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  • christian parenting,  seasonal

    Holy Week Reading Plan: The Gospel of John and Selections of Scripture to Prepare Your Heart for Resurrection Day

    April 4, 2020 / No Comments

    Join me in reading the Gospel of John this Holy Week. I've written a daily reading plan, including portions of John and other selections from Scripture, to prepare your heart for Resurrection Day.

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    Kristin

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  • books,  seasonal

    30 Non-Fiction Book Suggestions for Your 2020 Reading List

    November 27, 2019 / No Comments

    Are you getting enough non-fiction? Non-fiction books are an incredible source of knowledge, inspiration, and practical tips for improving life for you and your family. Add some of these suggestions to your 2020 reading list!

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  • christian parenting

    Is Spanking Biblical? An Extensive Exegesis by a Skeptical Mama – Part 3

    August 16, 2018 / No Comments

    This is final installment of a three part series. Read part one here, part two here.  The Punishment for Sin God will punish his disobedient children. It is the natural consequence for sin. Yet, God always does it in love. It’s clear in Scripture. Consider Psalm 89:30-34, in which God speaks of David’s offspring: “If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules, if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments, then I will punish their transgression with the shebet and their iniquity with stripes, but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.”  Those terms “iniquity”, “transgressions” sound familiar, don’t they? They’re…

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  • christian parenting

    Is Spanking Biblical? An Extensive Exegesis by a Skeptical Mama – Part 2

    August 16, 2018 / No Comments

    This is part two in a three part series. Read part one here.  What is “the Rod”? The Hebrew Shebet The word “rod” that we see in the aforementioned proverbs is the Hebrew shebet. According to Strong’s concordance, shebet can be translated as a staff, stick, or rod “used for beating or striking…and chastening” but also as a shepherd’s crook (as translated in Psalm 23), the “scepter of a king” or ruler, and, oddly, the tribe of Israel (perhaps alluding to the idea of a branch).  In fact, you can see here that the term shebet is mostly translated as tribe, not a physical rod at all. So already, it’s clear…

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  • christian parenting

    Is Spanking Biblical? An Extensive Exegesis by a Skeptical Mama – Part 1

    August 16, 2018 / No Comments

    Once, before we had kids, Kevin passed me a strip of leather. About two inches wide, ten inches long, and a quarter of an inch thick, it resembled an extra-large bookmark. “What’s this?” I asked. “My parents went to a Growing Kid’s God’s Way conference and came back with this leather strap.” My mouth dropped open. I imagined the welts that could be conjured up by such a thing. “They got this at a Christian parenting conference?” “Yup.” “Did they use it on you?” “I don’t think so,” he said. He did recall the many times his dad reached for his belt when he or one of his brothers were…

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Meet Kristin

Hey! I'm a wife and mama of two beautiful kiddos. I believe in the power of words, beauty, faith, grace, and love. While I love to theorize about and strive for parenting ideals, I value the art of keeping it real. Thanks for reading.

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