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09/03/2022

So I have $20 to my name right now. Bills are paid and food is bought, but there just wasn’t much leftover this week. That’s okay. Then on the way home from grocery shopping today, my kids begged for ice cream. Begged. Cried real tears. All the drama.

I said no. I’m short on money and I might need that $20 before payday. We have plenty of good food at home; we don’t need to stop at the ice cream store.

I heard little sighs from the back seat, and then, “God, we’d really love some ice cream. Is there any way you can give mommy some money so we can get some ice cream tonight? We know you can. Thank you.”

Oh good grief. “Guys,” I said, “God isn’t going to drop money on our door step so you two can get ice cream. He’s BUSY right now with natural disasters.”

“Nope,” Josh said. “God said you’ll have plenty of money for ice cream and to give some to the natural disaster people.”

“Josh…it doesn’t work that way,” I started, and then gave up. And then we got home.

And on my doorstep was the mail.

In the mail was an envelope.

In the envelope was a check for $123. From an overpayment on a student loan I paid off…in 2007. The kids were not surprised. God was not surprised. They got ice cream. The Red Cross got a donation.

And Mom remembered, yet again, what it means to have the faith of a child.

Credit: Sara Moore Gruver

08/21/2022

Greetings from Cajamarca! we are Aron and Carol Epstein, followers of Jesus. Just ordinary people that have decided to say yes to the call to missions and moved to Cajamarca, Peru and are trusting God to do extraordinary things in us and through us. We have been married for 30 years, and are the pro...

04/26/2021

Parenting an adolescent can be one of the most challenging experiences you’ll ever have. G. Stanley Hall, a noted American Psychologist, even referred to adolescence as a time of “storm and stress.”
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The American Psychological Association recently completed a study and discovered that teens feel stressed at about the same level as adults do. Furthermore, the school year tends to trigger the highest levels of teen stress, surpassing the greatest levels of adult stress. The study also found that teens lack awareness of how their stress affects their lives.
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The good news is that your role as a parent places you in a strong position to step in and offer guidance and encouragement when your teen is overwhelmed with the pressures of growing up.

04/26/2021

05/17/2020

“This is a challenging time for so many of us. Self compassion is a must!”

03/20/2020

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02/06/2020

This weighty book of 500 pages has just reached us, and the editors deserve our gratitude and appreciation. Their labor has been a service to the field: Jim Evans, Mary Blair Dellinger, and the late Harold Russell. No neurofeedback denier could read this book and remain resolute in his convictions.....

01/20/2020

Huge shout out to my family, friends, and community partners that came out en masse to support our dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony. My heart is full of joy and admiration, and your presence, prayers, words of encouragement and support means so much to me and my family! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!