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This is it! Our last month of 2020. Think of all we've made it through this year, and your persistence to continue turning to God's Word each day. Even though this is the advent season, reading the Bible in a year leads us to a very different place in Scripture. We're nearing the end of [...]
Advent has been a small celebration in my house in past years, but this year we are joyfully anticipating Christmas season way earlier than normal. I think 2020 and an election have a lot to do with it. I've already told my kids we're going to make a Christmas bucket list soon, and it's gotten [...]
I am so excited for Caroline this month: she was published in the Washington Post! #goals! But I'm even more proud of what she said, because the myth that women can just effortlessly do it all is flawed and needs to be addressed. More like this: The Mom-dalorian: What the Mandalorian taught me about being [...]
I was so, so hopeful that last night's election results would come in so overwhelmingly clear that we'd go to sleep easy, assured that the United States was actually . . . unified. But, of course, that didn't happen. If you're stress scrolling Twitter or raging at your friends' Facebook posts today, may I recommend [...]
Isn't hope fulfilled a beautiful thing? We've been living through a year of darkness, isolation, and waiting in many ways, so coming to the fulfillment of God's promise in Jesus has been so sweet. I hope you've enjoyed these gospels as we move from summer into fall, and we'll continue to look at Jesus's life [...]
Time spent together, reading great books out loud can be some of the best memories you make with your children. This Christmas, I hope you’re snuggling up with this book by a warm fire, with a cozy blanket and a mug of hot tea. Maybe there’s a frost in the air and you’re busy making up [...]
This month hasn't started so great for me. See: What does it feel like to have shingles on your face? Let me tell you. So I'm a little late getting this month's reading plan up. But if you're like me, that's no problem because you're probably a few days behind anyway. No worries! But you [...]
On Friday, I sat on our back porch while my daughter played in the yard. It's been a buggy year, and I swatted away a few mosquitos before bringing everyone back inside. On Saturday, I woke up with a cluster of mosquito bites over my left eye. They pulled at my skin and felt tight. [...]
2020 is quite the year to decide to dive deep into the prophets, where we get the gritty details about the years of exile and loss and heartbreak for the Israelites. I'm feeling it. But the good news is, we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Ezra and Nehemiah will [...]
This year my kids have started using The Good and The Beautiful's language arts curriculum, and even though it's just day 2 of school I'm already feeling more relaxed and in-control than I have in previous years with different ELA curriculum. What I love about this curriculum is that it's all-inclusive for ELA -- they're [...]
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