by Sabrina McDonald | Jan 31, 2024 | Parenting
When my first child was born, a certain quote became very important to me. I found it in a stash of newspaper clippings in a box of odds and ends that was passed to me after my grandmother died. I had this little clipping for years, but in my first year of motherhood,...
by Sabrina McDonald | Oct 1, 2014 | Spiritual Growth
My parents didn’t always have money, but growing up they gave me something far greater than the expensive trappings of the middle class children at my school. The first gift was a model of what a relationship with the Lord looks like, both in faith and the study of...
by Sabrina McDonald | Jan 21, 2024 | Spiritual Growth
Recently I was talking to my 15-year-old son about end times prophecy. He’s old enough to realize that the world is finite, and he’s started to pick up on some statements he’s overheard. The thought of persecution or oppression makes him concerned for his future, of...
by Sabrina McDonald | Jan 28, 2024 | Spiritual Growth
Giving sight to the blind was not something Samantha Chaney thought she would be doing that summer. She and her husband, Mather, live in a modest home with their two young daughters. Together they make a modest income. They don’t travel the world or donate large sums...
by Sabrina McDonald | Jan 28, 2024 | Parenting
One of the best lessons I learned as a young mom was babies thrive on routine. Like grown adults, babies like to eat, sleep, and play at basically the same time every day. And when you include a bedtime routine every night before bed, it prepares your baby physically...