Before I begin, I need to be honest with you. I’m still figuring out how to raise faithful teenagers. This is a somewhat scary thing to admit, since I am both a youth minister and a mom. When I returned to church sixteen years ago, first baby in her carrier, I was still figuring out … Continue reading
Category Archives: Motherhood
Confirmation Tips for Parents Part II: Statements of Faith
This is the second of a two posts with suggestions for helping your child write their statement of faith at the end of confirmation. I’ve seen several examples of instructions for writing statements of faith. In general, I find them to be either too wordy (with dozens of suggested statements using complex words) or too … Continue reading
Finding God in the Carpool Lane: Packing my 2017 Basket
A 2017 Update to last year’s post about devotional materials for busy people. Today I want to share some things that help me to draw closer to God in the midst of my schedule. I am a parent of two teenagers, grad student, blogger, and church staff person. I often find myself with 10 … Continue reading
On Things We Leave Behind
This is a picture of our third child, Lovey Doll. Marielle inherited this cast off from her older sister, who preferred Elephant. Since birth, Lovey and Marielle have been near constant companions. I can’t even guess the amount of parent time that has been spent making sure this treasure was never misplaced. Sweet dolly is … Continue reading
Experiencing, lingering, discovering.
My family of four was scouting for the next big wave on a secluded beach on the Pacific Coast. I pointed out a promising swell in the distance that turned out to be a dud. My daughter explained her opinion of what happened “If the waves come too close together, they interfere with each other.” … Continue reading
When the News is Too Big for Young People
As Christians, we are asked to “to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with God.” Micah 6:8. As parents of children, some very young, how do we respond faithfully to current events? How do we “do justice?” What do we do when our children hear of things we weren’t ready for them to know? Continue reading
What to Wear to Church… or not
“Jesus carried his own cross up a mountain. The least we can do is put on a pair of slacks.” I ran across the above gem of a comment on facebook recently and I have to admit it is one of the more amusing things I have read lately. Just to be clear, it wasn’t … Continue reading
