by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 15, 2021 | challenging, children, faith, fear, grief, humility, motherhood, Parenting, tweens and teens, waiting
As an author and voracious devourer of fiction, I consistently get a kick out of the comedy Stranger than Fiction (2006), with Will Farrell and Emma Thompson. Will Farrell’s character, IRS agent Harold Crick, begins to hear a narrator’s voice over his...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 11, 2021 | children, Family, free download, kids, methods, practical, prayer, prayers, Printables and Freebies, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines
So guess what I got in the mail this week? It’s real, folks. After a long…long path here, Permanent Markers releases October 5. (Grab the first chapter free via the right-hand sidebar of my blog, if you’re game.) To generate a little excitement,...
by Janel Breitenstein | Aug 29, 2021 | children, difficulty, discouragement, education, faith, kids, Parenting
My parents, bless their slim pocketbooks, paid for a lot of piano and voice lessons over the years on my behalf. I took piano for 12 years–and to be honest, should be able to play better than I do… There was the female teacher with the faint mustache and...
by Janel Breitenstein | Aug 20, 2021 | children, community, education, free download, kids, Parenting, prayer, prayers, Printables and Freebies, teachers/educators, tweens and teens
Though inevitably there’s so much excitement as everyone heads back to school, teachers and administrators I know are already strapping in for another hard year. We want, need, to pray for these key influencers in my kids’ lives. I’ve seen teachers...
by Janel Breitenstein | Aug 3, 2021 | anger, challenging, children, compassion, conflict, difficulty, discouragement, encouragement, enduring love, fear, kids, listening, love, tweens and teens, waiting
A couple of weeks ago one of my teenagers was super-miffed with my husband and me. On a car ride home from church, after explaining a biblical position we held on a touchy subject, this unnamed teenager maintained his shock and sudden anger. Though they actually...
