Not long ago, after studying the fruit of the Spirit, I decided I was done yelling at my kids.  Ten minutes after making the decision, someone dumped a whole box of cereal on the kitchen floor in an attempt to pick out the marshmallows.  Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit suddenly felt far from my reality. If you can relate—if you want to bear more fruit in your life but tend to fall short—you’re in the right place. Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit Today, we’ll talk about how to lean into God and bear more fruit in our lives. First, let’s look at what God’s Word says about cultivating…

I’m excited to share a guest post with you today!  A few weeks ago, I shared a photo of Bekah holding our new mother-daughter shared journal.  I invited Stacey and Lexi Shannon, the mother and daughter coauthors of the journal, to share a post with you today, and I love what they came up with!  Enjoy! ~~~ How to Communicate Better With Your Tween Daughter Ideas to Grow Your Mother-Daughter Relationship The tween years can be tumultuous. As our daughters are growing into young women, they are also figuring out their place in the world. They’re changing in many ways, which means we have to change the way we connect…