Spending an afternoon in a house that two families share reveals the benefits of an option more families should consider.
A child's approach to language can remind us to leave our pride behind when we seek the kingdom.
The problems with the popular television show and with the medium of television in general outweigh the potential educational value.
Reflections on becoming a parent.
A review of David John Seel?s Parenting without Perfection: Being a Kingdom Influence in a Toxic World.
How do we process what comes from the generation before to benefit the next generation?
An unschooling mom makes a list from experience.
An exploration of how we wrestle with the influences of our upbringing.
Lessons about the first Parent of us all learned in the pastry shop.
What's the best way to raise children with genuine self-esteem?
Thinking about abundance in a new way inspires a new and evolving vision for relationships.
A review of Noah Baumbach's film The Squid and the Whale.
A trip to the fabric store, inspired by the need for costumes, sparks creativity and wonder.
A memorial for grandparents who parented.
An account of what happens when a family gets out of the car and hits the sidewalk.
On the freedom of claiming an identity that's not cool.
What a quiet kid learned about identity and parenting from her own small town upbringing.
An inherited recipe compliments a darkening evening.
An exploration of the detriments of white sugar and bleached flour, accompanied by a recipe for a friendlier dessert.
What happens when a child-like boredom meets adult busyness.
In no particular order, the most important things one father has learned about raising children.
The mother of an infant girl struggles to stay in the present through crisis.
A family tradition of "making things" leads to a very rewarding waste of time.
Approaching lead poisoning as an issue of environmental justice.
An exploration of how prescription medication can affect quality of life for a family.
The Good News of holy week can be an awfully scary story.
On a mother's struggle to care for herself and her children in the wake of a Lenten suicide.
One person’s story of the journey through cancer to self-discovery and renewed priorities.
On the dynamics of accepting one’s own body and teaching a teen-aged daughter to do the same.
Home is where the beach is...for now at least.