Happy Healthy Christian Kids
Have you ever had someone put something really big, totally massive, incredibly scary on your “to-do list”?
Oh my goodness, I totally have. I’m thinking of several past employers (which was understandable, because, you know, that was their job), and sometimes my children….
Continue reading “Less Home-Schooling and More Home-Living”It is 7am on one of my husband’s precious holiday days and I wrench open the curtains, fling the window wide and shove an (unwanted) hot cup of tea at him. My sleeping husband had been promised a holiday lie-in and here was I, demanding his full attention and saying:
“Get up, we need to buy a trampoline. Now!”.
You see, I had checked my phone way too late the previous night, had been swallowed up by hysteria and fake news, and was now convinced the world was about to end. Or at least be on military lock-down by lunchtime. By which time it was absolutely necessary for us to have bought a very large trampoline for our very small garden.
At least that is what my fear-stricken brain had decided!
Completely illogical, I know. However, at the time, these thoughts felt so real and I did not recognise them for the lies that they were. It felt so true, so real, so necessary that it absolutely MUST be acted on RIGHT-NOW.
Continue reading “This rollercoaster is FAST but FEAR does NOT have to win”
When I was a child, my siblings and I knew exactly what to do when we found ourselves in a situation outside our experience: we’d look to our Father…
“Is it time to panic yet, Dad?”
“No Kate, not quite yet. Don’t you worry, I will tell you when it is time to panic.”
Continue reading “Is it time to panic yet, Dad?…. No, Not Yet!”
Has God ever delivered help or affirmation to you?
I’ve been contemplating on the ways God delivers help and sustenance and inspiration. Over the years I have collected some great experiences of people-met, gifts-received, books-recommended and conversations-enjoyed.
Some of these experiences have fulfilled-a-need, others have changed-my-thinking and all have increased my strength and faith.
And recently, some great seven-year olds helped me explore:
Continue reading “The ways God delivers help and sustenance and inspiration…”
Several years’ ago, I didn’t know what I really wanted. If Jesus Himself had appeared, sat down in front of me and asked me what I wanted, I wouldn’t have been able to give a proper answer.
And then I met some great coaches, with fantastic resources…..
…. and …..
do you know what I slowly learnt?
Continue reading “What do I want?”
Have you ever wondered what it was like to follow Moses through the Red Sea? I am so curious, was it a neat and calm experience or did chaos and noise abound?
The films and Bible picture-books differ on this one. Some show friendly-looking fish peering through walls of water flanking relaxed-looking Israelites sauntering through the sea.
Others show a full storm, sharks snarling from the waters, and fully-adrenalined Israelites running for their lives.
Continue reading “How does your current God-challenge feel?..”
I wonder, do you have a room in your house that is not working for you right now? A room that is just not helping you or your family, that is dragging you down, not building you up?
We did.
(Well, we kindof still do, but it’s getting better and something exciting happened recently.)
Continue reading “Is there a room in your house that is STUCK?”