Do Our Kids Belong to God?
I knew it would happen, but I always harbored a hope that my mothering experience would somehow be different than those of all the other...
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I Am His
We were having an ice cream cone after church one Sunday and our children, ages 10, 11 and 12 at the time, were clowning around as usual....
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Pulling Back the Curtain: A Deeper Worship Experience
by Tina Ann Forkner As I write this, a dove flits and hops from branch to branch in our backyard. I’m pretty sure its bobbing head and...
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You Can’t Stay on the Mountain
by Mary Kay Huck My face caught the brilliant sunshine through the open sunroof. Praise and worship music floated up into the fresh crisp...
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Dependent on My Father
by Mary Kay Huck This picture doesn’t tell the entire story. It appears that this little girl has it all together on the back of her...
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Snowflake Dance
by Paula Moldenhauer Paper snowflakes decorate the living room window. Outside real snow drifts through the dark, illuminated by the pole...
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Three Things Parents Can Learn From Blended Families
by Tina Ann Forkner From Dr. Phil, to reality television, to gossip around the water cooler, disputes between ex-spouses are a hot...
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In the Spirit of Adoption
When my husband and I chose to get married, we also chose each other’s children. by Tina Ann Forkner Thirteen years ago I...
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No One Can Change Me, Except Me
by Tracey Bateman The one thing I’ve learned from my oh-so-vast 42 years, is that growth means pain, but...
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Sprinkling of Grace
“Indeed, he gives us second chances, third, fourth, fifth chances, –oh, far too many to count.” – Liz Curtis Higgs,...
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Careening
A note from Tina: Long, deep conversations, romantic walks, and sharing a good book with her kids are all things that make Paula happy,...
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Volunteering: How To Avoid Burnout
by Tina Ann Forkner Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish...
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Letting Go of Petty Anger: A Confession
by Tina Ann Forkner Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured....
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Weeping for Those We Have Lost
Note from Tina: Today I’m thinking of a friend who is about to spend her first Christmas without her mother. I wish I could take...
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Coming Together
“The rich and the poor have a common bond, The Lord is the maker of them all.” -Proverbs 22:2 by Tina Ann Forkner This year the...
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Do You Believe in Miracles?
This Mom Turned Part-time Missionary Does. by Tina Ann Forkner Sandy Johnson is a busy mom, a wife, a friend, and a volunteer from a...
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Healing Branches
By Tina Ann Forkner I watched her scatter her favorite seashells across the top of the hope chest. She added a silver framed photo of...
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