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A Season of Gratitude
My pastor gave a powerful sermon on Lent this past Sunday. What I loved about how he presented this age-old religious practice was how he clarified that Lent doesn’t have to be about giving something...
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Confessions of a Thankless Heart
I have to confess something. . . transitioning from one to two kids has really rocked my world {thus the lack of blog posts from me, sorry}. It’s been as if the very lives I begged God to bless me with...
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Firmly Planted
“So neither the one who plants or the one who waters is anything but only God who causes things to grow.” 1 Corinthians 3:7 Firmly Planted and Growing. . . This morning I had the privilege of speaking...
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A Thankful Heart
I love the fall. Leaves changing into breathtaking scenery, then falling to ground creating a crunchy playground for my boys. Sweaters. Cocoa. Smores. Halloween. Boots. The chill in the air that...
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God’s Giving Dinner
My four year old keeps asking if it’s time for God’s Giving Dinner. He means Thanksgiving Dinner, but I refuse to correct him. We have several things that we say incorrectly on purpose because he has...
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7 Ways to Make the Most of Thanksgiving When You’re Far Away From Family
Here we sit, poised on the verge of Thanksgiving. For some of you this means drawing close with extended family, mom’s homemade apple pie, grandma’s stuffing, and aunt Bertie’s famous green bean...
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On Grief and Gratitude
They stood at the counter cutting out leaves and quickly recording on them the things for which they are most grateful. As I hung their thanks, I realized that kids – most often – are first and...
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Teach Your Littles to Count Their Blessings {review + giveaway}
“What are you thankful for, Joshua?” asked his big sister. She loves writing down her blessings for our blessings jar. . .mostly because she’s 5 and can write now. . .partly because it’s a fun...
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The Good and Perfect Gift of Every Parenting Season
“Mommy, why do grown-ups get so sad when their kids get older?” It’s bedtime, and I’m tucking in her in, my nine-year-old in new spring pajamas. The season is changing, and her bare arms look long and...
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Freedom from Entitlement: A July 4th Manifesto
Summer is such an interesting time to observe my habits. Maybe it’s the lazy days and lack of structure but I feel like the worst of myself comes out between June and August. I’m having such a hard...
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Family Faith-Building: Teaching Kids about Gratitude
We talk about being thankful a lot in our house but there often still seems to be a lack of gratitude. I believe we can and should practice gratitude on a practical level but until the spirit of...
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When Gratitude Turns What We Have Into Enough
She lingers at the dinner table with barely half of her food eaten. “I’m tired,” she exclaims. Nothing new for my energy-filled, never-stops-until-she-crashes 6-year-old. I walk over to examine her...
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Giving Thanks in All Seasons of Motherhood
< Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Psalm 107:1 {ESV} My one word for focus and inspiration for 2014 has been “intention” – approaching life with a...
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Teaching Kids to Have Gratitude in Hard Seasons
In every thing give thanks… I Thessalonians 5:18a (KJV) We’ve all probably heard that most of life’s lessons are more likely caught than taught, which means that as mothers, if we want our children...
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100 “Happies” for December
Does December bring out the worst in you? It can be a tough month for lots of different reasons. In case you’re in a funk this Christmas holiday season, take a stroll through this list of 100...
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Gratitude of Giving
Every year since we’ve had a child, I’ve sent out Christmas cards. This year it just may not happen. I knew in the fall when my friends were talking about their family photo shoots that I was already...
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Remembering the Miracle of Motherhood
Hey beautiful mom. I see you there. You’ve finished another day in the trenches of motherhood. Weariness is settling into your bones, and you’re wondering how you can do it again tomorrow. This role...
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Giving Gratitude its Proper Place
I was amused and not surprised yesterday when my Facebook feed blew up with memes and commentaries surrounding the fact that Halloween was over and it seemed as though the world had moved immediately...
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Mama, What are You Thankful For?
I am on the far end of parenting. I’m not even sure if what I do anymore would be considered parenting, really. It’s more of a daily discipline of letting each of my kids go, with my daughter being in...
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Why Gratitude Works
I’m sure you have heard a thousand times to “count your blessings” and focus on what you are thankful for rather than what you don’t have at the moment. Especially as we enter November and the USA...
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