Here are some good reads discovered recently:
Women: Trade Self-Worth For Awe and Wonder. Yes!
Trouble, We’ve Been Expecting You. Excellent.
Stop Trying to Make the Bible Relevant to Teenagers, HT to Challies, by which he means, you don’t have to present it in a way to try to make it “cool” to them. Its truth relates to all of us: just show them how it speaks to their needs.
Back to the Early Church? Excellent. Sometimes people idealize the early church in Acts, but it had its problems, too.
On Bible study:
4 Reasons Why Every Bible Reader Should Do Word Studies.
On prayer:
The Busy Mom’s Guide to Prayer. Good tips not just for moms.
4 Ways to Keep a Fresh Prayer Life.
On caregiving and dealing with aging parents:
What I’ll Say to My Children If I’m Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s.
What Caregivers Know and You Can, Too.
On parenting:
As Seemed Best to Them. Yes! Parenting is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor.
Why We Don’t Punish Our Kids. Not advocating not dealing with sin, but explaining the difference between punishment and discipline.
And to end on a smile…I saw this on Pinterest and cracked up:
Happy Saturday!
Stray Thoughts 
Thank you Barbara for your Laudable Linkage posts ~ SO appreciated. Have a blessed day in our wonderful Lord Jesus.
LOVE the legos picture!!
The Legos picture made me lol. 🙂 I guess turning 100 must come with a price. ha. I really like “Trouble, We’ve Been Expecting You” because it fits in perfectly with my “Welcome” theme of the year. And become I fear getting Alzheimer’s the “What I’ll Say to My Children” is making me think a little differently about it…. Thanks for sharing my prayer post!
Regarding the LEGOS age limit. I’d lie about my age. So funny!
I appreciate the “What I’ll Say” post. My family is dealing with it now. It’s good to be reminded that though someone with the disease is not who they once were, they are still someone of value that may have more “quality of life” than we can see, or than they can communicate.