by Janel Breitenstein | Jan 19, 2018 | beauty, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, faith, prayers, time alone with God, waiting
Blogging about your personal life can be a little weird. See, I’m hovering around the six-month mark of our move back to the U.S. from Africa. And when I’m truthful, this last month in particular has been a low point I haven’t hit in a long time. I...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jan 17, 2018 | Africa, compassion, Culture, current events, poverty, prayers, social justice
You guys know I’m not big into getting political. Promise I’ll try hard not to go all soapbox-y on you. Yet I gotta admit: I was pretty hot under the collar last week over some rumored comments regarding African nations like the beautiful one I raised my...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jan 11, 2018 | children, conflict, failure, Family, humility, kids, Parenting, prayer, relationships, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines
Missed the earlier posts in this series? Get ’em here. One of my favorite moments from Christmas break found my daughter and I in my little sunroom, paintbrushes in hand. She was trying out her new easel, and I was leaning against the loveseat, watercoloring. A...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jan 9, 2018 | children, guest post, kids, Parenting, sharing your faith
She was already cuddled up for the night beneath her comforter, pillows blooming around her olive skin. While I perched beside her, we spent a minute chatting about her favorite teacher. “But Mom, he doesn’t know Jesus.” She looked down. (Sometimes...
by Janel Breitenstein | Jan 5, 2018 | beauty, God's will, sex
This is one of those posts where I’ve still got so many issues that I wonder if I should be writing it in the first place (possibly passing on my corrupted thoughts to all of you?). Body image and I have a long and gnarly history. (See the first post of this series, A...
