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A season of loss

July 6, 2020 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

It’s been a month of loss in our house.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, death, failure, grief, parenting

What if God Doesn’t Want “the Best” for Your Child?

January 15, 2019 By Meredith Baker 7 Comments

Sitting around the breakfast table last year, I read through the story of the Annunciation with my children. We paused at the illustration and took in the details. Dirt floor. No windows. I asked, “Does this look like a poor person’s house or a rich person’s house?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: failure, freedom, Holy Family, Jesus, overwhelm, parenting

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