January always feels like a blank canvas or a pristine field of snow. It’s clean, free of regrets, and full of possibilities…

Can you recall when someone said a kind word or performed a small act of service for you? It probably wasn’t even logged into the fabric of their minds…

What’s something you’ve trusted in that ultimately let you down? Maybe it was a chair that collapsed beneath you, or a car that was supposed to be…

How did you survive, honestly? This was the question that softly fell out of my friend’s mouth as she sat across from me in tears…

When I was a child, I remember singing “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart to STAY!” I thought the…

The idea of being a “thermostat” rather than a “thermometer” is a metaphor for how we approach our emotions and influence our family and home…

Waiting. One of the most dreaded words in our vocabulary. We’re not usually patient people. We drive fast, pop meals into microwaves…

Fall is a transition for everyone, adults and children alike. Those early morning alarms are already a struggle to get up and get everyone ready and out the…

Have you ever been in the middle of circumstances and all of a sudden you ask, “What in the world is God doing?” We really want to trust….

Pam and I have recorded many podcasts together, but there’s one I will always remember. It’s not so much the content of the podcast that will set up…

August is a month of great excitement in my house as everyone prepares to go back to school. I love summer, but after a few months of it…

“It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.” —Ann Landers

I ask one question every year that gives me so much power as a mom. I wonder what it could do for you…

“I just don’t know what to do,” my friend said through tears as she showed me her text messages. She had messaged her ex-husband to tell him…

I’m a history buff. I love studying the founding of our country. Through genealogy research I’ve discovered that my ancestors were part of the first colonists. Red, white, and blue…

In my last blog, we processed the power of one safe adult. Now let’s look at a powerful statement that might change the way you parent.  Have you…

“Mom, it’s happening again! She’s just doing everything I do,” my middle daughter said with a look of frustration in her eyes. Her younger sister was picking out…

As we began the process of creating Arise Single Moms twenty-two years ago, it involved many facets—from completing tons of paperwork, to forming a board of directors, to hours…

In March 2015, Harvard released a study saying that every child who winds up doing well has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive…

Can I tell you one of my favorite things about the Bible? It’s how Jesus responds to people who have failed. I remember as a kid I was…