The Problem with Parenting From Your Own Pain
Fear is an awful foundation for parenting because the only fruit it can bear is more fear. Soon enough, we must surrender the fate of our children to God.
Jesus vs. Santa Claus: Why Parents on Both Sides of the Issue Need to Get Over Themselves
Is it possible to have a child believe in Santa Claus and still teach them about the birth of a Savior, the true meaning of Christmas?
The Lord Will Make a Way: When Tragedy Reminds Us To Be Faithful and Trust God [For R’ Mani]
The brutal death of a child and her pregnant mother reminds a mother to embrace the instincts God gives us—because He never steers us wrong.
Zero Years a Slave: Setting my Child Free from Generational Bondages
Watching "Twelve Years A Slave" made Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts think long and hard about her own mental/emotional bondage, and ways she can avoid passing along her baggage to her daughter.
{Faith & Motherhood} The Solution to Selfishness: Parenthood
Want to control—or even eliminate—selfishness? I have the perfect solution! Have a baby!
{Faith & Motherhood} Developing My Child’s ‘Character’: The Greatest Ghostwriting Gig Ever
I'm helping to write the first few chapters of my daughter’s life, so that I don't miss the opportunity to inject lessons that she'd never come up with on her own.
{Faith & Motherhood} Teaching Children To Pray—Purposefully and From the Heart
Lord knows I smile big and cheesy when I hear my daughter say her grace or put her hands together for prayer before we go night-night. But I think it’s just as important that when someone at school hurts her feelings, she knows she can go inside herself and pray about that too.
{Faith & Motherhood} The Joy in Tears: A Mother Learns the Benefit Of A Good Cry
There was a time when I would have viewed my tears, not as a way to cleanse my soul or to release the heaviness of heartache and pain, but as a sign of weakness. As if being weak (as in vulnerable) is a bad thing. It isn’t.
{Faith & Motherhood} When Your Reflection Talks Back
For most of us, our children are our second chance. And I don’t mean in a Joe Jackson, Kris Jenner kind of way either. We...
{Faith & Motherhood} Grace for the Ignorant: The Jesus I Want My Daughter to Know
I love Jesus. I do. And I want to teach my daughter to love Jesus, too. I want her to meet this awesome Power that...
