by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 31, 2014 | For Women, Parenting
I’m excited to be posting my first article today with The Whatever Girl ministry of Erin Bishop, a ministry focused on mothers and daughters being intentional. It’s timely today as I prepare for my daughter’s return from Guatemala in two days....
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 28, 2014 | Parenting
“How dare he act that way” I thought as I left my mother-in-law’s house. I was embarrassed at the outburst my toddler was having. “No, no, I don’t want to go home!” my eighteen-month old screamed as I picked him up to take him home. His little legs were still kicking...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Dec 2, 2013 | Life
The last few days my Facebook and Twitter feed has filled with “pray for the sex trafficking during the Super Bowl.” This is one area where prayer is futile without action or commitment to change. Forgive my boldness, but sex trafficking begins and ends...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Oct 2, 2013 | Parenting
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...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Sep 20, 2013 | Faith, Life
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...