I’m thrilled to have my friend Amy Julia Becker guest blog for me today. I highly recommend her books – authentic, beautifully written, and encouraging. You will love her and her writings. Her books would make great easy inexpensive Christmas presents! My favorite phrase from a Christmas hymn comes from “Joy to the World.” It’s early on in … Read More about Prepare Him Room: Thoughts on Advent
If You Want to Get Along (Better) With Your In-Laws
I’m thrilled to have my friend Lisa Jacobson share a blog with you. She and her whole family are a great example to me. You can find her at Club31Women. I liked her from the very first. She was strong, straight-forward, and no-nonsense. A real pioneer woman. Hard-working and resolute. My husband’s mother welcomed me … Read More about If You Want to Get Along (Better) With Your In-Laws
Don’t Get Caught in the Rip Current of Discouragement
Do you ever feel rocked by bad news? More-than-disappointed because things didn’t turn out the way you wanted? Has someone you relied on let you down? Did a relationship fail to develop as you had hoped, or the job you needed not come through? Have your small regrets grown into a big pile of discouragement? Has it … Read More about Don’t Get Caught in the Rip Current of Discouragement
The Best Marriage Conference
John and I recently celebrated 46 years of marriage. Over the years we’ve been to a lot of marriage conferences and spoken at over 60 ourselves. The conference that we are most excited about is Family Life’s “Weekend To Remember” marriage conference. We’ve been speaking with this extraordinary team for 18 years. (We are just … Read More about The Best Marriage Conference
Don’t Get Caught
Have you ever found yourself feeling: “I’m just so mad, so hurt—again. I’m not going to share my heart with him anymore. He doesn’t understand. It is too painful. We’ll live in the same house but he can do his thing and I’ll do mine.” Most of us, if we are really honest, have felt … Read More about Don’t Get Caught
Are You Living with Uncertainty?
I imagine each one of us is living with some kind of uncertainty. Uncertainty over a job application, uncertainty about what medical tests will reveal, or how to handle a hormonal teen, or make the best decision, or sort out a misunderstanding with a friend, or understand a child’s depression and anger. There’s financial uncertainty, … Read More about Are You Living with Uncertainty?
Preparing Your Child To Leave Home
We had five kids in seven years so when they reached high school my husband and I felt like we were in a constant state of getting somebody ready to leave! Just as we were moving one into a dorm, we were looking through college catalogues with the next one. And it all happened too … Read More about Preparing Your Child To Leave Home
Perspective Matters
Recently my grandson Fitz exploded into tears because his mother asked him to hold his brother’s hand for a photo. He did not want to hold his brother’s hand! A young granddaughter “pitched a fit” because an older sibling looked at her in the wrong way. A touch and a look equaled tragedy for these kids. Their … Read More about Perspective Matters
