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Episode 006 | Easy Nutrition for Busy Families
Easy Nutrition for Busy Families Who has time to prepare healthy food when there are so many unhealthy grab-and-go options? Sarah Jonsgaard talks real food for real families from navigating through grocery stores to helping kids choose healthy snacks. [iframe...
Technology and Parenting | Part 2
In our last post, we listed the first three guidelines to avoid tech overwhelm. When we're able to notice our triggers for choosing tech, make a conscious effort to trade efficiency for connection, and choose to cultivate creativity in our families, we can make...
Technology & Parenting | Part 1
I recently polled moms in our Facebook Community Group and they use their smart-phones as a parent for any or all of these reasons: Phone calls Texting Calendar / Scheduler Timer Recipe index (thanks, Pinterest!) Internet Research Email GPS navigation Music Podcasts /...
Technology & Family: How Far We’ve Come
Hand-written letters. Typewriters. Computers. Pagers. Cell Phones. As the years go by, communication is quicker, more efficient, more convenient, more immediate. It goes without saying that technology changes and updates often, and so the rhythm of our lives. What...
Talking to Kids About Sex
Talking to Kids About Sex I wasn’t ready for this. My eight-year-old daughter was reading though the book of Genesis to me out loud. We were sitting on the couch one day when she came to the scene of Lot and Sodom & Gomorrah, then after with the incident with his...
I Want to See You Be Brave
It was 1814 and the thirteen colonies were in the throes of the War of 1812, fighting against the British, both of whom had captured prisoners. Baltimore lawyer, Francis Scott Key, was sent out to an enemy ship to negotiate prisoner exchange for men of the colonies, a...
The Men Who Gave their Lives for Mine
Last year on Memorial Day, we gathered with friends to potluck. At one point, the host asked us to share in the group what significance this holiday held for us. I shared that my grandfather, Ken Logan, flew missions in the South Pacific, that he was brave and...
Mom’s Advice for Finding a Wise Woman
When I first began this post for Mother’s Day, my thought was to explain this famous passage in a way that a modern, “liberated” woman could understand it, living in a society that champions equality and strength and proficiency. What it takes to be a wise woman… But...
Practically Creative Living: The Bean Family
This month, we had the opportunity to get away from city life and visit our dear friends on the island of Kauai. We had been talking with them for months about making time to hop over. Finally, I made a break in our calendar, and planned the escape. We landed in...