Seven Prayers of Protection for this School Year

We all saw the video clips of the shooting in Uvalde. We’ve heard the heart-wrenching cries and outrage of parents who lost their children in the shooting rampage. Part of me wanted to wrap my arms around these grieving and bereft parents. Another part of me wanted to roar at the TV and in my […]

Beef Nacho Casserole

Do you have a go-to recipe? This one is mine. It’s easy to make and the perfect meal for a new neighbor or new mom. I’ve given away so many! Ingredients: 1 lb. of ground beef (I sometimes use ground turkey, which messes with the title.) 1 jar of chunky salsa (12 oz.) 1 c. […]

Help Me!

We all need help sometimes. Scripture tells us that “Our help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:1). The Maker of heaven and earth. That’s quite a resume. If I ponder that title for even a bit, I wonder why I don’t bother to go to my Maker more often […]

Eight Keys to a Healthy Family

Eight Keys to a Healthy Family

I tried hard to create the perfect family portrait for Christmas cards, but hurts and messiness lurked behind those smiles. Later, I discovered other families have scars. When I wrote curricula for LifeWay, the lesson plans always included a quarter’s worth of topics on the family. The problem? Even families in the Bible were messed […]