Honest Conversations about Racism Over the last few years, it’s sadly evident that we still struggle with racism in America. Yet even when our hearts ache, it’s hard to know what to do or say. What can we say to let others know we care and want to be involved in honest conversations about race?… [Continue Reading]
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How to Find a Friend and Be a Friend
Okay, it’s time to get real. I have a question to ask. So, how is your friend’s situation? If you’re like many women you might feel as if you know a lot of people, but you have very few close friends—you know the kind where you can show up without makeup or your hairbrush and… [Continue Reading]
#WalkItOut Podcast 049: Mary DeMuth
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Today’s guest is Mary DeMuth, and we’re going to chat about friendships. I love friends— and I am blessed with so many friends! Pretty much if we’ve ever talked for more than five minutes, we’re going to be friends for… [Continue Reading]
4 Ways Your Healthy Friendships Bless Your Kids
I say the same thing every time my kids are about to meet one of my friends: “Oh, you’re just going to love her!” Because of my work as a writer, many of my friends are also writers, and they are scattered all over the US (and world!). We meet up with friends on road… [Continue Reading]
How to be “Involved” in Ways that Really Matter
Have you ever heard this saying by Theodore Roosevelt: “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”? Caring takes involvement. Caring takes being present. We are involved in a lot of things today, but how much time do we take to be involved with people . . . really involved?… [Continue Reading]
God’s Mission & Tool Chest for Moms
The assignment: confirmed in the moment by the Holy-Spirit via telepathic communication. The command: given by the High Chief to Love One Another (Matthew 22:39). You close your Bible and check the leather binding to make sure it’s not one of those self-igniting editions. It’s not. And that’s a good thing too, it’s your favorite exhaustive, study edition. You… [Continue Reading]
Finding Friendship at Teen MOPS (Plus a Giveaway!)
I attended my first MOPS group at my home church in Kalispell, Montana, in 1998. I was a mom of three young kids, and I loved hanging out with other women, getting to know them, and hearing wonderful speakers. OK, the crafts were good too. My second year of MOPS I was asked to speak…. [Continue Reading]