A Note for the Day You’re Feeling Powerless

A Note for the Day You’re Feeling Powerless

by | Dec 6, 2016 | Africa, challenging, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, encouragement, enduring love, failure, faith, fear, God's will, identity, relationships

I woke up the other day feeling—well. Feeling needlessly angry. (It wasn’t the first time, lately.) I drilled down a bit in my surly little soul. Anger, I recall, is secondary; it stems from something: disappointment, fear, hurt, sadness. For me, there were slices of...
Spiritual Disciplines for Real Families: 10 Practical Ways to Teach Simplicity (…and just in time for your crazy holiday!)

Spiritual Disciplines for Real Families: 10 Practical Ways to Teach Simplicity (…and just in time for your crazy holiday!)

by | Nov 29, 2016 | Africa, children, compassion, Culture, Family, Gratitude, helping others, Home and Hospitality, methods, Parenting, poverty, practical, rest, simplicity, spiritual life skills/spiritual disciplines, stress, time management, tweens and teens

One of my favorite aspects of my African lifestyle is a lean muscularity of simplicity. Forget keeping up with the Joneses. You are the Joneses, when your kids are going to play with kids whose families (who may or may not be literate or have lost a child) live in one...
10 Prayer Tools and Printables for Families

10 Prayer Tools and Printables for Families

by | Nov 26, 2016 | Culture, faith, Family, fear, free download, Gratitude, kids, practical, prayer, prayers, Printables and Freebies, stress, time alone with God, time together

In light of the series on Spiritual Disciplines for Real Families, I’m hoping this easy, often printable tools will help weave prayer into the fabric of your family. If you love this kind of thing, try signing up in the right sidebar for the first chapter of Permanent...