by Janel Breitenstein | Jul 1, 2016 | failure, faith, fear, prayer, Printables and Freebies, quotes, shareables
I wish that writing about my anxiety actually meant I didn’t wrestle with it anymore… I find the need to meditate on the words you, too seemed to resonate with in The Scribbled Heart: Fear-parenting vs. Faith-parenting. So today’s quotable is...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jun 29, 2016 | children, compassion, conflict, difficulty, emotion, enduring love, Family, Ideas, kids, methods, Parenting, practical, relationships, tweens and teens
My husband and I have determined that our entire nuclear family struggles with self-control—so I post this week not from a place of mastery. I’m just writing from a family that is intentionally seeking strategies together so our reactions to emotions...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jun 27, 2016 | children, compassion, conflict, difficulty, emotion, enduring love, Family, Ideas, kids, methods, Parenting, practical, relationships, tweens and teens
My husband and I have determined that our entire nuclear family struggles with self-control—so I post today not from a place of mastery. I’m just writing from a family that is intentionally seeking strategies together so our reactions to emotions give love and...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jun 24, 2016 | beauty, challenging, closeness and intimacy, difficulty, emotion, enduring love, faith, love, Marriage, relationships, staying in love, time together
What if some good friend asked you, What’s that thing that most comes often between you guys in your marriage? You know, from your side of things. What would it be? Every relationship, I think, has one: that Thing that occasionally threatens to overcome what you were...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jun 20, 2016 | Africa, challenging, compassion, Culture, current events, difficulty, enduring love, Family, Gospel, helping others, Home and Hospitality, kids, practical
It’s World Refugee Day! Today I want to honor the struggle, courage, and hard work of refugees around the world who have so much to offer. Refugees give back.I’ll be honest with you: Some of my students have never sat in a classroom prior to their seat at Refuge...