I’ve heard a lot lately from empty nest moms who aren’t sure how to build healthy connections with their adult kids. Some complain that they don’t see enough of them and want to know how to encourage more family time. Others sheepishly confess that they’re happy to have some room to breathe but think maybe…
It’s no secret that every season of life brings growth and change. It’s how God designed us. We trust Him to make change happen and are pretty happy to know that we can place our confidence in His process. “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it…
byJody Lee Cates
Adult Children, Family
Too much closeness can get in the way of a healthy mother-daughter relationship. Here’s how to create the space you both need to grow stronger and happier together. My daughter Emily says I have an eerie ability to know when she’s having a bad day simply by hearing her voice when she answers the phone:…
Whether you’re in the camp who’s grown weary of waiting out this season of quarantine, or you’re one of us who have gotten comfortable wearing yoga pants and showering infrequently, most of us would agree that life at home feels smaller than when we were out in the world every day. But God’s big plans…
byJody Lee Cates
Marriage
Where we focus first in our relationships is inevitably what grows. If you’re focused on things that are going wrong, things that aren’t meeting your needs or expectations, you might find yourself more frequently sharing words of disappointment or criticism. Maybe the person you’re having trouble with seems to ask more regularly, “Why are you…
byJody Lee Cates
Faith
Do you recognize these small things? They’re mustard seeds. Jesus says that if we have faith the size of just one, we can move mountains. Hard to believe, I know. He uses these tiny seeds to illustrate how the kingdom of heaven grows: “It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest…