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12 Kid Approved Gifts that Focus on the True Meaning of Easter
Reading Time: 4 min 56 sec One of my most favorite memories growing up is visiting my grandparents’ house and participating in a massive scavenger hunt to find my very own Easter basket. Even though the basket was pretty much always hidden in the dryer, it was an...
How to Help Your Child Experience Jesus this Easter
Reading Time: 5 min 31 sec Have you ever had a year where you are so busy that one minute its Christmas and the next, it’s the Saturday before Easter and you are scrambling trying to cobble together outfits and stuff a million Easter eggs with chocolate bunnies? ...
How to Raise Passionate Thoroughgoing Followers of Jesus
Reading Time: 4 min 48 sec I have served in a variety of children’s and youth ministry roles over the years and every fall, I would look forward to that new group of incoming students. Every year, you would have 1 or two students who would just knock your socks...
Worn Out? How to Replenish your Soul with this One Life Hack
Reading Time: 6 min 4 sec Do you ever feel like you are moving so fast that you can’t catch your breath? That if one more thing is put on your plate you are going to sit in a corner and cry? You miss your family, deep conversations with your spouse,...
How to Choose Home Decor that Sparks a Love for Jesus
Reading Time: 4 min 39 sec Have you ever walked into someone else’s house and knew what they were about with once glance? I will never forget when my husband and I went house hunting many years ago. We entered a home and in a couple of rooms,...
How to Unlock the Heart of Your Child with this Simple Activity
Reading Time: 4 min 53 sec We all want to raise Godly Kids, young men, and women who have thriving relationships with Jesus. As parents we want close relationships with our children. We want to know what is going on in their hearts and minds, because...
How to Be Present with Jesus this Christmas
Reading Time: 4 min 53 sec Children learn experientially and as parents we need to provide ways for them to not only know about, but also to experience a relationship with Jesus. We are going to be talking about 20 Kid-Friendly ways your family can...
10 Christmas Gift Ideas the Encourage a Love for God Kids Edition
Reading Time: 4 min 56 sec Christmas’s come and go and do you ever find yourself struggling to remember what you gave or received last Christmas? The whole point of Christmas is that it is a celebration of the Birth of Christ. I realized that I had...
Pushing Pause in the Midst of the Christmas Chaos!
Reading Time: 4 min 27 sec I walked into our local craft store on the day of Halloween and had to weave through a maze of boxes because Christmas had arrived at the store in full vengeance. I love Christmas as much (if not more) than the next girl but I...
9 Unique Ways For Your Child To Spend Time With Jesus
Reading Time: 4 min 39 sec So your child is not interested in reading the Bible? You hear, “It’s boring Mommy!” or “Not again!” every time you go to pull out the (what used to be beloved) Bible. Before you start to panic that your child is going to grow up hating...
How to Encourage a Love of Scripture in Your Child
Reading Time: 4 min 39 sec We know it is very important for the spiritual health of our kids (and US) to spend time with God every day. We know that the practices established today set the foundation for the rest of their lives. We also know...
How to Encourage a Strong Identity in Your Child
Reading Time: 5 min 3 sec Our children are growing up in a culture where likes and tweets are dictating their self-worth. We all want our children to grow up having a strong identity, knowing that they are lavishly loved by God and that His love...