Author Archives: AllMomDoes
Taking Hold of Christ's Purpose For Us
In Philippians 3:12 Paul says, “I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.” To me, this is the great mystery of where God’s work in our lives and our own...
AllMomDoes Sep 21, 2014
The Bigger Picture of Motherhood
As Mothers, our best efforts in life are spent on those we love - leaving us satisfied, worn out and smiling! I have felt this way many times over the years. However, if Mom isn’t refreshed then...
AllMomDoes Sep 18, 2014
Helping Your Children Live Their Story Well
Each of us is given a unique story to live. We don't get to choose it. But we do get to choose how we will live it. The same is true for your kids.
Because God is a master storyteller, ...
AllMomDoes Sep 17, 2014
Pressing Our Face To The Glass
The first time I visited the Amazon jungle I had no idea the way it would change my life. I suppose it goes back to the idea of how encountering a world vastly different from your own will always chan...
AllMomDoes Sep 12, 2014
God Made You on Purpose
My luggage got lost today. So here I sit, in a random hotel room in Randomville, USA with no clothes. Or shoes. Or hairspray.
It’s knocking on the door of a lot of my insecuri...
AllMomDoes Sep 08, 2014
Wherever the River Runs
Now, it wasn't rocket science figuring that a kid might be sad when half his village was about to float away; call me discerning. It's just that all the other kids seemed to be managing, as if floodin...
AllMomDoes Sep 04, 2014
A Grown up Faith
It's that time again. Lunches are packed, carpools have begun and it's the beginning of the year where we mark that next step of growth in our child's life. (Some of us have a marked up wall in our ho...
AllMomDoes Sep 02, 2014
Recipe: Pumpkin Spiced Butterscotch Pudding Parfaits
Thankfully, getting your long hair tangled in a whizzing avocado-green KitchenAid mixer when you're five years old may result in an emergency boyishly-short haircut but won't necessarily keep you from...
AllMomDoes Aug 29, 2014
Recipe: Shwoo Potato Soup
Shwoo Potato Soup - Serves 4 Ingredient List: 2 large baking potatoes 3 TBS butter 6 TBS thinly sliced green onions 3 TBS all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp dried dill 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepp...
AllMomDoes Aug 29, 2014
Recipe: Mom's Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
My mother would make these delicious cookies (of which she only had the recipe in her head until now) for every holiday from Thanksgiving to July 4th. They are my favorite and I hope t...
AllMomDoes Aug 24, 2014