Printable Prayers for Your Friend

Printable Prayers for Your Friend The world shattered for me three years ago in a hotel in China. Suffering had touched my life in a new way. The following day we traveled to our daughter’s orphanage. The world’s pain and heartache was wrapped around my heart in ways I could never explain. It changed me. Since then I realize the need to pray for my friends in new ways. Prayer was what got our family through some really rough months. …

Friendship Lessons from Chickens

Friendship Lessons from Chickens Many of my friends called me crazy a few weeks ago. It was Easter, and on a whim, my husband and I purchased six chicks. We might be crazy. We have a dog, a cat, and five kids. We eat a lot of eggs and thought we could save some money by buying some chickens to help with our breakfast budget. Little did I know how much chicken drama would ensue as soon as we brought…

Blue Bathroom Blues

Today’s guest post is from a sweet writer-friend! Janet is a Life and Marriage Coach who helps others get unstuck. Find her here on Facebook and Twitter. We have a blue bathroom. Or rather, up until last weekend, we had a blue bathroom. Blue toilet, blue tub, blue tile walls. Very, very blue. Now? Now we have a mess. Yes friends, we are mid-stage of a bathroom redo. Since there is little about this simple redo that has been simple,…

Why We All Need a Bible Study Teacher

One of my favorite memories from my childhood is playing “school” on Thanksgiving and Christmas. All of my cousins can distinctly remember this game we played in our grandmother’s back rooms. We were always on a “break” from school in real life, but we still wanted to play school. I’ll give you one guess who always wanted to be the teacher….yep. That would be me! I’m sure it is hard to imagine, but I was a little bossy when I…