I recently hosted a Life Group through my local church called Around The Table Dinners. The idea came from my kind friend, Donna Harris, and she hosts the Constantly Under Construction Podcast. Donna had shared about her Around The Table Dinner gatherings she hosts at her house and the second I heard about it, I …
“How on earth do I deal with this hurt/anger/bitterness in my heart?” “How long will it take before I can start trusting others again?” In my latest post, I shared my personal experience with being hurt by the church and how Christians collectively need to love and extend grace more. I knew my experience wasn’t …
Friend, don’t Christians have a way of hurting other Christians? I share a lot on the value of Godly friendships and what scripture says about it. I encourage you on a consistent basis to not only seek friends but to strive to be a good friend. Friendships are a huge part of my life and …
The day after I found out about my brother’s addiction, my brother texted asking if I thought differently of him. Through our conversation, I encouraged him to talk to a mutual friend/pastor whose mother was an addict. When I asked my brother to speak to this friend/pastor, his response was, “Only if he won’t talk …
Can I be honest with you about something? The teenage years are hard. Like, really, really hard. Harder, then I thought they would be and I often feel like I’m failing. Mix all of the typical teenager stuff with a child who is adopted and has experienced trauma and that’s what I got. To say …
Manny came home one day from school and jumped into his routine of telling me all about his day, classes, and friends. I was beginning to notice a certain girls name being said a lot in his recap over the course of a few weeks. So, like any nosey mother, I asked him about her. …
I was walking quickly through Target with my head down hoping to grab the few items I needed and bolt out the door. As I turned the corner, I glanced up and a stranger was standing there waiting for me to pass. We made eye contact and she flashed a heartfelt smile while her eyes …
Lie Number ONE: It’s really hard. Often, couples who knew the Lord during their dating years will share how they didn’t wait till marriage to be intimate because it was too hard and often say they wish they had waited. The testimonies from couples who did wait tend to share how it’s possible to wait but that …
This post originally appeared as an exclusive article in Kirk Cameron’s new community: The Campfire. To join, sign up here. Psalm 107:2 says, “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story…” I didn’t talk about my brother’s death for years. Five to be exact. At first it was because I was in denial, then …
When filing the paperwork to finalize the adoption for Manny we had the option to legally change his name. While praying about what to change it to, the name Nathan came to our hearts. In Hebrew, that name means, “A Gift From God.” We knew right away that our son’s name was to be changed …
