We were as different as night and day. She dressed to the nines, I was comfortable in jeans. She was black, I was white. She was 89, I was 58. She called me, “Mrs. Martin.” I called her “Mrs. Smith.” …
Flip Those Negative Thoughts to Truth
From a mom who keeps believing that Jesus loves her I recently taught an elementary Sunday school class one of Jesus’s hard teachings. It’s the story in John 6 where Jesus tells the crowd that he is the Bread of …
Prayer Discipling
Teaching moms to pray for their children and schools Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV) I recently heard an interview featuring Karen Ellis, Director of the Edmiston Center for the Study of the …
Teaching Your Kids to Pray the Word
When our family first moved to a little fishing town at the corner of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, I was concerned about finding a house, the logistics of moving our worldly goods over a mountain range, and …
The Power of a Praying Grandma
We had just transferred our second-grade daughter from a private Christian school to the public elementary school in our neighborhood. I remember being so concerned about what she might encounter at her new school. As I took Lindsay to her …
Honoring our High School Graduates
My Memphis High School class celebrated our 50th reunion with a dinner and tour of our beloved old building. As the current principal led us around campus, it was as if we stepped back in time. The most unforgettable moment …
From Depression to Victory
God is able. I have been part of a Moms in Prayer group since our daughter was in the first grade and now she’s a senior in college! I first heard about the ministry on Dr. Dobson’s program during an …
High School Students Hunger for God
Sometimes we don’t get to see or hear results from our prayers for the schools. This time was different. Recently, I received three separate emails to let me know about great things happening at Franklin and Page high schools in …
Month of the Military Child
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all of your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV ) Trusting God to guide our paths …
The Hill We’ve Been Climbing
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him. 1 Corinthians 2:9 (ISV) The other day as I was heading out in my car, I …