Winter months bring colder temperatures and keep us inside more. We all tend to rely on our devices a little more for entertainment and to pass the time. Our video games and apps keep our fingers busy but can they also give us an opportunity to talk about faith and the things of...
Lent is a season of the church year in which sorrow for sins is emphasized. We’re given the opportunity to reflect on what we have done, how we have fallen short, and how desperately we need a Savior. (Which, spoiler alert: God provided the first Easter!) While this is a season that is...
A new year always brings new possibilities. Those possibilities will likely present themselves in many and various ways. But the greatest possibilities we have, will come in the ways the Holy Spirit will guide us and grow us and sanctify us (make us holy) this year. Sometimes He does that...
Quiet is probably about the last thing I think of at Christmastime. There’s hustle and bustle and seemingly a million things to do to get ready. But you know what? Very few things on the list actually get me ready for the coming of our Savior. I think of a line from the beloved song...
In college, I was part of a Bible study in which we were each challenged to keep track of things we were thankful for throughout the month of November leading up to Thanksgiving. My roommates and I decided to take on the task with small 1”x1.5” sticky notes adhered to our large...
A condition we all experience from time to time is the fear of missing out. Children are often not as easy to get down for a nap when there’s lots of activity because they don’t want to miss anything. They are eager to go on every errand even to the “boring” places...
My husband has a love for and great patience for gardening. It’s a great off-set to my totally black thumb. He tills and plants, weeds and waters, tends and picks, all for the rewards of the harvest he will reap. And I get the blessing of enjoying all the yummy vegetables and fruits he...
The beginning of the school year is right around the corner. It’s hard to believe that the summer days are almost gone and we’re starting back into the hustle; we’re trying to get our last moments of retreat in. As we try to capture those moments of rest before the schedule...
We had a flag pole in my front yard growing up; a full-size, raise it and lower it kind of flag pole. My grandpas both served in the military and fostered in my parents a great pride in our country. My parents always wanted to fly a flag to honor our nation. They took great care to teach us...
Think back to the summers of childhood—what happy days those were! Summer was a time when our schedules changed from the jam-packed day-to-day routine of the school year to the less-scheduled more leisurely days for an expanse of time that felt like it could last forever. The name of the...
