by mcl | Dec 1, 2014 | Columns, Modern Motherhood, Relationships
By Maggie Ingram Our Christmas list looks very different for 2014. This year, we hope to start new traditions. Through my mother-in-law encouraging us to focus on serving and borrowing an idea of a dear friend, God is changing the meaning of Christ’s coming for my...
by mcl | Nov 3, 2014 | Chewed Petunias, Columns, Relationships
By Susan E. Richardson “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2014 | Columns, Let's Get Real, Relationships
By Suzanne B. Russell, LPC A mom calls her daughter a _ _ _ _ and a worthless _ _ _ _ _. The dad never has one kind word for his daughter. A father threatens to beat his son to a pulp while raging for 45 minutes. Are the parents abusing these children/teens? Most...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2014 | Columns, Modern Motherhood, Relationships
By Monica Cole “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 KJV You protect your children in many ways: with coats, helmets, kneepads, and sunblock—the list goes on and on. But what about when it comes to...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2014 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over
By Laurel Boyd, LPC, LMFTA Let’s say you are walking along one of the beautiful winding paths of the Natchez Trace on a gorgeous, fall day enjoying God’s creation. Suddenly, you misstep and take a very hard tumble. Thankfully, you don’t think anything is broken, but...
by mcl | Sep 3, 2014 | Columns, Modern Motherhood, Relationships
By Maggie Ingram On the afternoon before the first day of school, the final hours of summer before we cleaned up to go to our meet-the-teacher night, my 6-year-old burst through the front door completely distraught about something. I could not understand him through...