Risen Motherhood Book Review
Risen Motherhood is a book and podcast a member of Concordia and a few friends recommended to me. I listened to the Risen Motherhood podcast and it was a nice change of pace. Most episodes are less than 30 minutes. The intro music was upbeat and my little one liked to bounce to it. … Read more
Imperfection
We traveled to St. Louis to see my family for Christmas. Packing to take two under two anywhere is exhausting. We needed two pack and plays, one suitcase for me, one suitcase for my husband, and one suitcase for the kids. Also multiple changes of clothes for each child because who knows when it will … Read more
Yearly Hope
I wouldn’t say this has been the best year ever. I know many people would say it has been the worst. Google would suggest 2020 is a contender with 536, 1520, 1918, and 1933. I don’t need to name everything people experienced or had loved ones experience in 2020. Despite all the heartache I can … Read more
Sticky Faith Summary
Everyone Can Help People By: Read and/or gift Sticky Faith or Sticky Faith for Families Role Model a life saving faith in Jesus outside of church Connect with people of all ages Celebrate and affirm character development Have faith conversations; conversation is a dialogue, not one sided questions Share who you are in Christ and … Read more
Sticky Transitions and Love
The next chapters of Sticky Faith talk about the transition to college and “ups and downs” of faith. It’s easy to discount the first topic, but reading the chapter it’s easier to find things to relate to. Fewer than forty percent of kids feel prepared to find their own church. How hard is it to … Read more
You Matter in Sticky Faith
“Segregation causes kids to shelve their faith.” Segregation has a certain connotation. Segregation makes most people think, “bad” or “outdated” for a good reason. The segregation Sticky Faith talks about is children being separated from adults in the congregation. There are times to be apart to have age appropriate conversations, but children need more caring … Read more
Sticky Faith Identity
One of the movies I make fun of is Moana. There is a spoiler for those who haven’t watched it. It drives me nuts that her song she says, “They have stolen the heart from inside you/ But this does not define you/ This is not who you are/ You know who you are.” Having … Read more
Sticky Faith Modeling Lifelong Discipleship
It’s strange to think reading the Bible can be dangerous to our faith. The book Sticky Faith opens by talking about Tiffany. She wanted to do everything at church and was easy to parent. Midway through High School she changed. Soon after High School, she was pregnant and had her son. Her parents wondered what … Read more
Sticky Faith
What achievement makes someone the happiest? Two different podcasts I’ve listened to talked about how they surveyed people towards the end of their life and asked about their greatest achievements and accomplishments. Any guesses what the greatest was? It was usually family or child related. That’s great for people who have children; but what about … Read more