What different would the world look if Christians decided to never be offended? How different would your life look if you chose to exchange your anger for peace in your heart?
Category: Mommyhood
Limits to “Train Up a Child”: A Discussion on the Rampant Misuse of Proverbs 22:6
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” How many times have we heard this verse used? How many time have we potentially heard this verse misused?
Reading the Entire Bible with My Kids
After trying multiple Bible curricula, I decided that simply reading the Bible and discussing it was the best way to teach it to my kids.
A Week In the Life
As part of our goal to live intentionally, each week has an established scaffolding. Rarely do we have a week that looks exactly like this but this is the starting point.
A Day in the Life: The rhythm with a 5-, a 7-, and an 8-year old
A daily rhythm is not necessarily a schedule because it stays flexible enough that we can accomplish that day’s goals. But it also gives us a scaffolding from which to build.
Unhelicopter Parenting II: Stretch the Cords Farther
There are so many ways in which we as parents can stunt the emotional growth of our children. Here are some practical ways that Afa and I build our kids up towards independence and personal responsibility.
Un-helicopter Parenting, Part I: Masterly Inactivity
Unhelicopter. Free Range. Unschooling. There are a lot of ways to describe our approach to parenting. In the first of a series, I detail how we look at different parts of parenting with a goal to raise adults based in trust and the freedom to fail.
My Scatterbook: When Intimidation Gives Way to Inspiration
What is a Scatterbook, you may ask? It is like a scrapbook, but much more…..scattered. Despite the fact that I loved the idea, it intimidated me, mostly out of fear that I would do it wrong.
Book Review: Modern Miss Mason by Leah Boden
This book takes the principles of a Charlotte Mason education and makes them easily accessible and applicable to our lives today.
In Search of Something Greater than the American Dream
Afa and I have made many decisions that seem counterintuitive when viewed in the context of achieving success, specifically the “American Dream.”