We Were Three Months Behind on Our Mortgage the Year I Finally Figured It Out
We were three months behind on our mortgage the year I finally figured it out. I don’t say that for sympathy. I say it because I know some of you are doing the same math I was doing — the late-night, please-God-let-the-numbers-change-by-morning math — and I want you to know where I was when everything […]
God’s Heart Toward Children: What is the Purpose of Children? (Part 2)
Read Part 1 HERE. Is our paradigm of parenting wrong? Another way our view of children affects the world is that if our thinking about children is not synonymous with His thinking about children, our entire paradigm of parenting is wrong. Did you hear that? We come into parenting with a completely wrong basis for […]
The Church’s Opinion of Children is One of Its Greatest Weaknesses
https://youtu.be/-O5LLB1bm9M I have a big beef with a large majority of the church’s opinion of children. First, let me tell you the story that prompted me to address this topic again. The story A young couple with whom we are friends attend a smallish, typical conservative Baptist church. Conservative in the sense that they would say […]
God’s Heart Toward Children (Part 1)
Listen on Youtube The church mirrors the culture A heart-breaking reality that we have experienced by default of our unusually large family, is that in general, the Church’s ideas about children is essentially the same as those outside, not reflecting God’s heart toward children. Heart-breaking, I say, because we let a culture that kills 3,500 babies a day […]
6 Ways to Nurture Relationships With Your Teens
The following 6 ways to nurture relationships with your teens is a good reminder to me, and hopefully you. We can know the principles, but living them out in the day to day can be hard! I currently have–count ’em–5 teenagers living in my house, in addition to another adult and 3 young boys. It. […]
Kelly Crawford | Christian Homeschooling Mom Podcast!
It’s been a long time coming, but I finally joined the 21st century and started a podcast! If you are a Christian homeschooling mom, especially one who prefers to listening over reading, this is for you! Many of you have requested this over the years, since listening to podcasts is easier for some. I’ll be […]
I’m Not Raising a Family (The Problem With Short-Sighted Living)
Listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify or Youtube People are tired, frustrated, bored or discouraged. You can see it, hear it, feel it. What’s more, you might be one of those people. We all are at some point. And I think I know why: Because we measure our contentment by today’s work. We live short-sighted lives–living for […]
Weddings, Getting Older, Navigating a Large Family & God’s Goodness
I keep saying I want to get back to regular posting here (and I am!) but boy life has been busy in our corner of the world! We married not one, but two kids off this year, within a matter of about 75 days! Our daughter, Avalee, met her husband, Joel, at a music camp […]
How to Handle Sibling Disputes
It’s no secret…if you have children at home, especially if they’re together all day, you deal with a certain amount of wrong attitudes and strife. (If you don’t, email me please.) For me, this is probably THE hardest part of our daily struggles. It seems I never know quite how to handle it. Sometimes I […]
Children According to Jesus: If You Want to See the Kingdom
We view children backwards. Jesus’ disciples did too… “Jesus, tell them to take their children away–they’re interfering.” (paraphrased, of course). Jesus said, “Do not forbid the children to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” And in other places He said, “Unless you humble yourselves and become as one of these […]