Join us in welcoming one of our newest contributors, Shelby Turner, to For The Family. Today Shelby shares encouragement for finding security in God when walking through financial chaos. ~ Pat and Ruth One year ago today my husband suddenly and unexpectedly lost his job. What he thought would be just another day at work turned […]
Three Ways to Prepare Your Heart for a Crisis
Join us in welcoming one of our newest contributors, April Cao, to For The Family. Today she’s encouraging us to be proactive in preparing ourselves spiritually before the inevitable crisis in our lives. ~Pat and Ruth I don’t gamble. I don’t play the lottery and I don’t test God to get my way. But that changed the day […]
Two of the most important questions you can ask at the start of a new year
While goal-setting resources are numerous—and readily available this time of year—and while many are helpful in identifying goals and intentions, few have focused on two of the most important questions we can ask ourselves as followers of Jesus Christ. Your typical goal-setting system goes through a range of exercises to help you evaluate your season […]
How God Sees Us in Motherhood
A few days ago, my kids and I made our way to the local golf course to catch the hills for sledding. After several runs up and down the hills, I told the kids I was going to venture down the hill and take a walk in nature for a few minutes alone. They followed […]
Keeping the Gospel Central in Parenting
It is easy to make things other than the gospel central in our parenting, especially in crisis moments. We can let fear or anger dominate our parenting in tense moments. We can let despair or foolishness undercut our wisdom when we are not renewed in our mind or rested in our spirit. But what if […]