by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 16, 2018 | faith, rest, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines
While I was on vacation, my parents were in an accident. I don’t know where I was, what I was doing. But before seven one chilly Iowa morning, two deer collided with their Chevy–one over the hood, one beneath the car. My grandmother, traveling a safe...
by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 13, 2018 | beauty, identity, rest, stress
Perhaps you’ve noticed the blog’s been a little quieter than usual. I’ve been enjoying a series of delightful days, on vacation at last. Everything in me feels like I’ve finally set down an overstuffed backpack. But I’m not what you would...
by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 2, 2018 | children, education, identity, kids, Parenting
It’s been more than one mom who I’ve talked to about it. I recognize the furtive look in their eyes, the zealous advocacy–of a different kind than mine, I think. He doesn’t need the stigma, they’ve told me. Do you know what teachers think...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 28, 2018 | children, closeness and intimacy, emotion, fear, kids, Parenting
Do mothers have a sixth sense? I don’t know. I remember padding into my parents’ bedroom in the wee hours, and no matter how softly I laid my feet on the carpet or tried not to breathe–it turning into a challenge at some point–my mom would gasp...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 25, 2018 | faith, free download, Ideas, infographics, practical, rest, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines, stress
Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest. Mindset of the man too busy: I am too busy being God to become like God. Mark Buchanan, The Holy Wild: Trusting in the Character of God It was a couple of years ago that we...
