Notes to My Future Self- How to Have a Great Mother’s Day Next Year
I've seen a huge number of articles on surviving Mother's Day. All well-intentioned, but they just all came too late- the Friday before Mother's Day is not enough time to put healthy thinking and guidelines into place. But a month? A month I can work with. So I'm...
#150 Holy, Messy and HGTV Our Interview with Jen Hatmaker, Author of Interrupted
(This is a rebroadcast of Episode #111).She had all of her "Christian" ducks in a row.... until God swept them all to the side. Jen Hatmaker was a Christian speaker and author, married to a PASTOR for heaven's sake who spent every day of her life doing the church...
Create Customized Photo Gifts – Idea #1
It's a busy time of year with end of school, end of clubs, Mother's Day, Father's Day and sports coming to an end. Most moms are just getting through one day at a time. But low and behold, one of these nights, after all the kids are in bed, and she is folding another...
Podcast 149 – Kathi Lipp and How to Keep Hope
For those of you who also struggle with weight, health, and generally feeling defeated with anything in your life that feels like it will never be resolved, this is for you. This is me, at my home church, talking about weight (I'd be much more comfortable talking...
5 Ways to Tell Your Hubby You Love Him without All the Words
5 Ways to Tell Your Hubby You Love Him without All the Words by Paula Tobey Have you ever been in a rut in your marriage where you find it tough to ‘talk’? Maybe you argue or you’re just not connecting as well as usual. Maybe you find yourself not in the same place of...
Podcast #148-Tips and Tricks for a Clutter Free Closet
Can't find your favorite pair of sandals?Where is that outfit you wanted to wear tonight?Which clothes still fit you and which do not?Going into our closet can be an overwhelming experience. Maybe you just shove things in there and say you'll get to organizing it...
Kathi’s Faves – Things I’m Loving This Week
If you have been looking for something new to try, watch, or read, I'd like to recommend these: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt- It’s a new program from Tina Fey. Hilarious (I may have already binge-watched the entire series.) If you need a great diversion, (or say, if...
Podcast #147-Lynn Cowell and Helping Our Daughters Find Their Value in the Right Place
Where do our daughters find their value in our culture?Their number of Facebook likesTheir amount of Twitter FollowersThe number of boys that like themHow do we help our daughters to find their value in the one who created them and loves them, Jesus?Today we talk with...
How to Get Your Kids to Clean Up Their Rooms
Friends, I want to introduce you to one of my interns, Paula Tobey. She is an intern, but that's so misleading, since she has a full-on grown up ministry of her own. (See her links at the bottom of this article.) "How do I get my child to clean up his...
Podcast #146-Laurie Wallin and Why Your Weirdness is Wonderful
Ever felt too..... too much of something? Or not enough? Just different?We all have!But when is weird something that we need to change and when is weird something we need to say, "Maybe this is what God's done with me and it's OK?"Today we talk with Laurie Wallin,...




