There are many types of prayer. And we want to teach our kids to pray all of them. 1 Timothy 3:1 calls for prayers of petitions, intercessions, and thanksgiving. Prayers of confession are a good start: Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer…
Our relationships with our children are what we treasure as moms. We are fresh off Valentine’s day and on towards Mother’s Day. And we want to have a warm and loving relationship with our tiny and our grown children. We have children in part, in order to experience that very special maternal relationship! Give me…
What are some of the most beautiful things you’ve ever seen? Something in nature? An act of human and love and kindness? As moms we know that cultivating beauty in our homes brings us and our family peace and joy. Edith Schaeffer says, in her classic The Hidden Art of Homemaking: A Christian, who realizes…
A Commentary on the Existential Need for Joy By Summer Kazim “I just want to be happy,” is a phrase we’ve all used, or at least heard someone use at some point in our lives. Close your eyes and picture a time when you were truly happy. Not just momentarily elated, but feeling an indescribable…
Ephesians 4:24: Put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. The image of God is shockingly absent in all other world religions. In Judaism it is an unfulfilled image. Images of God are suspect in every way in Islam, so to examine what it means to be an image bearer…
By Summer Kazim I stood in church, blankly staring towards the stage as the band played the bridge of “All Hail King Jesus”. Normally I would have been lifting my hands and shouting the lyrics, but today I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Why bother if this is all just meant to make me…
Psalm 118:24 This is the very day God acted – let’s celebrate and be festive! (MSG) Shirley Dobson quotes her husband, Dr. James Dobson in her book Let’s Make a Memory, “The great value of traditions comes as they give a family a sense of identity, a belongingness. All of us desperately need to feel that we’re not…
Did you grow up with the same hymn that I did Trust and Obey? “There’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.” So if we love that idea, why is it so difficult to put into action? What is it about motherhood that increases our anxieties? What is it…
Abide is a word kids only hear at church. It means to stay with, stick around, remain, or follow. How do we stay with, stick around, remain in or follow Jesus? Jesus prayed by himself and with his disciples, he knew the scriptures so well that he could quote them, and he was always obedient to…
By Abigail Pendrak My dear friend Abigail was kind enough to share the transcript of her very popular talk on rest at the Rio Women’s Retreat, so enjoy this guest post! Before we can look at why and how to rest, I want to start in Deuteronomy 5. It is the second place the Ten…
