One day I was pondering the many friendships that have come and gone from my life. Some friendships fizzled out because we grew apart, life circumstances, distance and unfortunately some because of conflict. But there was one group I couldn’t quite pinpoint what had happened. As I thought through each situation I came to realize …
We are about to embark a whole lot of busyness. The store displays, ads, and radio remind us that Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. But here’s the thing we can choose our “busy”. Don’t believe the lie that you are a victim to your schedule. It’s hard to imagine we have …
As a biracial family, I love taking some of the beautiful things from my Mexican heritage and adapting it to our multicultural family. One of those cultural things I have always loved is the tradition of speaking a blessing over your children. In Latin America, the word “bendiciones” is regularly performed as children leave their …
My heart and spirit was deeply dissatisfied. I needed something more from this hamster wheel we called life. One fall evening, after our dinner meal I looked over at my husband and I asked a loaded question, “Are we any different than our unbelieving neighbors? If so, can our kids see that difference?” He was …
Arise! Warrior Mamas, raising arrows! From the beginning of time the father of lies has been trying to convince us that God’s word can’t be trusted. More often than we wish to confess, we listen to his whispers and we believe the lie that God is not a good father, that we’ve possibly been cheated …
