May 17
“O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us the work that you did in their days, in the days of old” (Psalm 44:1) Children love stories. Everyone loves stories. I suspect this is why Jesus chose to wrap many of his important lessons in stories. In the age of …
May 11
Misty’s heart must be connected to God’s lips because this topic has been on my heart. I’ll be honest. My prayer life sucks. I do it, when I can fit it in. I have the full intention of doing it regularly, only for the day to be over, and I try to pray before bed… …
May 10
While I was pregnant the first time, I was all about reading about what I needed for my new baby. What things needed to be in the nursery, what I had to do to make the house safe for a new baby, a toddler, etc. I was so focused on preparing everything I could prepare. …
May 09
This year I’ve felt the Lord asking me to spend more time building a relationship with Him, through prayer. Often I find myself praying only during devotions, while cleaning and at my kiddos bedtime. As I’ve been striving to grow my prayer life, I’ve come to realize that all my ministries require prayer. My lil …
May 07
As a work-at-home mom in the ministry, I find that my prayer life often becomes reduced to a list of bullet points. Have you ever been there? You get up early so you can squeak in a half-hour with the Lord before the those little bodies with hurricane-like energy wake up and hijack your …
May 06
So, there is a story in the annals of the Barefoot Hippie Girl about the occasion I made brownies without eggs. (Which should be differentiated from the time I made brownies without sugar. Brownies and I didn’t have a good relationship for a while there.) These brownies were a nice, rich, chocolaty brown, flat rock. After …
May 05
We’ve probably all had times in our lives when someone has shared a situation or asked for prayer and we’ve said, “I’ll be praying for you!” We had good intentions but life got in the way and we never did remember to pray. A lot of times, I’ll be going about the daily homemaking …
Apr 14
I declared this year, the Year of Lean. Our Year of Lean includes losing weight, purging the house, cleaning the rooms and garage, purging our debt, and purging our mental strongholds. Of course, that doesn’t mean that my family agreed. At the tail end of last year, we started monthly family meetings – where we …
Apr 13
Spring has definitely begun around our place! This afternoon my son glanced out the sunny window and shouted, “Look! It’s snowing!” We all ran to the window and, sure enough, it did appear to be snowing. Once we went outside to check it out, we realized that it was actually the bright sunlight reflecting off the …
Apr 12
I did something I haven’t done in a very long time. I went to the zoo with two four-year olds. I was helping my daughter babysit. Our primary mission was to try to catch a glimpse of the elusive baby koala, Owen. The process was not an easy one. I’d forgotten how …
