will focus on the aspect of kindness—a way we express love to others in our relationships.
How the Heat Reveals Our Hearts
Through the heat of our lives, God has good purposes: to reveal us our hearts. He does this through opening our eyes to see the thorns that show up, so we might know where we need to grow.
The Secret of Fruitfulness in the Midst of Heat and Drought
What is the heat in your life that threatens to lead you off track in your journey of faith? A look at what the heat is and how understanding it can be the first step to real change.
Inviting God In: The Beginning of Change
Contrary to popular culture, the beginning of change does not begin with self-help. God has another solution entirely. Will you take it?
Our Responsibility in Suffering
Five things we can do when we face suffering.
Three Truths About God We Need to Remember in Our Suffering
Our beliefs impact our perceptions, which impact the way we live in response to our sufferings. Here are three truths about God we need to remember so that we see and live rightly when life is hard.
Challenging Our Assumptions About Suffering
How to think differently about four key assumptions about suffering.
Stuck in Life's Desert--Three Lessons to Remember in the Wilderness
Three lessons to remember when suffering leaves your soul parched and dry.
Trusting a Mysterious God: A Musical Meditation
When storms in your life hit, how do you respond? Let this musical meditation help you navigate through it with the Lord.
Jesus Loves Me This I Know?
How going down into our sin roots us in the surpassing-knowledge love of God.
Meeting God in the Mundane: A Beginner's Guide to Christian Meditation
Learning to meditate doesn’t always come in a silent room with eyes closed. Sometimes it happens in the thick of life. Here’s a page from my journal.
Grow Up By Shrinking
Part of growing up means getting smaller. How does this irony work?
Mend the Roof Before It Rains: How Good Times Can Prepare Us For the Hard Times
The good times can be God’s way to allow us to prepare for the hard times yet unknown. Three tips on how to make the most of these high points in our lives to shore up for the future.
Ten Important Personal Lessons I Learned From Adopting a Child with Disabilities
Ten lessons God taught me in the ten years of our adoption that have changed and shaped who I am today.
A Worship Moment: "O My Soul Will Rest on Jesus"
Something different: A moment of musical reflection and worship.
Whose House Are You Building?
Who is writing the Story of your family?
How to Cultivate the Art of Everyday Worship
Connecting the dots includes worshipping God in the everyday through abiding, keeping an eternal perspective, and serving Him in the ordinary.
The Basics of Prayer
Exploring the why, when and how of prayer.
How Routines Demonstrate God's Faithfulness--and How to Write Yours
Our faithfulness, not our grand gestures of service, is what God praises (Matt 25:21). Routines help us to faithfully show up and serve Him in the ordinary tasks of life.