How to Help Your Children When They are Afraid

Fear and anxiety can grip all of us, even our children. What can you do as a mom to comfort your kids and help them to trust God in their worry and circumstance? This is a great way to approach your child's heart and fill them with the truth of God's word.

How to Teach Our First-World Kids About Third-World Poverty

Do you want to share the reality of poverty and plight of those in the the third world with your children, but feel a little stuck? Our own emotions can feel so huge we don't know where to begin. Big hurts in a big world can be difficult to help make sense to little hearts, but here's one way to start.

When I was little, I had dreams of getting married, becoming a mom, and having a house with a perfect little front porch. I was just sure my husband and I would spend our days swinging on the front porch swing and drinking unsweetened iced tea, while the kids played in the green yard lined with a white picket fence.

I dreamed of a place that was peaceful and put together. A happy, cozy home.

And then real life happened.