by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 6, 2017 | challenging, children, difficulty, discouragement, education, Ideas, kids, methods, Parenting
Author’s note: This post veers a bit to a niche audience. But my posts on what I’m learning from my son’s learning disorders—ADHD and dysgraphia—and this one on helping our kids turn suffering into praise have been perennially visited by whom I can only assume are...
by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 4, 2017 | children, education, faith, Family, Ideas, kids, practical, prayer, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines, time alone with God
Want to catch up on this series? Start here. Would your kids believe me if I told them eating mac and cheese could praise God? True story. If Romans 12 is true–then it’s all His. (Um. Even that questionable, nuclear-orange variety of tube-y pasta.) ...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 28, 2017 | Africa, children, Family, Home and Hospitality, Ideas, kids, methods, Parenting, practical, relationships, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines
Missed the previous posts and the ideas behind this series? Catch ’em here. He was barely in the front door, cheeks flushed from the bike ride home. He smelled like the cold and that faintest puff of little-boy sweat. “Mom! Guess what! We’re getting...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 26, 2017 | challenging, emotion, identity
Every now and then, living overseas, you get one of those pregnancy-worthy cravings (even if you’re a guy, apparently). For my husband, it was one of those drive-thru burgers and a fountain Coke. Ooh, and tortilla chips and salsa. For me, Greek yogurt with...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 21, 2017 | children, closeness and intimacy, compassion, current events, difficulty, discouragement, guest post, helping others, kids, Parenting, relationships
It’s been a rough month for a lot of people around the United States. As I type, there are children in Florida and Montana and Texas whose lives have been precisely, heart-rendingly divided into before and after. In all these dark days, there is a sliver of...
