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5 Ways to Break the Bad Habit of Too Much Screen Time
I love when I can flick off the kitchen light around 10:00 pm with the dishes done, the kids in bed, all is quiet. Ahhhh. My time. What to do with my hour of peace and quiet? With such a feast of options (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon video, YouTube), activities like reading or a hobby have slid out of favor. If I make my choice by what is easier, entertainment always wins. Hmmm… sit down to write?Or watch the latest episode of The Good Place? The show wins! It makes me laugh, I can do it while lying down, and it requires exactly zero brain exertion. I’ve recognized this bad habit…
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Four Easy Ways to Treasure Motherhood
I know it’s long past Advent, but there is this verse, subtly slipped into the end of the Christmas story which is stuck on repeat in my mind. You may have caught it when you did your Advent readings, or, like me the first time, it slipped past without notice. But it’s a good one, a gem, and it’s specifically written for and about a mother. It’s Luke 2:51: But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. (This is Jesus’ mother, Mary, written about her experience of raising Jesus.) As we begin a new year, let’s take this verse and make it a goal for this year. Let’s…
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The Secret to Knowing the WHEN and HOW of Parenting
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to…
