I had an encouraging and deeply personal epiphany this summer. And I’d like to share it with you. Epiphany. Noun. “an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure.”(Epiphany is also the holiday where we…
What we think.
We hear phrases like this every day: We read them in text messages and on our news feed. Hear them in meetings. We discuss them at dinner. We saturate our minds with…
Purple presence.
You guys remember Venn diagrams right? Little-known fact: my husband proposed to me with a Venn diagram! You can ask me about that later. This week at overnight camp our camp speaker…
Comfy cozy.
A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend about some discouraging trends we notice in parenting and the potential long-term implications of those trends on the child, the…
Once and for all.
You know that satisfying feeling you get when you do the dishes? I don’t just mean loading the dishwasher and pressing start. I mean the kind of cleaning that involves scrubbing the…
You’re important.
Do you know how important you are? Okay, I know we need to be careful to not stroke our already-inflated egos. This is not that. But you are important. Significant. Powerful, even….
You’re Invited!
Well, it’s graduation season, and in Iowa, that means Grad Parties. There’s something very poignant about walking past photo display boards where parents try to sum up an entire childhood. There’s no…
Countercultural.
Years ago, at age 14, my daughter Emily designed, printed and paid for her own business cards. Some of you may still have one on your refrigerator. It says, “Emily Bushlack, Babysitter.” …
Don’t miss His best.
I will never forget last Sunday. It was one of the most powerful times of worship I can remember. We were led in praise by some amazing and strong moms. And we got…
Good questions!
We recently took a once-in-a-lifetime family vacation to Hawaii. Sadly the adopted boys had to work, but the original six Bushlacks enjoyed over a week together on The Garden Isle of Kauai….