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That Moment in Motherhood When You Realize Your Sin

Sometimes being a mom is just hard. Sunday afternoon was one of those times. Our family was planning on going to the movie theater to see a cool new family flick in celebration of Father's Day. And one of my precious children was caught in the action of losing self-control of one of his appendages, actually punching a sibling in the head. Now before I continue to tell you my story from Sunday, I have [...]

By |June 25th, 2015|Blog, Family Discipleship, Motherhood, Parenting|5 Comments

Transform Surfacy Friendships and Kill Hidden Loneliness

Have you ever been in a season where you just felt alone? You may have four kids, a thriving marriage, but when it comes to female friendships, something is just holding you back from experiencing what your heart desires! Maybe you have a lot of friends, but deep down inside you are spread so thin among them all, that you don't have the time required to truly get to know someone and develop the kind of kindred sister friendship [...]

By |June 17th, 2015|Blog, Friendship, Redeeming The Division Course|19 Comments

Redeeming the Division: The Quiet Fight Between Women

If any of you follow on social media, you have probably seen me share about the online biblical study, Redeeming the Division: The Quiet Fight Between Women. I am so excited to share with you that the course is released and we are so excited about the final product and the potential ways God could use it! Exciting News Right now, we have almost 50 people going through the course: bloggers, authors, pastors, pastor’s wives, [...]

By |June 2nd, 2015|Biblical Womanhood, Blog, Friendship, Mentoring|59 Comments

The Day I Resigned from 4 Ministries to Focus on Family

One day, as I was pulling my car over to nurse a screaming baby, I saw my other two toddlers napping in the car on the way home after having been at church for the fourth time that week for bible study, and ministry meetings. I remember feeling overwhelmed, and like, if I kept going at the pace I was, I might be sacrificing the legacy I was dreaming of--a vision God had placed in [...]

By |April 23rd, 2015|Blog, Missions and Vision, Motherhood|16 Comments

My 20th Re-Birthday

A few months back, I was having a conversation with my eight year old and he asked me how long I have been a Christian. I got a little giddy, because I love intimate conversations like these with my kids. And I shared with him, this Spring is going to be my 20th Re-Birthday! Looking confused he said, “But Mom, you’re 35, did you forget?” "Of course not son, but when I was 15 years [...]

By |April 4th, 2015|Blog, Faith|2 Comments

I’m Pregnant & My Youngest is Almost 5!

You may have thought since our youngest is almost 5 years old, we were done, right? Surprise!!! One of the benefits I have never experienced before is that everyone is potty trained and SUPER helpful! Everyone in the family is SUPER excited, as you can imagine! Actually they have all been begging for another sister or brother for a couple years now, and there are a couple who are praying for twins. My little Megan isn't [...]

By |March 23rd, 2015|BIRTH, Blog, Motherhood, Redeeming Childbirth|20 Comments

The Quiet Fight Between Women: Online Study

I have some exciting news to share with you! As many of you know, my husband is the Co-Founder and CEO of Choose Growth, a company for thought leaders, which creates online learning courses. Someday, I will share the history of Choose Growth, when the concept of "Choose Growth" came about, why, and it's history and growth over the past six years, which brought it to where it is today and where it is going in the [...]

By |March 14th, 2015|Biblical Womanhood, Blog, Friendship, Mentoring, Motherhood|3 Comments

You Don’t Have to be a Blogger to be My Friend

When we first moved to Central Oregon and were meeting new people, visiting churches, and having families over for fellowship to get to know them, I realized something about myself. I didn't want them to know I was a blogger or an author. I was scared it would negatively effect the authenticity of the potential friendship. Meaning, I didn't want people to be intimidated and I didn't want people to be attracted to having a friendship with me [...]

By |March 7th, 2015|Blog, Blogging, Friendship|11 Comments

How Jealousy Almost Ruined My Marriage + Interview with #TheUnveiledWife & Giveaway

    Enter to win Jen's book Unveiled Wife here! a Rafflecopter giveaway   Purchase here to support Leaving a Legacy & Unveiled Wife! Over the years I have read many marriage books. But I have never come across one that was quite like Jen's book, The Unveiled Wife. As many of you know from reading my book, Redeeming Childbirth: Experiencing His Presence in Pregnancy, Labor, Childbirth, and Beyond, I highly value that "Every Woman [...]

By |March 5th, 2015|Blog, Book Review, Giveaways, Marriage|9 Comments

How to Equip Your Children for Social Media Biblically

Within the last decade, as online social networks began emerging, many mainstream folks wondered if these alternative communities were really here to stay, or if they were simply a trend. Advances in technology, such as cell phones, the personal computer made mobile, have further enhanced what these social networks were originally intending. The future seems clear, that these social communities are here to stay. Upon joining some of these social networks, I quickly realized some [...]

By |February 12th, 2015|Blog, Book Review, Parenting|1 Comment