
My Favorite Gift Ideas for Kids 0-8
It’s about that time to begin purchasing presents if we want to share these with loved ones for Christmas. This tradition comes from the wise men offering Jesus gifts at His birth. We explain to our daughters that Jesus is generous in His nature and we are celebrating His birthday, yet He allows us to have the presents! He even said it is better to give than receive.

Wise and Practical Marriage Tips
Mark and I recently hosted a couple from church who we admire. Over cookies and ice cream, conversation floated from marriage to leadership principles. The husband works for a Fortune 50 company and oversees leadership development, so we had many follow-up questions to ask him.

One Simple Way to Disciple Our Children
Discipling our children occurs as we plant seeds of faith and water or cultivate those seeds and soil, as we pray for God to make them grow and help our kids flourish!

Need Summer Reading Ideas?!
I came up with my top 10 books from the past 10 years (excluding parenting books, which I highlighted in My 10 Favorite Parenting Books). This also excludes all my recommendations for books related to sexual intimacy, which I will share in a separate post in the future!

Four Beautiful Ways to Keep Scripture Top of Mind
The two physical things I have access to now that will also be in Heaven are people and God’s Word. Therefore, I want to invest my life into relationships and Scripture because I desire to spend my life on anything that will outlast it!

My 10 Favorite Parenting Books
I love reading! Even if it’s only 15 minutes per day, 3 times per week, I am amazed at how many books I can get through in a year!