Karen | Kingdom Mom

I hated the chin grip. You know, that anchoring maneuver mom’s use to keep their child’s head still. It enables…

What is it about me that craves security? Does my birth order naturally lend itself to being pampered? Did my…

I’ll never forget walking the streets of a small village in the Netherlands late one evening. Huge picture windows welcomed…

How many times can one woman lose a diamond? For me, it’s been five. Five opportunities for panic or praise. It was…

The Power of Gifts Christmas is over. The “making-a-list and checking-it-twice” complete for another year! I’ve tossed all those…

Reel ’em back in, the Bible says. Take control of your thinking. Do it on purpose. Be intentional…

I’m just amazed the way history repeats itself. From Emma’s to AJ’s, there seems to be hidden messages in the…

His name was Andrew John, the eldest of ten children living on the south side of Chicago. First in line to…

Remember your parents pulling into a gas station before self-service was the norm and calling out to the attendant, “fill…

Grandchildren are the crowning joy of the aged, even though I don’t consider myself aged yet! It’s a mystery how…

I like my ducks in a row…and there to be a reason why things happen as they do. Confusion and bewilderment…

I have to be honest…there are times my faith is shaken. There are times my foot ALMOST slips. What do I…

Distractions…those things that get in the way of doing the right thing. You have every good intention…and then something turns…

Another campground. Another place of defeat. Twelve spies sent out to explore the Promised Land, while the rest of Israel camped in…

Marah, the habitat of bitterness. It’s another place Israel chose to dwell because they were mad at God. Things hadn’t…