One Thing that Helps Me Play Well with Others
One of the first things we need to learn as a baby is that life isn’t all about me. It may take a while to figure that out because when we’re so tiny and cute and helpless life kind of…
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What Does God Want From Me?!
When Dave decided to become a pastor, way back when we were in our early twenties and newly married, some friends tried to convince us not to do it. They said if Dave became a pastor our kids would be…
People Don’t Do What You Tell Them To Do…
After years of being married, raising three children, working with people, speaking thousands of times, and writing four books, I’m finally coming to accept the fact that people don’t do what I tell them to do. Our family enjoys an…
Overwhelming Love that Fills Our Souls
Do you know that feeling when you’re almost overwhelmed by how much you love someone or something? When you feel so incredibly lucky – blessed – that you feel like your heart could burst? I call those moments a glimpse…
I’m Getting Used to the Taste of Humble Pie
When it comes to eating humble pie, I’ve had more than my share. If I never ate another slice, I’d be okay with that. But that possibility is highly unlikely. In fact, just the other day I was told by…
We All Have Blind Spots
I’m usually a very organized, perceptive person. I can see the big picture and also details. But there was one very trivial event in my past that comes to mind every now and then to remind me that we all…
A Family Is A Museum of Memories
As my kids were growing up, every year when they got home from the last day of school they knew they would find a big homemade summer calendar on the door in the kitchen. It started with the last day…
Moms Need Time To Relax | Can you help?
My view of the dentist’s office changed last week. I owe my new perspective to two young mothers. The first one got me laughing. The second got me thinking. The first, an exhausted mother of four young children, said, “I’m…
So Much To Do, So Little Time
Are you in that wonderful exhausting phase of life when it seems like you’re spending all of your time changing diapers and tying shoelaces and practicing spelling words and making pb&j sandwiches shaped like dinosaurs & cute little hearts? When…
Living In The Moment
A week ago Dave & I went to a reunion in our hometown. We had a great time reconnecting with 80+ “kids” that we used to hang out with at church and in a youth choir way back when we…