An Open Letter to Dad & Mom
Dear Dad and Mom … my heart will always reach for your love and approval. Continue reading An Open Letter to Dad & Mom
Category: Forging Arrows
Building Our Homes Like a Lego Master {by Meredith Mills • Guest Post}
Every day we have countless opportunities to build our homes and strengthen the people who live within our walls. Continue reading Building Our Homes Like a Lego Master {by Meredith Mills • Guest Post}
Turn Nature’s Treasures into Art Masterpieces {by Kathy O’Neill • Guest Post}
As we admire the masterpieces they create, we can help children realize that each of them is a masterpiece made by God to love and treasure forever. Continue reading Turn Nature’s Treasures into Art Masterpieces {by Kathy O’Neill • Guest Post}
Nurturing a Thirst for God in the Midst of Summer’s Fun
While children are on summer vacation, how can we design joyful and fruitful days for them? Continue reading Nurturing a Thirst for God in the Midst of Summer’s Fun
The Memories We Make
The happy memories we hope to make can sometimes weigh like an invisible scorecard. Continue reading The Memories We Make
God’s Cause and Effect
If I eat a hot French fry, then … Continue reading God’s Cause and Effect
Advice for My Graduate: & Maybe Yours too
Today my oldest son graduates from high school. A couple of months ago major milestones seemed to begin approaching in rapid succession. College acceptance letters, senior pictures, cap and gown arrival, sports banquets, and the last day of school all resulted in a sense of completion. As I am privileged to have this front-row seat to the series of events quickly moving him into adulthood, … Continue reading Advice for My Graduate: & Maybe Yours too
From Breakfast to Bedtime: Strategies for Teaching God’s Word to Children
Our cap-and-gowned daughter posed beside the university fountain. Tears blurred my view through the camera lens. Already? I thought. Another milestone. After graduation Megan drove toward her new apartment. My husband and I followed and reflected on memories of her earlier driving experiences—the day she rode her bike with training wheels and then (in what seemed like a short time) the day she learned to drive a … Continue reading From Breakfast to Bedtime: Strategies for Teaching God’s Word to Children
Discipling Future Missionaries
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.“ Mark 16:15; NASB “There are only two kinds of people,” he leaned toward our three children. He whispered and his eyes sparkled. One half finger wagged at them and how cool is a cut-off finger after all. Awed, they devoured each word from a man they considered as old … Continue reading Discipling Future Missionaries
Red, Yellow, and Blue, Let Colorful Art Refresh Your Children and You {by Kathy O’Neill, Guest Post}
Red, yellow, blue and every color in between swirl around my art room. Paintings of sunflowers, green ocean waves, and an orange tiger crouching behind tall grasses dot the walls. Children’s owl collages and color wheels splash color across others. Totes hold crayons in flamingo pink and seafoam green. On the shelves colorful paint containers stand at attention, waiting for the next art class. But … Continue reading Red, Yellow, and Blue, Let Colorful Art Refresh Your Children and You {by Kathy O’Neill, Guest Post}
in the Quiver 