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Are Stay-at-Home Moms Burying their Talents? (Part Three)

Filed under Motherhood by Kimberly on September 17, 2009 at 3:02 am {no comments}

There’s an unspoken implication when speaking of a stay at home mom “burying” her talents, if she is only using her talents at home. The implication is the false idea that talents only count when used in the public sphere, or when done for pay. From a Biblical perspective, stop for a moment and consider [...]

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Are Stay at Home Moms Burying their Talents? (Part Two)

Filed under Motherhood by Kimberly on September 16, 2009 at 2:42 am {no comments}

One of the things you can’t always see clearly when you are a Stay at home mom with toddlers, questioning whether or not you’ve made the right choice, is this reality that in life there are different seasons. We tend to want to experience everything life has to offer right now, this instant. We tend [...]

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Are Mothers Burying their Talents at home? (Part One)

Filed under Motherhood by Kimberly on September 15, 2009 at 2:29 am {no comments}

Are Stay at Home Moms burying their talents?

Early motherhood was a huge adjustment for me. I was used to being productive, and keeping busy with different things, and I didn’t really have much of a concept as to how to experience that “productive” feeling while home with my children. I was at home all day long with toddlers, and some days, before [...]

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7 Tips for Leading Your Child to Christ

Filed under Christian Living, Motherhood by Kimberly on August 19, 2004 at 4:05 am {4 comments}

Most children are more open to spiritual things than most of us adults give them credit for. Many times we stick with telling our young ones disconnected Bible Stories that, while interesting, don’t really help our children understand Biblical Christianity. Maybe it goes back to the fact that Jonah and the Whale translate easily to [...]

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Raising Kids Who Love God

Filed under Motherhood by Kimberly on August 15, 2004 at 3:47 am {no comments}

There were a few aspects of parenting that terrified me. One of those aspects was the horrifying possibility that my children may one day go totally off the rails, and turn their backs on everything we believe in. If you read many books on Christian parenting, most of them are variations on the exact same [...]

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