Category: Family Life

One of the most convicting sermons I’ve ever heard was preached in a small country church by a pastor too young to grow a proper…

Five years ago, at this moment, I was on the last leg of our move to Kathmandu. I was equal parts scared and exhilarated, terrified and…

I am not the most artsy-craftsy homeschool mom you’ll meet. I’ve had a few shining moments of “let’s make this thing,” glory, but I definitely…

Birdie— known as Seven since before her birth— turns nine today. Nine. I’m not at all sure how nearly a decade has slipped by since I…

Yesterday was my mom’s birthday. It was the first one since her passing, and you know… I thought I could ignore it. Having not lived…

We were given the gift of a family photo session during my in-law’s 50th anniversary weekend last month. Their photographer—a sweet young mother— not only…

After a summer spent concentrating on domestic ministry details and planning trainings on the other side of the globe, Christopher leaves U.S. soil again this…

Since Mary Hannah and Mathaus have left for school, a funny thing has happened— John Mark and Birdie have grown up.

I wrote out the August schedule on the dry erase master calendar I keep on the side of our fridge yesterday. Wiping away July was…

The hardest part of getting out the door on co-op day is, hands down, the food. You’d think it would be gathering up backpacks, or…