FALL-elujah | A Budget Friendly Bucket List For Fall (with free printable download!)
One of the things I love most about living in the Mitten state is the seasons. Winter Spring Summer Fall There is something beautiful about what these seasons teach us, and I believe it’s something we often take for granted. In Winter, the barrenness of the trees that’s roots are established so deep into in […]
Rules for Men: How to Be and Raise a Strong Man of God
In today’s society, it can be challenging to raise a strong man of God. Heck, it’s challenging to simply BE a strong man of God, am I right?!? Our culture is so littered with sex, money, power, and fame, that it’s hard to separate ourselves from that. We are called to be like Christ. It […]
How To Save My Marriage (with free printable download!)
What if the missing piece in how to save your marriage was something as easy as taking time to talk with someone? If I was looking for how to save my marriage, simply talking with someone sounds pretty easy to me! I’m not talking about just a therapist, (though I will advocate for a sound […]
Pursue Your Wife – Part 2: 5 Practical Steps For Husbands
A couple of days ago I talked all about the importance of pursuing your wife. Today we’re going to look at some practical steps for husbands because you know we men need some simple, straight to the point, action item takeaways, am I right? If you missed it, read Pursue Your Wife – Part 1 […]
Pursue Your Wife – Part 1
Men, pursue your wife! We must continue pursuing our wife even after we’re married. It’s ingrained in so many of us men to chase after something and keep at it until we get it, but then what happens? What happens when the dogs at the race track catch that silly rabbit? Or your dog at […]
How to Create a Family Mission Statement in 5 Easy Steps (with free printable download!)
Ok, being real here – we put this off for years. Writing a family mission statement seemed like a daunting task, but turned into being a life-giving experience for us. Not necessarily in the crafting of it, but in the fruit of daily pursing it, and being intentional about the values and beliefs that are […]
Life With Littles: How To Camp With Your Children
In the thick of life with littles, and in one of the most transitional seasons of their lives, two brave couples asked themselves “why not try camping?”… So many of you have asked us “how on earth do you camp, travel, take 10+ hour road trips with your littles?” The astonishing truth is, we, in […]
The Gimmick of Ministry
Anyone else ever feel like the process of starting a business or ministry is gimmicky? Is there such a thing as “the gimmick of ministry”? Is that a thing? I feel like since we launched The Pause Pursuit, the past few weeks has basically been one big nonstop sales pitch! Maybe it’s just me, but […]
To The Mother Believing a Lie: They Still Need You
For whatever season you’re in – they still need you. For the mother sending her child to school for the first time this year, she still needs you. For the mother taking her last back to school photo before college, he still needs you. For the mother fighting for the baby she hopes to carry […]
To The Fear Based Parent: 5 Biblical Promises To Pray Over Your Children
In a fear-based world, we face the daily temptation to be led into fear-based parenting instead of faith-based parenting. God makes it very clear in his word that we are to “direct our children in the way they should go, and when they are old they will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6) How are […]