By Joyce Herron – Founder of Trinity Christian School, Lubbock, Texas In a couple of months, I will be 90 years old. As I look back and ponder more than 42 years in education, growing up in a family of eight, coaching at a family coaching center, and time spent with my own family, I asked myself, “What are the …
When You Want Your Kids to Change
“Lord, I feel that my children don’t listen to a thing I say! What’s the deal here? I need You to change their hearts!” I sat in my chair grappling with the huge responsibility of raising my family, and felt overwhelmed at just where to turn. I needed some specific direction and intervention of God. As I cried …
In Honor of My Mother
Over the years, our viewpoint of our moms change. The cool mom that we have as a preschooler morphs into the world’s most annoying woman during our teenage years. Then sometime into our adulthood, we wake up and realize just how amazingly wise and irreplaceable our mother really is. My mom is gone now, but I learned so much from her. …
How Much of Jesus Do You Want?
I’m excited to have Amanda Walker guest blogging with us today. We met in 2001, when she was just out of college. Amanda has her own book coming out later this year on the Biblical Woman. She continues to challenge me with her depth and push for more of Jesus. You just gotta love this girl. ———————————- This past …
Flashlight Tag and Comparison
Carrie Vipperman joins us at Hungry For More again today. I love her depth of spirit and perception, especially as she seeks the Lord. Thanks Carrie for reminding us of what is really important. ———————- “But, Mo-o-o-m, his headlamp BLI-I-NKS!!” Just like that, all the joy that my little girl had felt from our time playing as a family …
Parenting the Selfies
I was tired when I awoke. It wasn’t outside noise or an anxious heart. It wasn’t my pillow or my mattress. it was my children. They had become artists. Now, not the experts using clay or watercolor, you understand. After all, they were only two and four. Yet, despite their preschool years, they had become masters. Masters of …
Raising Patient Children
Dear Mentor, It seems that the Lord has been teaching me lessons about patience for quite some time now. Part of that is by encouraging me to wait on Him. I’ve found that when I skip silence during my day, my impatience leads me to bad decisions and hurtful words. How can I begin now to teach my …
What Comes Out of You, Comes Out of Them.
Carrie Vipperman continues her post on leading your children through grief when you are going through it yourself. If you missed yesterday’s post, get caught up before continuing so that you won’t miss any of this vulnerable and rich topic. ________________________ Dependence on God isn’t always as intense or painful as my miscarriage. Over the …