This episode is full of ideas for how to engage your little ones using what you already have on hand.  We all want our youngest children to learn and enjoy family life alongside us.  Here are several tips to make that time interesting for both you and your littles.

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In this periodic series, I chat with friends about what they are reading. Book talk with friends is the most fun. I hope you find some inspiration from what Jacqui Wakelam is currently reading.

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Do you want to enjoy Shakespeare alongside your children?  Here are some tips and ideas to make it a fun process.  You might even hear my four-year-old recite a bit of Midsummer Night's Dream.  

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As my children have grown, I have tried to be intentional with each phase that they pass through.  Challenging them to stretch and grow, learn new things, and to accept responsibility.  The season of the teen years is one that intimidated me.  Will my children still love God?   Will they love their dad and me?  Will the journey to independence be filled with trials?  I know that God holds all these things in His hands and I can only do what He has called me to do- love my children, show them grace, model Christian living, train them to do difficult things, and then let them go into His hands. Years ago, we watched some wise mentors walk their children from childhood to adulthood in a very intentional manner.  There was no expectation of rebelling.  No abandoning the young adults just as they needed their parents' guidance.  It was done in a manner than tied their children's hearts to theirs while simultaneously letting them move into independent and responsible adulthood. In order to help our boys along this journey, we gave them each Twelve Challenges on their twelfth birthday.  They were each expected to complete these before their thirteenth birthdays at which time they received additional privileges to launch them on a young man's journey to adulthood.  Listen in for ideas and inspiration!

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January is a great time to introduce some novelty into your everyday life.  With the anticipation and excitement of Christmas over, I tend to need an injection of novelty into my daily routines and habits.  Listen in for some quick ideas of adding some freshness to your life.

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In this new periodic series, I will chat with friends about what they are reading. Books, books, all the time books! Book talk with friends is the most fun. I hope you find some inspiration from what Sally Clarkson is currently reading.

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Do you ponder and pray over the year that is ending and the new year that is beginning? Many adults do this, but children need our help and modeling to learn to process what's come before and what's coming ahead. Listen in for ideas of how to discuss this with your children and help them find a vision for 2021.

This is one of my favorite topics: Planning for my own learning. Some topics and hobbies I've tackled in the past: Basic Theology and Church History, C. S. Lewis, Eugene Peterson, Christianity and Culture, Knitting, Crochet, Painting Peg Dolls. The options are endless! What would you like to learn this year?

This has been a great reading year for me. Reasons: quarantine (need I say more?), preschooler is a bit more independent, and very little TV. The result: I blasted through a lot of books this year. This podcast is a brief description of my favorites and why I enjoyed them.

How do you inspire yourself before you jump into the details of planning for a new year or when you need to make a change? For me, the first step is all about books that undergird my ideals.