PRAISE AND COFFEE

Our past is a huge part of our future…our stories shape us and we become a women of our individual journeys. I don’t believe we can or should leave our stories behind us and think that we can just forget where we’ve been or what we’ve done. But let’s not let our mistakes or sins keep us from the beauty that God has before us. The ashes are a necessary part of the beauty, but don’t let the ashes direct us, let hope and trust in the Father direct us. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the

Taken from my segment with Tommy and Brook on Star 105.7. Tuesdays at 7:05 AM. First off let me say, I get it, I understand. I’m with you in the trenches of this one friend! We can all relate to being an angry mom at times and it doesn’t feel good to us or our kids. There is no doubt we have a tough job- I think it’s the toughest job there is. The kids are bickering, they’ve disobeyed or talked back and we’re yelling or worse…and then we feel awful. We feel like a failure. Fo

What a beautiful awful mess of a world we live in. A thousand miles away, bad guys change our day. I learned of the terror walking into a restaurant to celebrate my husband’s birthday with our 8 year old. It was impromptu so our grown kids were not there. It was just the three of us, hoping for some great steak. We watched the screens from our booth and the questions poured from Lauren’s quivering lips. We distracted as best we could, but our eyes were nervously drawn to the

The season is hard. You feel tired, empty, spent. Nothing is blooming; it is the winter of our hearts. You wander lost, wondering how you will go on.  A life that once seemed so full is now confused and broken. Take heart. Like the day between Calvary and the resurrection, life is at a crossroad. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely

I like nice people. They’re easy to get along with; they don’t stomp on your feelings by calling you a bad mom. They don’t eat your sandwich at the office or talk to your coworkers behind your back. They don’t tell you that you look nice on Sunday morning and then inform everyone in your Bible study that you dress like their Grandma. Nice people are nice. But then there are those others in life, there’s one in every office, family and small group. They are not nice. They hurt

Edited to add: And (by drawing with random number generator) the winner is: Jenn Soehnlin Congrats Jenn and thanks to all who entered!! And especially the ones who signed up to receive our updates!! Comments closed. So I took an impromtu camping trip this week, as in I tossed Lauren, some snacks and few articles of clothing in my Expedition and sped to Pentwater, MI to hang with a girlfriend and her kids. We had a blast! Lake Michigan is so accomodating in the summer, I sugg