Extending Grace to the Undeserving
Sometimes showing grace to others is easy. The person in need of grace is someone we like. Someone who is naturally sweet. Someone who’s normally very easy to get along…
Author: Jennifer Flanders
Then Comes Baby in a Baby Carriage
Peter DeVries once said, “The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.” I think both processes are important, but have nonetheless found his…
A Hero in the Making: Like Father, Like Son
When my husband and I first married, we had more time than money, so much of our gift-giving consisted of poems and short stories we wrote for one another. I…
What Spiders Know that Moms Forget
Moms are amazing. They birth babies. They make milk. They keep their household humming. But spiders are pretty savvy, too. They spin silk. They weave webs. They provide for public…
This is the Tomb
“Do not be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the…
25 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Success
The fourth of our twelve children will be leaving the nest in another couple of months, and it has my husband and me reexamining the job we have done (thus…