When you hold your little baby or teach your toddler how to pray, it’s hard to anticipate that one day they will grow up and be an adult. And as hard as that is to envision, your child does grow up and your role as a parent changes through many seasons over the years. Praying…
Why Should I Pray With My Family in the Morning? Praying together at any time of day is a wonderful opportunity to be an example and share the value and habit of prayer with your family. Especially if you have children, this is an opportunity for you to take your concerns to God and allow your children to watch and share…
Looking for prayers for a new school year? The teachers and staff gathered in the hallway outside the bathrooms and began praying for the safety of the students who would enter these rooms. Praying that the students would see love and acceptance in the mirror as they washed their hands, that they would feel beautiful,…
Looking for Scriptures on Disappointment? I had just graduated from college and had my shiny new Business Degree under my belt. I was ready to get my first real job. I had been working from the time I was about 13. Babysitting, mowing lawns, then working in the laundry room at a nursing home, and…
The Modern Day Loaves and Fish Story By: Karen Carlton Contributing Writer Savoring Each Moment The day began like any typical school day – only it wasn’t typical and we were all on Zoom for staff worship instead of in my office. We talked through the different needs of our school families and often those…
My young daughter and I were grocery shopping. Winter in the mid-west was at its best. Snow swirling and temperatures dropping, it promised to be another frigid, gray day. When we entered the store, I immediately noticed the beautiful display of African Violets. All in full bloom in varying shades of pink, purple and blue,…
It was just two months until my daughter’s high school graduation. She was attending a Christian boarding high school about an hour from home. She started telling me about the events of the weekend and that she would really love a new dress for the different occasions during graduation. She would be wearing a gown…
