44 Activities for Kids That Don't Involve Screens
Betsy Childs Howard
Most Christian parents would like their children to spend less time in front of a screen. Since ideas can be hard to come up with in the moment, here’s a list of 44 activities that don’t involve screens.
Do You Have What It Takes to Wait Well for a Lifetime?
Betsy Childs Howard
You feel that you simply don’t have what it takes to wait well for a lifetime. You know what? You don’t.
Finding God's Grace While Waiting for a Prodigal
Betsy Childs Howard
By God’s grace, waiting on a prodigal can actually strengthen your faith.
Help! I’m Still Single and It Feels Like Life Is Passing Me By
Betsy Childs Howard
Life has not passed you by. It’s not going to. If you are in Christ, your life has only just begun.
How Advent Teaches Us to Wait Well
Betsy Childs Howard
The hardest thing about waiting is not knowing when it’s going to end, if it is going to end.
How Stories Teach Kids about Sin
Betsy Childs Howard
The calling to raise children to love God and hate sin is daunting, and Christian parents should avail themselves of all the help they can get.
How to Make Yourself at Home While Awaiting Heaven
Betsy Childs Howard
Fixing our eyes on the home that is to come will help us thrive in this world that is not our home.
The School of Waiting
Betsy Childs Howard
God wants me to learn how to wait so that I can wait well, even if my waiting continues for the rest of my life.
Trading Anxiety for Patience
Betsy Childs Howard
The maker of the universe is not far off—he is nearby. Realizing this is a huge first step in trading anxiety for patience.
Waiting for Healing
Betsy Childs Howard
We all long for the restoration that will come when God gives us new, resurrected bodies. But we don’t have those bodies yet.
What I Learned While Waiting for My Spouse
Betsy Childs Howard
I spent many years of my life wanting to be married. Sometimes I didn't know if I’d ever get married.