You can read the first part of this post here. Pregnancy and Stress Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, or drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags. Proverbs 23:19-21…
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Gluttony: Repentance, Relapse, and Resolution (Part 1)
My journey with overeating has been lifelong with many victories and defeats. This is the beginning of that story.
Ezer Kenegdo: A Mirror of Grace and Truth
Suitable helper. Helper suitable. Help meet. A variety of translations for a Hebrew phrase notoriously difficult to translate.
Here’s an example of one application of this phrase that is a different than many ways I have heard it implemented before.
Pedestals Are No Fun: Idols Set Everyone Up for Failure
Throughout the Bible we see God smashing idols. Our idols today don’t often look like small statues but like anything we choose to place above God, but the process of smashing those idols is still messy.
50/50 Is Not The Goal: Nobody Wins When You’re Keeping Score
In one of my hardest months of quarantine, I started keeping score between Afa and myself, comparing who was doing more around the house. As one might imagine, there were no good outcomes of that choice.
Why We Don’t Do Family Dinners
Do you know that you are “supposed” to have family dinners, but for whatever reason, they don’t work well for your family? Welcome to the club!
Nursing and Church: Practicals for Breastfeeding at Meetings of the Body (or anywhere…)
So many things as a new mom can be overwhelming, and feeding the baby is often high on the list.
Autogenous Bitterness: When My Own Choices Breed My Anger
There are so many times when my anger and bitterness are a direct result of my decisions and choices. One example of my process of prayer and repentance.
Let’s Talk about Sex (and then talk about it with our children)
Sex. Questions. Kids. Awkward. Right? Not necessarily. The Bible doesn’t shy away from the topic of sex. Neither should we.
Parenting from Joy: Four Practices in Letting Go of Anger
Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.
Proverbs 12:16
Anger used to dominate my parenting, and these are some of the things I did that helped my repentance.