Prescription for Hope

You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. (Psalm 139:5, ESV) On Saturday, my daughter and I made a quilted kite. In...

Bedtime has always been a battle around our house. Getting the kids in bed on time with their lunches packed, assignments signed and book...

Andrew eats, breathes, and lives for soccer. He currently plays on both the Middle School and local recreation team, which means he plays...

Rachel and I were in the kitchen, Christmas music filled the air. I was mixing up a batch of Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies while...

Out of the blue, my ten-year-old son announces that his favorite thing about Sunday School are the doughnuts. His honest statement caught...

Recently a coworker shared with me a parable of “How is being a Christian like being a pumpkin?” There are many versions of this parable,...

My favorite children’s book is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff. As the story goes, if you give a mouse a cookie, he will...

I adjust my ponytail and look at the enormous hill ahead of me. With my brow furrowed I put on my “game face” and continue to run. The...

Each one of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion. For God loves a cheerful...

Do you remember learning this song in Kindergarten. “A is for apple, B is for ball, C is for cat, and D is for dog.” This week God taught...

Today is Egyptian Day for our daughter’s second grade class. Rachel took great care in getting dressed this morning. She wore a white...

God did the coolest thing yesterday and I have to brag on Him! Before I tell the story of what happened yesterday I must first divulge a...

I love it when God opens my eyes and reveals something to me. But I am utterly blown away when He does the same thing in my children’s...

What does a mailbox, a storm, a dryer, and shoes have in common? On any given day, nothing. But on the last day of school, God used...

I was not surprised when my soon-to-be-seven-year-old requested shiny silver shoes for her birthday. This comment perfectly describes our...

Over Easter Break our family traveled to the Great Smokey Mountains. We stopped in at the Biltmore Estate and toured America’s largest...

Today is our son’s 9th birthday! Although he has a small party planned with his friends in a few days, we wanted to do something special...