Category: Parenting
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Happily Ever After, God’s Way: Hope for the Stepfamily Journey
Once upon a time, a beautiful princess was trapped in a dark, danger-filled forest by her wicked stepmother with no heroic prince to save her… Friends, does this story introduction sound familiar? How about if I make a few changes and make the princess a wife, mother, and new stepmother? And what if the forest…
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Parenting Through the Beautiful Chaos: Embracing Grace in Blended Families
“No parent gives mercy better than one who is convinced that he desperately needs it himself.” — Paul David Tripp Blended families are beautifully complex. When my husband Jason and I married in 2017, we each brought two children into our new life together. Our dreams of an instant, happy family were quickly met with…
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When the Screw Won’t Turn: Trusting God’s Hands Instead of Our Own
Have you ever tried to work with a stripped screw? It’s impossible, right? No matter how hard you turn the screw to connect to the wood, the threads are worn, and they won’t grip the way you need them to in order to make progress. Sometimes, the head of the screw is stripped off as…