Guest Post: Book Review of “Together”

I guest posted about one of my favorite books last Friday on Simply Living for Him. You can go here to read my review and personal testimony about Carrie Ward’s book, Together: Growing Appetites for God.
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I guest posted about one of my favorite books last Friday on Simply Living for Him. You can go here to read my review and personal testimony about Carrie Ward’s book, Together: Growing Appetites for God.
Well this is scary! I don’t like posting about controversial topics. But I’m asked about this particular thing all the time (generally, multiple times a week). Plus, I very deeply care about the souls of your children, so I want to help make sure you, the parent, are fully equipped with the knowledge you need….
I’ve had some heavy things on my heart this week. I’m still processing, struggling to find the right words to say, and I don’t really know how much to share. But I do know this: Grief and joy can coexist. We do not have to choose one or the other. We can be grieving something…
“I knew I never wanted to arrive in Heaven, knowing God had given me those words, and have to admit I had never read all of them.” – Monica at The Homespun Heart Have you ever started reading your Bible in January with gusto, then fallen off the bandwagon three weeks in? Me too! After starting and stopping since I was a young teen, I finally read my Bible all the way through for the first time in 2016.
It’s always a little – okay a lot! – vulnerable to open the doors to my homeschool and let people see the bad and ugly sides of my family’s homeschool days along with the good. But that’s exactly what I did in episode 81 of the Joyfully Homeschooling podcast with my real-life friend Misty Bailey….
It’s no major secret that I used to be pretty messy. It’s also not a secret that sometimes I’m still messy, because I’m a work in progress. I have, however, come a long way in the housekeeping department. As-in, we can have company over without me driving my family crazy while I frantically clean. And…
What does a perfect summer look like to you? Do you love running from one activity to the next, filling your summer with everything fun that you can fit in? Or do you prefer to slow down and savor the long days? My family prefers to keep our schedule slow, simple, unrushed, and calm. Maybe…