By Matt Charbonneau
Growing up with two sisters, a part of me always hoped that, if blessed to marry and become a father, God would provide for me a son. Indeed, I found love with my wife, and together, we have been doubly blessed with two young boys. However, God’s blessings did not stop with them, as He […]
By Melanie Norman
The rhythm of the seasons offers families opportunities to connect around special days. Holidays have always been the time to bring families closer together and in addition to our national holidays, there are also some very unusual and unique “holidays” to celebrate with your family! When life is busy, sometimes we need a reminder like […]
By Stephanie Thomas
Kids love to float through phases, don’t they? Interests change, abilities grow, and challenges that once seemed insurmountable eventually become old news. And so, our parenting goes through phases too. In a matter of moments, we move from cradling our little ones with the utmost care to chasing them down the hall to wrestling them […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
The following post is an excerpt from our latest Minno Life Guide, Technology: Raising Digital Natives from child and adolescent counselor, Sissy Goff. Find out more about the guide in the Minno Shop. . . . . . . . . . . Do you remember getting your first cell phone with a camera? The […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
In years past, we’d probably start an article like this with a joke about how we can always count on that crazy uncle to make holiday conversations a bit more . . . interesting. But Thanksgiving 2020? Anything can happen. Per tradition, the fun topics of weight, relationship status, religion, and “When are you gonna […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
“Remember, Jesus could have hung out with anyone, but He chose to hang out with fishermen,” my dad, an avid fly fisherman, said with a wink. We were preparing to go fishing for the first time in years for me and the first time in weeks for him. My dad was teasing, of course, showing […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
When we think of the terms “creation” and “nature”, most of us probably first think of green plants of some kind. Whether they are lush tropical plants in a dense rainforest, or wildflowers in a beautiful meadow, or towering redwood trees in a shady grove, most of our impressions of nature in its most beautiful, […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
We don’t often think about the air around us or the breaths we take. Breathing is an unconscious action that keeps us healthy and alive, but God, who’s planned all of our days (Psalm 139:16), is also responsible for the breath in our lungs (Job 33:4, Genesis 2:7). You might not associate air with God, […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
“And he answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 (ESV) At Minno, we believe we are to be actively engaged in bringing God’s goodness and love to our […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
There are dozens of Bible verses that mention water, and water can symbolize many things in the Bible. Water, like from a spring or a well, often symbolizes refreshment and the meeting of our needs (Matthew 10:42, Psalm 23:2, John 7:37, John 4:7), and clean water often represents purity and forgiveness (Ezekiel 36:25, Ephesians 5:26), […]