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), […]
By Melanie Rainer
Have fear and anxiety ramped up in your home during safer-at-home orders, canceled school, and scary news stories about living through a global pandemic? Scripture tells us over and over to not fear and to trust God, but kids are concrete thinkers and can struggle to regulate their emotions, especially out-of-control fear that they often […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
Promote peace at home with simple strategies that prove—peace is not the absence of crazy but the ability to find calm in the midst of the chaos. In my older age (I’m over 40 now), I find I crave peace. But as a busy mom, peace is hard to come by. My dear friend Joanne […]
By Melanie Rainer
Use this life skills for kids checklist to fill your summer with intentional growth opportunities! Have you and your kids suddenly found yourselves at home a lot more? Our collective Coronavirus Summer is upon us, and you may be staring down an empty calendar for the next three months wondering “what can we do?” Camps […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a dangerous trend taking over today’s families. So driven by FOMO (fear of missing out, or for parents, fear of our kids missing out), we were over-scheduling and over-committing our lives so our children didn’t miss out on anything that might possibly bring them joy. The irony is, by […]
By Editorial Team
There’s a sign on the inside of our door that reads, “There’s a great big world out there waiting to be loved by YOU!” It’s a reminder I want us to encounter every time we leave our home and go out to school, work, church, and most of all, our community. I passed by the […]
By Jessica Wolstenholm
Over the past week, I’ve been counseling kids and families over Zoom. It’s been a strange phenomenon to use technology to counsel, but certainly one I’m grateful for. And, to be honest, as I began the process in the midst of America’s COVID-19 quarantine, I thought I would hear something quite different from the words […]
By Melanie Rainer
It can be easy to read the Bible and only see the stories of the amazing men—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Elijah and Elisha. David and Solomon. Peter and James and John. But the Bible has lots of stories of incredible women too. Strong and brave women who led armies and challenged kings. Prophetesses who heard […]
By Editorial Team
“Mo-om! Can I have a snack?” It’s like the anthem of kid-dom. It seems like most kids I know would rather snack all day than eat any real meals. Actually, I know some adults who feel the same way. Some parenting resources say you should never let your kids snack between meals, it ruins their […]