by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 4, 2016 | children, Humor, kids, Parenting
…Because there’s just too much real life not to share. Son: Mom, what’s a hoagie? (Mom explains. Missionary kids lack a little exposure, y’know?) Son: Ooooh! I thought it was something you give someone. Like a wedgie or a wet...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 1, 2016 | Africa, challenging, children, difficulty, discouragement, Gratitude, humility, kids, Parenting
Again. Mild exasperation, disproportionate discouragement, and sheepishness collided in me when my husband called from the other room that power had died again, after twenty-four hours off the day before. My sheepishness was mostly because I knew that hey, 85% of the...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 26, 2016 | challenging, children, conflict, emotion, Family, friendships, Gospel, humility, kids, love, Marriage, Parenting, practical, Printables and Freebies, relationships
So many of you resonated with my struggle with anger and the ideas I’d collected for this post, and this one on my need to seek forgiveness from my kids. In an effort to keep pressing in to the destruction I cause in my lack of control, I put together this...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 23, 2016 | Africa, beauty, faith, prayer
One of the ways I’m continually fascinated in the Bible are the vivid word pictures God sets before us. I’m like bread, like water. My kingdom’s like yeast—but be careful, the bad guys are, too. I’ve been turning this over in my brain more recently as I pick my way...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 18, 2016 | children, compassion, Family, Gratitude, guest post, helping others, humility, Ideas, kids, love, methods, Parenting, poverty, practical, true success, tweens and teens, work
Happy to be posting again on my friend Kristen Welch’s site, WeareTHATFamily.com: 25 Low-prep Service Projects for Kids that Teach Gratitude! I’m stoked about her new book, Raising Grateful Kids in An Entitled World. Hop on over and check ’em...
