Author: Deborah

When I was in high school youth group, my youth pastor did a series on praying out loud. It seemed like something that would be useful in settings like a Bible study, small group, or if we ever decided to be pastors ourselves. What I never thought would happen is that I’d would change my…

I work really hard to keep my children’s innocence. I don’t do scary things as entertainment. They don’t hear swear words – or if they do I explain that we don’t use or play with those words. I keep their screen time to child-safe content that isn’t just mindless garbage. But what about me? How…

I wrote earlier this year about writing being my dream. I’ve also written about how excited I am to be a choir administrator. What I didn’t know was that both of these would work together and be so fulfilling. My writing isn’t books, devotional, or even about my life much at all. But they are…

Count it pure joy when you struggle James 1 I’ve loved the idea of minimalism for a while now. I’ve done whole-house purges, sold and given away countless items (I didn’t count. I didn’t want to know.), and when my surfaces are clear, so is my mind. But lately my surfaces are cluttered, my house…

Let me preface by saying this is our first summer doing school. I am not seasoned in this opinion. Yet. I decided mid-year that I wanted to do year-round schooling. Yes, it’s lighter in summer, but we don’t take it off completely. Let me tell you why I love it. Routine I love having a…

I pray the Fruit of the Spirit over my day every day. Joy is one where I feel would change everything, but I’m too responsible to make time for it. After all, being happy is for people who aren’t serious. They can’t co-exist, can they? I was reading to my kids when I looked at…

“Her children rise up and call her blessed” How lovely it would be to be the Proverbs 31 woman. My children wake up and tell me they’re hungry as they scramble into my bed. Maybe this is why “she arose while it was yet night”? I know as wives and mothers we tend to negatively…

Pray. Surrender the day to God. Stretch. These are my daily To-Do’s that don’t change. Not that my relationship with God gets to be checked off and I move on by myself, but that each day I remember who gets to run my days – and does the best job at it.

I tell my kids to stop doing the things that they know they have to apologize for. there’s some things that we do as adults that we apologize for later like eating that food that we know makes us bloated or irritable staying up too late watching Netflix instead of going to bed Letting our…

Merry Christmas, Everyone! I don’t know how or if you celebrated Christmas today, but I know that Christ celebrates you every day. You were made for a purpose so much bigger than yourself. You were made to take care of where God has planted you. Even in those seasons where you feel dormant or stuck…