“Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.” -Julia Cameron Before we get into the ‘how’, let’s start with ‘why.’ Why become a more creative mother? As mothers, we are busy enough as it is, is this another thing...
Proverbs 31: 30-31 “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Honour her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” I have been thinking a lot lately about family, and what it...
‘Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.’ Proverbs 31: 30 (NIV). Personally, I long to please God and be praiseworthy in His eyes, but I’ve always struggled with this idea of fearing Him. This is...
In desiring to wait in faith for a baby to be added to our family, my husband and I have drafted a scripture based petitioning prayer to pray together. We know that God is on our side – family is His design, after all. Our...
It's Mother’s Day month again and as I ponder this I can’t help but think about the changing roles of motherhood. As I have said in previous blog posts, my husband and I have 3 kids and over the course of the past 27 years...
1989 - United Kingdom I was 3 months pregnant in March 1989 when I accepted the invitation to be the soprano for Vinesong - a reputable vocal music ministry based in the United Kingdom. It required that I travel across countries, continents, peaks and plains. Itinerant...
Do you remember that game we used to play when we were younger with our friends – “close your eyes and fall back I'll catch you?” We used to laugh, screaming “No I can't you are going to let me fall!” The response we always...
When I was in high school, I printed out a bunch of quotes about prayer and stuck them on the inside of my cupboard door. Quotes like: “Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” Oswald Chambers “If I fail to...
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:35 NIV "This is my command: Love each other." John 15: 17 NIV Of all Jesus’s teachings, this one is one of the most important as Jesus did not just commission...
I have always enjoyed reading scripture. When I was a little girl I remember playing “church” with my friends. We would open up our family Bible and read for hours. Of course we had one of those Bibles that took up a whole end table....