I wrote this article years ago, but due to the deeply personal nature of this topic, I hesitated to post it here. For some years, this article ran with another publication. That website no longer exists, but the need for discussions around this topic is …
When our first child was born 13 years ago, we wrestled with this question: should we continue to be so involved in the church? We knew the horror stories of teens falling away, of PK’s becoming disillusioned with the church. We encountered those who fully …
For many years now, I have been searching the scriptures for marriages. Of course, we know about Sarah and Abraham. We know about Ruth and Boaz, Esther and King Xerxes, David and Bathsheba. Maybe we remember Hannah and Elkanah or even the unnamed wives—like Job’s, …
This article was written and shared over on The Journeywoman Blog several months back, but I’m just now uploading it here. We don’t often share struggles like this, and yet friends, as true as these struggles have been, can I just tell you? I love …
“But mommy, shouldn’t she have had the baby by now?!?” my daughter asked, but I could see questions already forming on her face. She’d just remembered a joyful pregnancy announcement from over a year ago and was slowly realizing “nine months” had come and gone. …
This article first appeared in The Joyful Life Magazine, under the title, “Pressing on to Maturity: How and Why to Memorize the Word (from a converted skeptic)”; Create Issue, Spring 2021 Almost eighteen years ago after responding with an eager, “Yes!” to the big …
As a homeschooling mama, I’ve spent a bit of time perusing homeschool groups, learning from moms who’ve gone before, listening, and following along to see what types of questions arise. But there’s been one question that I’ve seen over and over and over. “What Bible …
It’s been a little while since I posted here. I’m hoping to soon get back to my blogging roots here on Chronicles of Momia. But for now, this is an article I shared recently on The Joyful Life blog. If you’ve been hesitant to open …
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Some notes from my heart after reading, “Two Men Who Talked to God” (Luke 18) from the Read-Aloud Bible Stories by Ella Lindvall with my kids this morning: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ This was me. This was me growing up. And this was me …
