I understand the ways that a busy Christmas season can bring fatigue and frustration to many people. But I actually find joy in the: “presents! The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And…
Family Assessment and Brainstorm.
Before we get started on the specific steps in Nailing Christmas, use the following questions to assess how Christmas is currently going in your household. This small step of preparation will help…
Born to die.
I wanted to blog weekly during the month of December so I could get the content of our Nailing Christmas class into the hands of interested parents. But I just couldn’t. There…
Nailing Christmas.
Christmas is coming! For some readers that announcement provokes nostalgic sentiments and joy so tangible we feel it wrap around us like a soft blanket. For others, a dread—a cynical, stressed-out and…
Family Meetings.
Family Meetings have been a staple in our household. We have gathered around our table or around the fireplace throughout the years to accomplish a lot of family business. Anyone in the…
FPU.
Life is nuts. All of life. Seemingly all at once. Have you ever been there? You know, when the totality of life feels out of control. Where there’s not one mode you…
See Him there.
New Year, New You! By the time of this writing, most of us have either forgotten or given up on the sincere resolutions we made for the new year. My only resolution…
Looking Back: A Dozen Years of Kids Camp.
In the Christian culture you hear a lot of buzzwords like: multi-generational ministry, ministry in the context of relationships, servant leadership, discipleship. Kids Camp packs all those concepts up in an old…
The Road Not Taken–a Marriage Metaphor.
Recently a group of young parents asked me and my husband, “How do you keep your marriage strong–especially in the second decade?” This followed closely behind the question, “How did you teach…
Ukraine Trip 3 (Photo Dump).
This is where I dump 135 photos from the third and final trip to Ukraine. Jeremy left on January 10, 2016 and returned with our two new sons on January 21, 2016….