Tag Archives: Faith
Practicing Thankfulness at Work
Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom or you work at a corporate job, run your own businesses or spend your days going from soccer practice to ballet, we all have work to do; it looks different for ...
AllMomDoes Nov 10, 2016
The Practice of Thankfulness
Kind of like a cruel joke treasure hunt. My car failed emissions and the mechanic did $350 of repairs. My four-year-old Zoe and I had gone from office to office, appointment to appoi...
Nov 09, 2016
Finding Contentment in the Everyday
I teach writing for a living and one of the best-known lessons of writing is to ‘write what you know,’ which is a funny thing because that’s the main writing lesson I break. I never ...
AllMomDoes Nov 08, 2016
Stopping the “Woe Is Me”
My 19-year-old middle daughter Katie had been alive this time last month, and now she was gone—struck down by a ruptured cerebral aneurysm just a month after completing her freshman year of coll...
AllMomDoes Nov 07, 2016
How Can We Develop a Thankful Heart?
My daughter sat on the floor with her dresser drawers open, surrounded by fabric casualties. She repeated the phrase that so many of us utter in the early morning hours--'I don't have anything to wear...
AllMomDoes Nov 06, 2016
To the Momma Who Can’t Afford Christmas
It starts early, doesn't it dear momma. The feelings of guilt and the pang in your chest of "if only." You see your friends and what they are doing for their children for Christmas. You see the catalo...
Rebecca Joy Nov 06, 2016
What Does It Mean To Choose Gratitude?
During my early to mid-twenties, I found myself in a strained relationship with one of the most important people in my life, my mom. It was hard and awkward and painful. For both of us. The combinatio...
AllMomDoes Nov 05, 2016
Why Does God Deserve Our Thanksgiving?
Do you ever have moments when you wonder if God really deserves our thanks?
If so, you are not alone.
I can think back on many instances in my own life when I truly wondered if G...
Emily Klesick Nov 04, 2016
What Does The Bible Say About Being Thankful?
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18, NIV)
Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love en...
AllMomDoes Nov 03, 2016
Thankfulness When Life Is Hard
1 Thessalonians 5:18 - Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (NIV)
I received some bad news recently, followed by some more bad news, followed...
AllMomDoes Nov 02, 2016