Adventures in Mothering

Who’s Afraid of Teenagers?

Filed under Motherhood by Kimberly on September 15, 2011 at 6:21 am {one comment}

Four Down, One to Go -- My Oldest Four children a week after Esther was born.

For some reason, when a woman with more than the usual 1.8 children goes out into public, people feel the need to comment about our large family, though my kids don’t consider us a large family at all. Most of the time, I know the commenter is meaning well, and they are saying anything just [...]

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5 Thoughts on Developing Personal and Family Convictions

Filed under Christian Living, Motherhood by Kimberly on August 17, 2011 at 7:28 am {no comments}

I’ve given a great deal of thought, over the years, to a couple of basic questions that influence me as a parent: why do kids walk away from the faith they were raised in? how do some kids seem to walk the walk, and talk the talk, but then run as fast as they can [...]

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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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