by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 25, 2022 | closeness and intimacy, closeness; intimacy, faith, free download, listening, prayer, Printables and Freebies, Questions to take your relationships deeper, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines, time alone with God
This week on a phone conversation with a friend, she asked what’s become our custom at the end of our calls: What’s one intimate prayer request I can pray for? It was probably telling that I didn’t really know. My times with God have been...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 18, 2022 | children, free download, kids, Parenting, Printables and Freebies, time together, tweens and teens
Once when my kids were younger, back in that season I was covered in toddlers and preschoolers, we met my husband at Chick-fil-A (always a win) after work one night. When they’d slayed the nuggets and the playground and it was time to go home, I asked our four...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 11, 2022 | Family, Home and Hospitality, love, prayer, quotes
For those who know me well…it’s a little eerie. Since the beginning of the year here at Casa de la Breitenstein, I’ve been heading up my own ambitious, highly uncharacteristic Project Ducks in a Row. Which is to say, I–the creative, the...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 3, 2022 | encouragement, enduring love, faith, kids, Parenting, prayer, tweens and teens, work
I would say I have been praying for a miracle in one (or more) of my kids for a year now. But, y’know, it’s probably one of those things where you think, spring feels like a small miracle sometimes. My kids hanging up their towels sometimes feels like a...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 18, 2022 | children, Church, community, compassion, conflict, difficulty, discouragement, enduring love, faith, relationships, tweens and teens
This is one of those posts where I’m not an expert, just a mom. (Um, most of my posts?!) But maybe these small ideas will help. And if I’m smart, I’ll keep this short, right? I sat with one of my teens a couple of weeks ago as they expressed yet...
