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Why Read Parenting Books? As single parents, we may feel alone in our parenting. I often found reading books on […]

Good Friday Ponderings As we near Good Friday, reading the gospel of John got me thinking about how the disciples […]

Single Parents are More at Risk of Sleep Deprivation Not surprisingly, a study in 2020 reported that single parents, especially […]

The Impact of Self-Care on Our Whole Being Often when we think of self-care, our minds go to how we […]

How Do I Get Started? Dear single parent reader, If you are a full time working single parent, you may […]

The ultimate benefit of first hand Bible study is that you will fall in love with the Author. Living By […]

We need to be embedded in the Word to experience the storyteller’s mind. Paul Miller When I gave up trying […]

My Personal Story of Falling into Prayer Journaling Journaling is a way of paying attention to our lives-a way of […]

How Do I Begin? It may well be that when your mind wanders, it is wandering to what your heart […]

Simple Prayer If you are not praying, then you are quietly confident that time, money, and talent are all you […]

Because the place of worship is a place of witness-a witness that God speaks to us and that we are […]

Practicing Spiritual Disciplines Are In In order to change, people must have a vision that change is possible… Spiritual Formation […]

Joseph: Love in Action Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. […]

Mary, An Example of Courageous Faith When you think of Mary, do you picture a docile, passive young girl with […]

Guide our Feet into the Path of Peace… He remembered us in our low estate His love endures forever. Psalm 136:23 […]

How to Hold on to Hope When Life Seems Barren Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled […]

Being a Parent is a High Call As Advent season approaches, we will look at the Parents of the Christmas […]

Kickapoo Valley Reserve, Driftless Area, Wisconsin Caring for Yourself We have covered gift giving and given thought to our children’s […]

Two Homes, Two Holidays, Too Much? Does your child have to celebrate holidays in two homes, with two different families, […]

What gifts do you recall the most? When I think of gifts, I often think of the compost bin my […]

How to Survive Gift Giving Season It is about that time of year for most of us that we start […]

Holiday season has arrived, at least as indicated by the stores and their displays. For many single moms and dads, […]

Broken Dreams All of us have dreams that are broken. For me, the dream of having a large family was […]

From Single Parenting Overwhelm to Single Parent Thriving Thrive: to progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of […]

Overwhelm: To Cover Over Completely or To Overpower in Thought or Feeling Do you experience overwhelm in your life? Do […]

Rejection Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close. Psalm 27:10 NLT Did you […]

Ready, Set If you try to seize the day, the day will eventually break you. Seize the corner of his […]

The Unknown Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin… Luke 12:27 I remember crying as […]

Back to School When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. Psalm 94:17-19 Open houses, conferences, […]

Richard Bong State Recreation Area Words Spoken Over Us God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the […]

Missing Your Child – How to Tame Your Transition Last week we talked about helping our children make transitions. The […]

Copper Falls State Park, Mellen, WI Helping Kids Transition Between Two Homes The Lord will keep you from all harm— […]

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Romans 8:31 NASB […]

Building Trust: Parents of our Word Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord?     Who may enter your presence on your […]

As For Me and My House “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:14 […]

Dear Single Parent, Build a Secure Fortress Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress,     and for their children it […]

How to Be a Successful Single Parent: Stay the Course You were running a good race.  Who cut in on […]

How to Be a Successful Single Parent While Trusting God “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your […]

Firmly Planted: How to Be a Successful Single Parent How blessed is the man who does not walk in the […]

Do You Feel Equipped to Be a Successful Single Parent? Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This […]