We debated for a long time about whether or not to get a Vitamix. I knew to justify the cost I would need to use it a LOT. Well almost a year later and I use it almost every day. We've used it for many things like cooking hot soup, shredding cheese, and making cookie [...]
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Is Trust Based Parenting for Every Child?
Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis answers this question, and explains why each of our children needs the same things from their parents. This video was originally posted on Empowered to Connect.
I’ve Got Confidence
Confidence is an amazing thing because so much of life is confidence based. Even our economy has a confidence component to it because we have Consumer Confidence Index. You've all heard about the CCI. It measures the level of confidence we have in our economy. If confidence is high then we all spend more but [...]
I Have a Dream
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech delivered on August 28, 1963 in Washington DC. You can read it by clicking here if you would like. It is such a well known and well respected speech that I won't get into the contents here other than [...]
Homemade Sloppy Joes
I have never really liked Sloppy Joe's. Not just because they are sloppy, but because they just had a strange flavor to me. For some reason thought, they sounded good to me and I decided to find a homemade recipe that I could make without using those cans of "sauce" with their questionable ingredient [...]
Why Do You Do It?
Do you remember Black Hawk Down? It's the story a helicopter shot down over Mogadishu, Somalia about 20 years ago. One of my favorite scenes is near the end of the movie when Eric Bana's character Hoot shares the following: When I go home people'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? [...]
Tapestry Conference 2013
We are honored to be presenting at the Tapestry conference again this year. We have been asked to talk about the importance of birth families to foster and adoptive kids. Here is the summary of our session: Adopted and foster children share a deeply personal connection with their birth families regardless of the circumstances of [...]
The Wounds You Don’t See
I recently read a study that highlighted the difference between recalling images and words. There were two control groups. The first was shown a picture of a circle. The word "circle" was written down for the second group. The groups were re-convened 72 hours later and asked what they were shown. The group that saw [...]
Thoughts on Service
Today's post is by Jessica Seekamp. Jessica has worked with Ryan and Kayla for many years at Coram Deo Academy. She lives with her husband Jeremy and their three children in Plano, Texas. You can read her original post by clicking here. My kids and I were recently blessed with the opportunity to deliver hot lunches [...]
Relationships
Relationships are messy. They're messy because they involve people, which makes life quite complicated because we were made to live in relationship with each other. That's what the Lord said in Genesis 2. He said that it was not good for the man to be alone. That's when he made Eve. He made people for [...]