by Janel Breitenstein | Oct 4, 2016 | children, compassion, conflict, Culture, faith, friendships, Gospel, kids, Parenting, relationships
Have you ever been in a disagreement with someone who was kind enough to hear the real questions you were asking, rather than just the (irritated, misspoken, inflamed) way you actually said it? Everything changes. A college relationship professor once taught me the 1%...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 29, 2016 | challenging, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, encouragement, enduring love, failure, faith, fear, God's will, Gratitude, helping others, methods, poverty, prayer, time alone with God
Missed Part I? Grab it here. I’ve been grieving some losses lately. The other day on my jog, they seemed to bottleneck inside, trickling out my eyes as my feet kept pounding, step after step. I’m not sure what God’s doing, but as I described...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 27, 2016 | challenging, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, encouragement, enduring love, failure, faith, fear, God's will, Gratitude, helping others, methods, poverty, prayer, time alone with God
It was one night several years ago when a couple of good friends were helping me sort action figures, Legos, and other kid-detritus into bins in my boys’ room following dinner together while our husbands were out of town. During the meal, they had asked candidly about...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 24, 2016 | children, compassion, Culture, faith, Family, Gratitude, guest post, helping others, humility, Ideas, kids, love, methods, Parenting, poverty, practical, relationships, true success, tweens and teens, work
My dad used to joke about being a “minority in a sorority”. It was fairly legit: We were four girls, plus my mom—and even the dog was a girl. Imagine my (joyful) alarm when the sonogram of my first child revealed that I was about to plunge into the world of...
by Janel Breitenstein | Sep 22, 2016 | children, failure, faith, Family, fear, God's will, Gratitude, helping others, humility, identity, kids, motherhood, Parenting, relationships, rest, time management, true success, work
Missed Part I? First, grab it here. When you felt like you were finally surfacing from burnout–or as I called it, tired-mad, I might tell you what I found out. That sometimes burnout is simply burnout, because life is hard. And even though God never gives us...
