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Parenting Guest Post: The Video Game Struggle
by contributing writer Josh Kissee of Manbuilders.com Dads, do your children like to play video games? If you have video games in your home, then the answer is most likely a YES! I know, I know. Many parents are firmly against video games and some don’t even...
The Power of Honoring Our Stories
I sat across from her. In the glow of the restaurant, she looked away and spoke from her pain. She was honest with me. I heard and understood her. The book of her life opened. It began making sense to me. In it, I saw layers of pain, remorse, grief and regret. How...
The Middle School Years & Choose Now Ministries
We are raising our fourth middle school student. Our kids are three years apart. For ten years, we've had someone entering middle school while one is leaving. What. A. Thrill. As a teen, I had life-altering experiences in middle school. I became anorexic. I had my...
When Wounds Won’t Heal (and a giveaway for you)
There are wounds that heal. And then there are wounds that are always there. A festering sore. A dull pain that reminds you of the hurt. A thorn in the flesh Paul (the apostle) called it. He asked God to remove his thorn three times and God said, "My grace is...
What Is Needed For Restoring Relationships
When I look out on the sea of faces, some young, some old, I see tears, heartache and unspoken pain. It's behind the beautiful demeanor, but present all the same. When I speak on broken relationships, faces of hurting people is the universal language spoken by women...
Why I Choose Jesus and Not Religion
"I have no idea how I handled things before I knew Him," she wrote. I looked at my computer screen. She got it. My friend was writing about her current trials on top of childhood trauma and abuse she's still healing from. The words are powerful. It's the pure and...
PG-13: Why The Church Has Failed These Children
Foster children are the voiceless children in America. They are the ones we have failed. As I talk to adults who lived in foster care as children and as I look in the eyes of children pulled from one home to another, I wonder why we can’t heal the children needing to...
Parenting Series:These Kids Are Driving Me Crazy!
By Krissy L. Nelson These kids are driving me crazy! Yeah, that’s right I said it. I said the thing that most mothers think and feel at some point but shy away from saying out loud, or God forbid - put in writing! Crazy… Batty… Looney tunes… It’s really nothing new...
How To Walk Away From Temptation and Finish Strong
Since we're surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and perfecter of our faith....
How to Face Your Fears And Be Victorious (Part 1)
It's been a week since I committed to face my fears and run to God instead of reaching for food or alternatives for food. Forty days to run His direction instead of running to my coping mechanisms. And I'm not alone. Many of you emailed saying you're joining me in...
Facing My Fears And Why I’m Running to God
I've had this post in my head for months. It's about fears. It's about food. And it's all about God. This week, I stepped out in facing my fears by making a forty day personal commitment between me and God. For forty days, I'll move towards God and farther away from...
Where Did Your Confidence Go? Guest Post Michelle D. Howe
It's my honor to partner with Michelle Howe in releasing her new book, "It is Finished." You can download it free August 15-16 at Amazon by clicking here. Have you seen my confidence? I know it was around here somewhere. I remember seeing it before I lost my job...