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For the Exhausted Mama!
Together: Growing Appetites for God will be out this April and the primary focus of the book is reading the Bible with your children. However, if you’re one exhausted mom Continue reading
Off to a Great Start!
One wonderful thing that I’ve noticed happening here at the beginning of 2012 is the number of people promoting reading the Bible. I’ve seen lots of different approaches and reading plans floating around out there, as well as lots of encouragement for those wanting to get into God’s Word. It’s great! (I’ve listed a few links below.)
If you’re planning to read the Bible with your children, some of these plans, while extremely inspiring, may also be a little overwhelming. Continue reading
“This year we heard from God!”
After spending a little over a month working on finishing the book (we’re almost there), and focusing on my family, I’m back to writing blogs.
The end of the year is fast approaching and, I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure I’m ready for it. It seems the end of each year is always met with evaluations. How did I do last year? What do I want to do differently next year? Suddenly there comes a strong urge to clean and organize, eat healthy and exercise, and, for followers of Christ, there is the desire to read the Bible more. Continue reading
I’m a Mom!
Sometimes as a mom it’s easy to get stuck in the day to day, and think that being a mom consists only of doing laundry, picking up toys and settling squabbles over who gets to sit where in the van. While cooking what seems like one endless meal, you can begin to feel that this job is not an important one. Continue reading
Lamp and Light
“Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105
As a mom who has a strong desire to look after her children, this is an amazing sentence to me. Continue reading
And the title is . . .
“Together: Growing Appetites for God”
Why “Together?”
Well, the first and most obvious reason is that the kids and I read the Bible together. I have my “quiet time” with my kids. It’s not quiet; it’s full of noise and energy. God is using me to teach my children and He has used my children to transform my time in His Word.
Title in a Haystack (Part 2)
I won’t even tell you how long it has took me to come up with a title for my book. It’s a book about reading the Bible with my kids. Titling is much more difficult than I thought. To capture the essence of a story in a handful of catchy words is taxing – for me, at least. I’ve come up with plenty of bad titles though. I’ve been awake in the middle of the night racking my brain for a title. Then an idea hits. I toss it around in my mind again and again. I think, “This is it!” Then the sun comes up. It only takes a few moments of daylight to reveal a really bad title.
Title in a Haystack
I’m writing a book.
If writing the book is not difficult enough, it also needs a catchy title. Thankfully my publisher has been patient and allowed me to have a lot of input in this process.
My working title was, “We Read the Bible.” Yes, I know, it’s a snoozer. Plus, no one knows whether to say “reed” or “red,” which causes all sorts of problems.
Together, We Can Read the Bible!
I tend to be a rather reserved and private person.
So when I struggled with reading the Bible, for the most part, I kept it to myself. I believed it was just my lack of discipline and I would have to deal with that on my own. As a result I simply tried to put on a good face for those around me. All the while I was failing to read God’s Word.
On top of that, I had some misconceptions about what Bible study should look like. I would not have been able to verbalize this at the time, but for all practical purposes I was living as though I had to read large portions of the Bible . . . every morning . . . by myself . . . or else it didn’t count. If I didn’t meet this standard I had failed. Guess what? I was wrong. I was basing my success in reading the Bible on how well I performed. I was trying to fulfill a duty instead of seeking to know the God of the Universe.