Parenting
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Back to School: Equipping Our Kids in a Contrary Culture
Hello, SUM family! I'm so happy to be back! As Lynn shared yesterday, we are getting ready to kick off a new series on Friday. Let's face the facts: We live in a contrary culture that ignores sound biblical truths. But that doesn't mean God's truth is outdated or irrelevant. Now more than ever, our…
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Back To School…. And A New Series Begins
SUMite Nation: We are shifting gears. Following the SCOTUS Ruling last month I quickly realized that many of us were staring “Fear” straight in the face. As mamas we were grappling with questions such as. How do I handle it when little Johnny asks, “Can I go to my best friend’s house to play. Oh…
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Update and A Mother’s Day Challenge
Hello SUMite Nation: (Challenge is below the update – read on!) Well, you may have noticed if you are a regular subscriber that we changed our email provider to Mail Chimp. And do my great disappointment, Mail Chimp was unable to create our emails with photos and paragraph breaks. Grrrrr So as of today, we…
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Let Them Cry by Joanne Kraft
Joanne Kraft is offering a snippet into her newest book today. Joanne and I have been friends for a long time. Our lives have been interestingly and divinely intertwined. She is a good friend who loves God. I was able to read her book and endorse it. Today, she shares some of her parenting wisdom.…
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This is Your Divine Destiny. Don’t Give It To The devil!
The Ugly Word for 2014 Part IThe Key to Powerful Prayer Part IIDream Big! Part III Lynn here! I have some crazy but good stuff to share. Here we go! I believed a lie about my creativity. On my dream list for this fall I have penned a sacred dream that is…
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An Escape Clause?
Hello SUMites, My friends, I missed you while I was roaming the Rocky Mountains and all over the state of Colorado. What a crazy trip. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long, long time. I hope to share some of the many photos on my Facebook page soon. But I’m back in my…
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Line by Line – Precept Upon Precept – Unequally Yoked
Line by line. Precept upon precept…. Most of the time I write articles and commentary on topical subjects related to faith, marriage and parenting. But recently my love for the Word of God has grown exponentially. I am falling more in love with His Holy Word. I didn’t know that was still possible but that…
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Audio Books For Busy Wives and Moms
Hi Everyone: I have one more story to share about our book, Not Alone, before we launch into our next series. On Monday we are going to have a discussion about contending with the Orphan Spirit. And my friends, I can almost guarantee we have all faced this demon in some way or another. This…
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Hope For You, Mom!
Today I want to share a story with you that deeply touched me and Dineen. Below is a note I received from a young woman who is married and yet to have children. Her name is Stone. Dineen and I have come to know her and her story over the last several months as Stone…
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Tablecloth Of Thanks 2013
I started a Thanksgiving family tradition a few years ago quite by accident. This tradition has become my absolute favorite. I'm sharing it today, as I do every year, so that our new readers can begin this tradition in their home. This is also a Family Faith Tradition I share in our new book, Not…
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You are a Righteous Mama!
My friends, as you're reading this I am on the road on my way to pick up Lynn from the Sacramento airport and then we will continue on from there up to Redding CA for the Open Heavens conference at Bethel Church. Yep, ROAD TRIP!!! I want you to know that we are carrying this…
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A Fresh Anointing For ALL Mothers By Lynn Donovan
On September 26th I opened my Bible and found a note scribbled in the margin. It said: 2006: Today I was asked to be part of the writing team for Laced With Grace. As I read this note in my Bible, my heart soared. Seven years ago Iris Nelson found my tiny blog, Spiritually Unequal…
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Launch Day – Not Alone
I prayed away a bully! My daughter was in high school and for months and months during her senior year she was being bullied by another teen. The circumstances were such that a direct confrontation with this bully wasn’t possible so I did what any mom would do. I PRAYED. In our book, Not Alone,…
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A Letter From God To Every Mother
I want to encourage all of our new friends who found our community here yesterday. And I want to love and encourage those who find us today. Mostly I want to encourage our entire family who meets here every day to share life, love and our Savior. I adore you. Thank you for loving each…
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Throwback Monday ~~ Back to School is Around the Corner
SUMites, I took a stroll down memory lane today and found an old post from our archives. It filled my heart to read it because I can recall this time in my daughter's life. It was the first day of high school for her. She faced a scary time in her life and it caused…
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When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking
When you thought I wasn’t lookingYou hung my first painting on the refrigeratorAnd I wanted to paint another. When you thought I wasn’t lookingYou fed a stray catAnd I thought it was good to be kind to animals. When you thought I wasn’t lookingYou baked a birthday cake just for meAnd I knew that little…
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Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
Hi My Friends, It’s been a long, long time since we have had a Donovan Clan update. And that is likely because I haven’t anything remarkable to report on my husband’s faith journey. But yesterday, the Holy Spirit came near and flooded my mind with a thousand memories of God’s faithfulness to this 5 foot…
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The Prodigal and Our Unrelenting God
Good Morning, Lynn Here. If you have prayed for any length for a prodigal or a spouse to come to faith and feel like they are so lost, so far from God that it will never happen, then this story is for you. I want to introduce my friend, Angie Knight. I met Angie in…
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A Mother’s Heart. A Savior’s Heart
Several weeks ago my friend, Tanya, wrote me and shared a story about her young daughter. And today I want to share it with you. I pray you are blessed through her words and her eyes. —– Tanya Morgan Tanya: I learned the most valuable lesson from Ella, my six-year-old daughter, today. It was…
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Your Kid’s Faith – From the Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
It was the best of times…… It was the worst of times….. Last Saturday evening I sat in front of the television and watched the painful demise of my beloved Broncos as they were pounded by the Patriots in what can only be described as a massacre. It was sad. I sat around the family…
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Kids in the Mix – Marriage Monday
It’s Marriage Monday and I am able to hop in and share this week. As most of us “Add Kids to the Mix,” Marriage Monday is expanding to cover the topic, Kids. I recently finished writing a talk for MOPS, about raising kids: Raising Kid’s to Integrity and Faith. It was a wonderful process to…