Children are a precious gift from the Lord and bringing your first baby home is often a time overflowing with joy and celebration. Despite all of the excitement surrounding bringing this sweet new baby home, it can also be a difficult transition for some new parents as they navigate how to continue to prioritize their
WHO? It’s a year-end fundraising raffle benefitting Foundation Restoration. Proceeds fund our ministry support for healthy individuals, relationships and marriages everywhere. Let’s face it, we have all faced trying circumstances and difficult situations this year. Foundation Restoration has come alongside many people struggling personally, as well as relationally, professionally, financially, and
At Foundation Restoration, we fight daily for the heartbeat of our society – marriages. This year, we have the honor celebrating 10 years of this vital work and reflecting on God’s faithfulness and goodness in using our ministry to make a difference in our world! More than ever, we are passionate
Listen Up My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. –James 1:19 Listening doesn't come easily for most people. It is a skill that must be cultivated, and it takes time, self-control, and a genuine desire to seek understanding to be proficient
I remember when I was but a wee lad, my sister and I would come downstairs on Christmas morning and one of the first things we would do is look for baby Jesus. My mother had a ceramic nativity scene, and every year she would hide the little ceramic baby Jesus. We would have to
Fall is here and the holidays are coming! The leaves have begun to change color and fall; pumpkin spice and all of your favorite fall decorations and smells are all around! Oh how I love the cozy scarves, blankets, sweatshirts, and boots! (Give me all the plaid, people!) It is heartwarming to snuggle by the
Reflection. It’s good for the soul to take time and just breathe. Life has a way of speeding by us so quickly that, in many ways, it’s a blur. Especially since becoming a mom, I feel like the days often bleed one into the other, and the next thing I know, they’ve all disappeared. So,
I have been beyond obsessed with Brussels sprouts this winter. Ob. Sessed. Luckily for me, my husband has been very supportive of this addiction and has happily eaten every single one I've put in front of him. My son has too. I somehow hit the jackpot in this area. My two-year old has a more
By Loryn Purvis Summer is gone, and it’s time for my favorite season of the year. I’m not talking about Fall, although Fall is pretty awesome in its own right. No, my favorite season has less to do with great weather and falling leaves, and more to do with an increase in trash talking, wearing
By Ashley McIlwain If you’ve ever been in a room with parents and their children, there will likely emerge some parenting themes. They are those lessons that parents are constantly trying to instill in the impressionable minds of their little people. In an attempt to mold their children into productive human beings that can co-exist
