A long time ago, I won a beautiful Vintage Pearl necklace for telling a story about how we were one of “those” families. I also read along as one of my favorite family/DIY bloggers went on a Compassion Trip to Kenya. At a conference I had the opportunity to meet Kristen Welch and tell her […]
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{Book Review} Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World by Kristen Welch

It’s no big secret I’m a Kristen Welch groupie. If you follow either of my Facebook pages you know I share basically everything she writes with the hashtag #MustRead. I’ve been reading her blog for ever ….because she is equal parts hilarious and honest. And those are two of the most important qualities in a […]
A Counter Cultural Life Only Matters when It Points to Jesus

Welcome to day 30 of STAND OUT: 7 traits of a counter cultural life. You can find every post in this series indexed here. So, we’re slowly wrapping up this series. And I was thinking about why these last few posts have been so difficult for me to write. It hasn’t just been because I’ve launched […]
Living Counter Culturally … Only Through Christ

Welcome to day 29 of STAND OUT: 7 traits of a counter cultural life. You can find every post in this series indexed here. First off, let me just say THANK YOU for your enthusiasm for the Prayers For Girls community. Y’all, I’ve been overwhelmed by the response. As I wrote Monday, I truly believe […]
Hope, the Anchor for Our Souls

Welcome to day 28 of STAND OUT: 7 traits of a counter cultural life! You can find every post in this series indexed here. President Snow: Seneca… why do you think we have a winner? Seneca Crane: [frowns] What do you mean? President Snow: I mean, why do we have a winner? I mean, if […]
Hope Does Not Disappoint

Welcome to day 27 of STAND OUT: 7 traits of a counter cultural life. You can find every post in this series indexed here. Have you ever been disappointed? I know, right … of course. We have all experienced those moments when something we expected didn’t happen or, sometimes even worse, it didn’t happen the […]