By Editorial Team
Parenting is a challenging, rewarding, and completely humbling journey. It’s no secret to Christian parents that without Jesus, we would have no idea how to parent our children for His glory. I’m so thankful for the wisdom that can only come from the Holy Spirit to help us walk out the great adventure of parenting. […]
By Editorial Team
Last week was my kids’ spring break. And while I made a few, tentative plans and we accomplished a couple things on my to-do list, the week mostly passed in a blur, taking my good intentions with it. Several months ago I signed up for a huge project, due in April. I promised myself that […]
By Melanie Rainer
Wondering how to talk to kids about war with all that’s happening in Ukraine? Use these age by age talking points to offer a hope-filled perspective. We live in a Civil War town. It’s impossible to drive very far at all without passing statues, signs marking famous battle sites, and other reminders of the war […]
By Stephanie Thomas
We all know the value of families eating dinner together: a sense of camaraderie develops when we share good food and good conversation with the people we love. If you’re like me, reminders like this one give you a bit of a guilty conscience. After all, between sports, extracurriculars, church, and work obligations, it can […]
By Stephanie Thomas
My parents live a few hours away from us. After years of travel, we’ve perfected our family road-trip routine. The boys look at books. They draw. We listen to a podcast or two. We snack, tell jokes, turn up the music, and dance around. Before long, we’re almost there! As we pull off the interstate, I […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
The Raising Boys and Girls podcast is back for Season 4 with topics and guests that will inspire you along your journey of raising kids in today’s world. Join Sissy Goff and David Thomas this week as they chat with Sophie Hudson and Melanie Shankle of the Big Boo Cast Podcast about raising kids with […]
By Editorial Team
It’s Not Too Late to Celebrate Advent . . . We’ve all been the tired Christmas mama before—the one who braved the malls (maybe stayed up way too late on Amazon), decked the halls, and planned ALL the holiday meals. Today, on this week-after-the-Sunday-of-Advent, we want to encourage the mom who feels like she’s already […]
By Editorial Team
I have mixed feelings about the busyness of Christmas. With all its programs and parties and consumerism, sometimes Christmas makes me want to run and hide. I’ve tried to bring a deeper sense of peace to the season using daily Advent readings, but always fall behind around Day 4. Over the past few years, I […]
By Christine Bailey
In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzergerald wrote, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” Although fall is a time of transition in nature when leaves, grass, and plants all start to die or hibernate, fall often feels a fresh start, because there’s just something about this season that awakens us […]
By Editorial Team
Grandparents Day is just around the corner and it may sneak up on you with all of the busyness of going back to school. We know the love and influence passed down from one generation to the next is powerful. So we want to help you honor your child’s grandparents this month, even if you […]