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It’s time for a new conversation for Christians on how we make entertainment choices

May 20, 2020 by Susan 4 Comments

A new perspective on how Christians make entertainment choices and engage with the hypersexualized media that pervades our culture.

I was compensated for my time in writing this post. As always, all opinions are my own.

How Christians should engage with culture is not a new topic. Jesus talked about it, Paul wrote about it in his letters in the New Testament, probably every church leader since then has dealt with it. And if you’re a parent, it can consume you.

How do we equip our children to handle the hypersexualized media that pervades our culture?

This has been a topic of discussion in our home since our kids were young, and hasn’t stopped now that our boys are 21 and 19. In fact it’s even more relevant now, as we want to prepare them to lead homes of their own one day.

In all of the years that my husband and I have delved into this issue, the goal of all of the material we’ve seen has been the same: personal purity. And that is a noble and God-pleasing goal.

But it’s not the only goal.

You don’t have to emerge from the quarantines as a beautiful butterfly, but what a waste to come out the other side the same old caterpillar you were before

April 2, 2020 by Susan 10 Comments

However it’s coming to us, we’re all being given cocoon time here. Don’t look back after this experience, and wish that you had done more with the time you’ve been given.

They say the five stages of Spring, 2020 are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

That’s a little joke.

But it has been a wild ride, hasn’t it? While I wouldn’t go so far as to call the required self-isolation a gift, I do believe that we should try to learn something from difficult experiences.

I should pause here to tell you that this is not a guilt-trip to make you feel badly that you are staying in the bathroom extra long to get away from your kids or using chocolate as a coping mechanism. Both are valid responses to what we’re going through, in my opinion.

All I hope to do is be a little encouraging bird on your shoulder reminding you of what you already know:

You may look back after this experience, and wish that you had done more with the time you’ve been given.

Have you heard the new Kanye album?…said the middle-aged, white, suburban homemaker

November 4, 2019 by Susan 2 Comments

Why don’t we all share Jesus boldly like Kanye West? Could it be that we are afraid of our flaws and failures being in the spotlight?

Hip-hop is not really my thing. I do have some Black Eyed Peas on my workout playlist…does that count as hip-hop? I’m so uncool, I really don’t know.

Rap? Most of that is a big no thank you.

So typing Kanye’s new album into a search engine is not something I thought I would ever do. Ever.

But the truth is, this uncool mom has been doing a lot of thinking thanks to Mr. West.

The latest board games we can’t stop playing

September 9, 2019 by Susan 2 Comments

Our latest list of board games are clever, fun, and kind of addictive! Two of them are great two-person games, too, which are perfect for at-home date nights.

Four games.

All of them are strategy games, although that’s where the similarities end. They really couldn’t be more different.

Before our boys left for college, we got Camel Up and Decrypto and loved them so much we played as much as we could before they left.

Since we’ve become empty nesters, my husband picked up Santorini and Quacks of Quedlinburg and it’s so much fun to have new games that the two of us can play together.

I can’t wait to tell you about these. You are definitely going to find something to love here!

Organize your pantry in one day on the cheap

August 19, 2019 by Susan 7 Comments

A neat, clean and organized pantry for around $100 in supplies done in an evening! Doesn’t your whole world just feel better when you put things in order?

I’m not a perfectionist, and my house is no museum. But sometimes, enough is enough. You know? Over the years my closet kitchen pantry has been a source of frustration for me.

Here was the pattern:

Feel frustrated by messy and not-very-user-friendly pantry.
Take everything out and clean pantry.
Put everything back in.
Feel frustrated by clean and not-very-user-friendly pantry.

Homeschool science that prepares your kids for the worldviews they will face in college

August 5, 2019 by Susan 4 Comments

Online homeschool science courses that teach that science supports, rather than contradicts, Scripture help develop a Biblical worldview in students as they approach college.

I was compensated for my time in writing this post. All opinions are my own and I’m genuinely thrilled to partner with College Prep Science.

Christian parents.

We raise our sweet babies up to know the Lord, investing countless hours on family devotions, taking them to church, and modeling Christ-like living to them.

Then at 18 we send them off to college and wonder why so many leave their faith.

My husband and I will be experiencing our first foray into empty nesting this fall. (And to answer your question: Yes, I do expect there to be weeping.) As I think about my boys living away from our home, at the top of my prayer list is that they would maintain a strong Biblical worldview.

And when I say “Biblical worldview” I mean that they would see the world through a lens that says,

On all domains of doctrine and in life, the authority of scripture is to be placed higher than all human understanding, for it is God’s word and as such the highest authority.

-John Wycliffe

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It’s time for a new conversation for Christians on how we make entertainment choices

You don’t have to emerge from the quarantines as a beautiful butterfly, but what a waste to come out the other side the same old caterpillar you were before

Have you heard the new Kanye album?…said the middle-aged, white, suburban homemaker

The latest board games we can’t stop playing

Organize your pantry in one day on the cheap

Homeschool science that prepares your kids for the worldviews they will face in college

On all domains of doctrine and in life, the authority of scripture is to be placed higher than all human understanding, for it is God’s word and as such the highest authority.

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