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by Mandi HartLatest Posts
Safe home, a porn-free zone
Love your children by keeping them safe. Prepare your children by educating them. Open your arms wide so they know you are always there. It’s up to us to make this world safe for our children.
20 inspirational and funny parenting quotes
Parenting is another way of ensuring you don’t really know as much as you think you do. Here are twenty inspiring parenting quotes I could find.
Seven lessons from our parenting journey
Becoming a mom was a culture shock for me. When I fell pregnant with my eldest, I thought I had this parenting thing wrapped up in my mind. Never mind the fact that I hadn’t changed a nappy, let alone burped a baby or even babysat a toddler. I still remember over 20...
Love’s touch frees from fear
I was asked me recently about how the power of fear can control and affect a person's life. From experience and research, I know that fear leads to one of two reactions. Either we pretend it doesn't exist, or it paralyzes us. Fear ties us up with chains, locking us up...
5 lies you need to stop telling yourself
Lies left unchecked can really mess up our lives. It’s so much easier to believe that negative than to live out the positive or even the truth. I hope that this blog will shed some light on 5 lies we need to stop telling ourself. The words we speak shape our lives. But before we speak them out loud, there is a narrative in our mind that directs those words.
Decision-making 101
"I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude." Charles Swindoll Wisdom helps us make better choices Wisdom fascinates me. What's most interesting about wisdom is that we can ask God for it, we can learn...
Six keys to discipling your children
Be the kind of parent that inspires hope in their children. You are their first disciplers and it is both a privilege and a joy. Discipleship is journey In essence, discipleship is a journey on a road together. When we disciple our children, we are training and...
13 Peaks Challenge, and what we learned along the way
“You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.” – Tom Hiddleston Earlier this year, we climbed the 13 Peaks Challenge around the Western Cape, South Africa. It’s the brainchild, Ryan Sandes. “The 13...