by Brenda L. Yoder | Nov 29, 2017 | Faith, Parenting
How do you talk to your child about God and unanswered prayers? A reader asked this question and I wonder if you’ve thought this, too. She wondered how to help her kids understand hard things about life, faith, and God. I share my own struggle in my upcoming...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Nov 20, 2017 | Faith, Life
Though I travel a lot as a speaker, have been on mission trips, have a daughter living in Mexico, and have traveled to my family’s village in Sicily, I was anxious traveling half-way around the world to Chiluvuru, India. Lots of travel time allowed me to reflect...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Nov 11, 2016 | Faith
I looked through Twitter highlights someone had on their Facebook feed. Though the riots and media response to the election unsettled me, these made me feel helpless. I was shocked at how people are treating others. Do You Feel Helpless? No matter where you fall in...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 21, 2016 | Faith, Parenting
What’s your idea of family devotions? Children quietly sitting as their father shares insight from the Bible? If that’s not your reality, you’re not alone. Is this more like your house–your family is barely ever home at the same time, except...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Sep 26, 2015 | Faith, Parenting
Some moments are big, but you’re too busy to notice them. Big events get overlooked or under-noticed when you have multiple kids. Like getting engaged on top of a silo, graduating from middle school, going to the mission field or getting baptized. These are...