The Power of Purpose Do you ever feel stuck in a rut? Or maybe just really comfortable with life? So comfortable that life doesn’t consist of any risk or adventure? I’ve been there just recently. I distinctly remember sitting in a small group setting with some fellow youth pastors’ wives about a year and a…
TRAIN UP YOUR CHILD TO BE BOLD…AND POLITE When we began our quest, writing The Kingdom Code, to teach kids how to make and manage money, my son Aaron became one of our “guinea pigs.” We asked his opinion on everything. He helped us create projects, design questions, and even posed for some pictures. We…
When my first son was approaching pre-school age, my husband and I made the decision to teach him at home. This was in 2002. Homeschooling was still catching on as an alternative to public or private school education. Friends and family members would smile awkwardly when we told them our plans to homeschool. I did…
How Do You Pay for All Those Extras? ‘Enjoy being a kid, it’s the best time of your life’, my father often told me. I really did have a great childhood. I went to several camps each summer, snow skied with my church youth group, and I was involved in dance lessons for years. My…
Can anyone else relate to this meme that has been circulating social media the last couple of years??? I CAN. Let’s just alllll say it together… /deep breath/ “adulting IS hard”. We could go on and on as to why it’s just SO hard to adult sometimes. These days, MONEY seems to be the…