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The Empty Nativity

December 22, 2023 by Courtney 1 Comment

My home has three extra visitors this Christmas. Our three foster babies are precious, tiny, stair steps. They bring so much joy and liveliness to our already loud and joyful home. We absolutely adore them. They are busy, busy, busy just as you’d expect an infant, toddler, and preschooler to be. I imagine this is […]

Filed Under: A Life with Jesus, Advent, Living Simply, Motherhood, My Heart, Prepare Him Room, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: Advent, Advent Traditions, Building Family Culture, children, Christmas, Christmas traditions, discipleship, family traditions, foster care, fostering, living missionally, missional living, Missions, Motherhood, parenting, Prepare Him Room, raising children, raising littles, Spiritual Growth, the love of Jesus, The Most Sacred Christmas, train up a child

Cultivating A Joyful Thanksgiving

November 21, 2022 by Courtney Leave a Comment

My mom is the epitome of joy.  She taught us to live joyfully.  It was all we knew of childhood. A relationship with Jesus, a heart full of gratitude, a spirit of contentment, and happiness in the little things–it was the way of life.  I never knew my mom was fascilitaing anything other than the ordinary. […]

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When Your New Year Longs for Rest in Him

January 1, 2020 by Courtney 8 Comments

Fresh and new, a clean slate to write a new story. I love making goals and plans. I’m not at all opposed to resolutions. We might as well “try better” at some point and I think the first day of a fresh year is absolutely suitable for pressing the restart button. I love dreaming and […]

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The Most Powerful Lesson We Can Teach our Children, Guest Post by Kristen Welch

May 1, 2018 by Courtney Leave a Comment

Guest post by author, Kristen Welch of Raising World Changers in a Changing World. Guest author, Kristen, has also written two other books: Rhinestone Jesus and Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World. It is an honor to host Kristen on the blog today.

Filed Under: Building Family Culture, Guest Post, Living Simply, Missions, Motherhood, My Heart, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: books, Building Family Culture, guest post, international missions, Kristen Welch, living missionally, Mercy House, missional living, Missions, Motherhood, parenting, raising children, Raising World Changers Book, Spiritual Growth, train up a child, world changers

Jesus Next Door: Loving Your Neighbor in Obedience to God

October 15, 2017 by Courtney 2 Comments

Ideas for and a personal story about loving your neighbor in the ordinary.

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