by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 20, 2017 | Africa, beauty, Culture, guest post, Home and Hospitality, poverty, prayer, simplicity
I always learn something from my friend Monica. She learned to read and write in the last decade or so, when she moved to Kampala from her village in northern Uganda. But despite my college education, she has a lot to teach me. When I visited her shared compound on...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 18, 2017 | emotion, encouragement, fear, relationships, rest, stress
A question. What are you…afraid of? Fear has this way of flaying us open, I think. Of laying bare what we see as bigger than us. Worry manifests itself in vastly different ways. Some of us, for example, seek to staunch this bleeding of our hearts with intense...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 15, 2017 | free download, Printables and Freebies, shareables
So yes. It’s Saturday. As in, not actually Friday, like it was yesterday. And while I have no idea why yesterday’s post actually did not contain an embedded freebie despite my embedding it, I’m going to persevere today. Perhaps the same gremlins who...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 14, 2017 | encouragement, free download, Printables and Freebies, shareables
O Lord, You have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Psalm 90:1 Get the FREE PRINTABLE here! Like it? I’d love it if you shared it. Have a great weekend! Like this post? You might also like The Freebies Page Freebie Fridays: Free Printable...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 11, 2017 | challenging, children, closeness and intimacy, conflict, encouragement, enduring love, failure, Family, identity, kids, love, Parenting, relationships, tweens and teens
It was a low moment in my parenting—so I’m still a little flabbergasted for the high point my then-four-year old made it. I’d made a phone call to him as he stayed at his grandma’s for the day. I hated I even needed to make it. After shouting at him that morning, I’d...
