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Scripture Based Prayers For The New School Year

As first time parents navigating these waters of “Back-to-School” for the FIRST TIME, and, none-the-less, in the middle of a global pandemic, we wanted to share scripture-based prayers for back to school. To guide you in covering your children with the most essential thing they need this school year: God’s protection through prayer. Prayers you […]

A Letter To My Baby On Her First Day Of School

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Here I sit, as I write a letter to my baby on her first day of school. You think these days are far off, as you sit with a newborn on your chest, praying through the sleepless nights, wishing away the bedtime tantrums of the toddler years, and then, BOOM. Life happens. Change comes, And […]

The Pandemic Cure | Answering the Hard Questions

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Perhaps you’ve noticed we’ve been a little silent over here the past few months. That’s because we’ve met will all the experts, and Jesus himself, to bring you our magical guide of how to properly and perfectly parent in a pandemic while being all the things to everybody. Ok, so as much as we wish […]

Pursuing the Light of Christ Over Darkness

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If you enjoy summer nights as much as we do, most likely you have been outside and suddenly, the darkness sweeps through in the blink of an eye before you even have a chance to recognize that night is quickly approaching, closing out the day’s dawn. It seems as soon as darkness funnels in to […]

Finding Hope Through Loss | A Personal Journey of Miscarriage

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Writing has always been an outlet of healing for me. Even as a little girl, I remember taking a pencil to an empty journal my mom brought home from her classroom and writing fictional books with made-up characters that before lived only in my imagination. Writing has always been a healing outlet for me, so […]

Black Lives Matter: A Look At Racism From A White Guy’s Perspective

In light of all the racism, injustice, and everything going on in our country right now, I can’t say that I relate to or even fully understand what the African American community is going through, but I also can’t remain silent. The injustice and inequality continually infecting our society is sickening. As if the oppression […]

Father’s Day 2020: Couldn’t Leave Us Out, Right Guys!?

We all know how important moms are and thus, Mother’s Day always gets celebrated big, and it should! But let’s not forget about us dudes out there. Father’s Day is just around the corner, and if the next few weeks continue on how the past few months have been going, we’re gonna need some dad […]

Holding On to Hope

Over the past many months, God has had a way of not only providing for us in uncertain times but also connecting us to people who have spoken truth and love to us. People who have shown up in areas of our life that we have been praying for years. Kayla is one of those […]

Pursuit In The “Middle-Of” Moments

Messy Home

Have you ever encountered a “middle-of-moment”? A moment where you’re faced with a choice of distraction, or choosing to pursue a heart posture of intention? We love gathering with our families, friends, neighbors, and just being together. We also love being the hosting house, but with that (more times than I’d like to admit), I […]

Mothering Through Loss | Navigating Motherhood Without A Mother

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This Mother’s Day, as we celebrate the wonderful mother’s in our lives, we are also not blind to the fact that this day has great potential to bring a longing for the mother who has left us; the mothers who were gone too soon. The sting and the yearning it can bring to our days […]