Tag: christian walk
Homeschool Phony
I am a homeschool phony. At least that is how I felt when my child asked to go to school.
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How We 'Do' Christmas
We don’t ‘do’ Christmas. Years ago when the children were small, we tried. But...
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Daily Quiet Times
I don’t want to play the game of religion. I don’t even want to play the game of Christianity. I want to know God and I want to walk with Him. There was a time when I felt secure in my life because of certain ‘religious’ activities, but God has been pruning these things out of my life, showing me how unimportant they really are to relational living. This post about my devotions and quiet times.
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Parenting Pain
I feel intense pain in this step of my parenting journey… for one of my children has disconnected well before they are ready. The child is bruised and hurting, therefore I am too.
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How Do We Parent?
When I see the way that God parents me I am more able to parent my children in love, in grace…with discipline as it should be – loving discipline. Discipline that restores, not tears down or breaks hearts. Every action the Father does toward me is one of restoration, although I don’t always see that at the time. But it is. That is His nature and I trust Him.
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Freedom versus Bondage
There are things that I struggle with in my life. Some things I have even had to set boundaries for. These boundaries give me the opportunity for accountability…they help me to be strong in areas that I am weak. Rules, boundaries, safe-guards, guidelines, do’s, do not’s…call them what you will but they are boundaries
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Helping the Weak: The Lesson in 1 Thessalonians
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, (Or ‘disorderly’, or...
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Obedience or Relationship
Is obedience all that God wanted? Is it possible to obey God yet not trust Him thus missing out on a relationship with Him? Can we trust without obeying? Where does relationship fit?
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I Am Empty
I’ve been busy with all sorts of projects. Been having a ball. I didn’t plan to have a...
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It’s Not All Up To Me
It’s not possible nor reasonable to train or teach every child every thing they need to learn. I don’t need to do it all. Just as God is perfecting in me His work, so He is with the children. I am not perfecting them – He is. God has begun a good work in me and He will continue it until the Day of Christ.
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Who, Why, What, When: Christmas In Our Home
Yes, yet another re-post from the archives… We don’t ‘do’ Christmas. Years...
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