by debracelovsky | Apr 8, 2024 | Dads, Family Life, Moms
I’m not sure I want to bring any more children into a world like this. You may have heard these words—or even said them. I have traveled several times to Israel and, within hours of landing at Tel Aviv Airport, we always travel south to a kibbutz near the...
by debracelovsky | May 13, 2023 | Moms, Word
I Samuel 2 and Luke 1 Life began by waking up and loving my mother’s face. George Eliot, writer Her story is familiar, a woman living at the end of the era of the judges, in a polygamous marriage. Allow me to note that, although polygamy was not expressly...
by debracelovsky | Mar 7, 2023 | Moms, One Year Bible, Word
Give her what she wants and be done with her. Jesus’ disciples in Matthew 15:23 Mark 7 (and see Matthew 15) It doesn’t matter how long we’ve followed Christ, our life experiences, or knowledge of the Bible—when desperate prayers are delayed we wonder...
by debracelovsky | May 10, 2020 | Family Life, Moms
8 year old: Can we order pizza?Mom: Not tonight, son. Your dad went hunting for groceries this morning and we’re going to microwave burritos just like the pioneers did. Dear Moms: Just want to say that you will never have a more important job in your life than...
by debracelovsky | May 6, 2019 | Family Life, Moms
Dear moms: I see you. You with the children and the schedule and the sleeplessness and the shopping and the schooling. There you are, a little frazzled and breathless, full bag of baby necessities on one shoulder, baby on the other, bent over to shepherd the toddler...
