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Refusing to Raise Cookie Cutter Kids: Entitlement Attitude or Work Ethic?

in Parenting on 10/08/12

In the previous post, which you can read here, we talked about how what we believe in regards to why and what we were created for impacts our parenting. Today I am going to share what we personally believe and how that impacts the way we parent. Disclaimer: We are in the trenches and by no means have it all… View Post

Refusing to Raise Cookie Cutter Kids Part 3

in Parenting on 09/08/12

If you knew that you only had until your child was 16, 17, 18, or 19 (or even 25) years old to train them for life… what would you most focus on? Are you doing that? I am preaching to the choir here trust me. I am guilty of getting too busy, making my kids too busy that they don’t… View Post

Refusing to Raise Cookie Cutter Kids Part 2

in Parenting on 08/08/12

What has inspired this post series on Refusing to Raise Cookie Cutter Kids? I have been thinking about the youth of today in general. You hear about how the average child watches between 3-5 hours of television a day and know from experience how busy a child’s life can be going from school to sports and from piano lessons to… View Post

Refusing to Raise Cookie Cutter Kids

in Parenting, Purposeful Living on 07/08/12

You know that concept… “Cookie Cutter”… it’s used to describe the neighborhoods where all the homes look, well, cookie cutter! They all have the same trim, the same paint, the same lawn… Something has been awakened in my mind and soul recently… as my heart aches more for the needy, it aches more for the lost, but it also aches… View Post

Weeding the Garden of Your Heart

in Faith, Friendship, Gardening on 18/07/12

Growing fruit is a lot more difficult than growing weeds isn’t it? I don’t know about you, but on any given day I have no problem sinning. On a daily basis I have to make choices all throughout my day to intentionally go against my nature to sin. If we are really honest, this is honestly how it is for… View Post