The Aquila Report posted an excellent article yesterday from Psychology Today claiming that we are raising a nation of wimps. There were so many good points in this piece (which I highly recommend you read) that I may write several articles in reflection. One of the major themes is over-parenting. This is the age of [...]
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Does God Need Mothers?
I thought I would repost this Mother’s Day church sign blunder from last year. The last section on Adam and Eve is an excerpt from my book, Housewife Theologian, which is coming out in July. So I was on my way to my Tuesday morning Bible study this week with a lot on my mind. [...]
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Well it’s here again. I’m actually knee-deep in it—ball season. This is the time of the year when my sanity is really challenged. With a daughter in softball and a son in baseball, my calendar looks more like a game show challenge than commitments made by responsible adults. Added to this, the reward my husband [...]
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He teaches fourth grade in the public school. And he’s good at it. He should probably just be a hero for that. But since he commutes 45 minutes across the border into Maryland, he thinks it’s important to have his wife at home base for the children. So he works another job as well. It’s [...]
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Edward T. Welch, What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care? (New Growth Press, 2011) Edward Welch cares way too much about what other people think about him. No really, he does. He says so in his book. That’s why he wrote it. In fact, he found himself needing to go over and [...]
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That’s my one word to sum up parenthood. My husband and I actually toasted last night to the fact that this is just the beginning. We are out of the diaper/toddler/food-throwing stage, and all three of our children are adjusted well in school. Well, at least they are seemingly well-adjusted. My 13-year-old and 10-year-old daughters [...]
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It seems Tim Keller inspires me to reflect often. Sorry for mentioning him two re-runs in a row, but I’m happy he gets me thinking the way he does. Thanks for putting up with a week of re-runs while I’ve been enjoying my vacation. We head back home tomorrow! Reading Tim Keller’s Prodigal God provoked me to think [...]
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Here’s one of my favorite articles from last summer for you to read while I’m busy burying my kids up to their heads in sand today. Women are living in a very strange era. We’ve rebelled against entrapping traditional stereotypes, and now we are in the aftermath of liberal feminism. Yet here we are with [...]
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This is not the summer I had envisioned for my family. In the spring, my husband and I were happily talking about different families that we wanted to have over for cookouts, horseshoes, and the fire pit. I envisioned family bike rides, hikes, and day trips. It’s also become my thing to have a little [...]
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So I was on my way to my Tuesday morning Bible study this week with a lot on my mind. Lately, I feel like I’ve been waking up in the morning to a new game show wondering, “What obstacles are going to be hurled my way today? And in what new ways am I going [...]
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