by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 10, 2021 | Africa
A missionary friend told me once of a person she’d spoken with who, as a child in Africa, was slapped every time she asked a question. I was moved by the person’s insight: “You don’t just stop asking questions,” they’d mused to my...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 2, 2021 | children, interview your child Fridays, kids, listening, Parenting, tweens and teens
This week, I’m working through the final interior design and whatnot on my own parenting book (due out this October: Permanent Markers: Spiritual Life Skills to Write on Your Kids’ Hearts. #shamelessplug). And there are moments in real-life parenting when...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 26, 2021 | closeness and intimacy, listening, Marriage, Questions to take your relationships deeper, relationships, romance
Before my husband’s last (pre-COVID) international trip, I realized one of the things I miss most about him. As he was packing–so methodical, everything in precisely-sized containers, shirts carefully folded over a packing template–I told him...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 17, 2021 | Africa
Confession: In the past, I have personally known Lent is almost here when fast-food signs start advertising fish sandwiches. So maybe your kids ask, “Hey, what’s Lent?” around Ash Wednesday (PSA: today is the start of Lent!). But if it isn’t something your...
by Janel Breitenstein | Feb 8, 2021 | closeness and intimacy, closeness; intimacy, Marriage, Questions to take your relationships deeper, relationships, romance, staying in love, time together
This is one of those posts where I need to hand it to my husband. He’s a master of the mini-date (and he probably hadn’t heard of those till I told him about this post). I read the following from a reader of Real Simple this month–in answer to the...
