Category Archives: Mothering

Christmas Disappointments

Posted on December 11, 2014 by rebeccabruner

What if Christmas isn’t the “most wonderful time of the year” for you? Continue reading →

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Week 6–Exposing the Lies of the Adulteress: Proverbs 9:17 and Proverbs 5:15-21

Posted on March 30, 2014 by rebeccabruner

What Class Participants said they found most thought-provoking, challenging, or helpful:  “As a mother or young boys, I started thinking about age-appropriate ways to introduce these topics and help them guard against sexual temptation.”  “I loved the discussion of the … Continue reading →

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If Jesus Were a Mom, Like Me–Part 3: Whatever He Sees the Father Doing

Posted on February 12, 2014 by rebeccabruner

If Jesus were me, He would ask God for direction.  He would be responsive to God’s leading.  He wouldn’t make decisions based on peer pressure or guilt.  He wouldn’t cling to His own predetermined plans, the way I do.   … Continue reading →

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If Jesus Were a Mom, Like Me–Part 2:To Everything There is a Season

Posted on February 5, 2014 by rebeccabruner

  In time the fever heat of summer began to abate.  School started and I was blessed with several hours each day when I could commune with the Lord in silence and solitude.  I could go for prayer walks in … Continue reading →

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If Jesus Were a Mom, Like Me–Part 1: The Kingdom of Heaven Belongs to Such as These

Posted on January 29, 2014 by rebeccabruner

It was the middle of an Arizona summer, when opening your front door is like checking an oven, and I had cabin fever.  No mother in a Minnesota blizzard ever had it as bad as I did.  After all, kids … Continue reading →

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