I made the formal announcement last Wednesday that The Life of a Single Ministries has officially launched as a nonprofit, after several years as a sole proprietorship. I have been absolutely overwhelmed with the response. Thank you for the encouraging comments, emails, website hits, and more.
We exist so that every single parent across the country can feel comfortable in their local church. We want to help churches find the right avenues to reach the single parents in their community, effectively. And I know it is what so many of you who read my weekly columns want.
Now, I have a quick favor to ask you. Please take a moment and help us spread the word about the ministry. I get literally hundreds of emails per week – some from single moms desperate to connect with support groups, some from churches who want to form a support group and need help, and many from those who want to know how they can get involved with the cause. ALL of them say they wish they would have known about what we do sooner. Continue reading »
We have all heard the saying, “Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill.” But, do we effectively integrate that into our parenting styles?
Today’s post is a simple litmus test on your parenting. I have discovered than in my busiest times of life, I must frequently evaluate my priorities. Raising children is a season of life, a brief moment of time that will quickly end, and I don’t want to look back on the coulda, shoulda, woulda’s of child-rearing. Here are some questions I ask myself that may also be helpful to you:
My mother was killed very unexpectedly when I was only a year old. It was a Sunday morning and she loaded me into our car to head for church, as she had many mornings prior. She sang and played piano, so I am sure we were headed out early. She drove down our long driveway and into the street. She proceeded less than a mile down our street and BAM! — a drunk teenage driver hit our car, knocking us into a tree. She was killed instantly.