by Cathryn Buse | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Cathryn Buse, Christian Parenting, Theology, Uncategorized
The other night, as I was tucking my five-year-old son into bed, I was encouraging him to pray. He asked Jesus into his heart nearly a year ago and has such a passion for studying the Bible, but he still struggles with the concept of prayer. And I have to admit, this...
by Hillary Short | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Novice, Playground Apologetics, Uncategorized
Earlier this week I found myself caught in the morning line of cars leaving my neighborhood’s elementary school. I live with my husband and 3-year-old son in a suburb of San Antonio. We’re in south Texas and our “Mayberry” (as many call it) is incredibly conservative...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, pop culture, Uncategorized
I saw Wonder Woman for the second time this week, and loved it both times. I loved the story. I loved the cinematography. It was well-crafted and well-executed. I loved the pro-woman message. It wasn’t the modern feminist message; it was a classic feminist message. It...
by Cathryn Buse | May 30, 2017 | Blog, Cathryn Buse, Christian Parenting, Current Events, pop culture, Worldview
Typically when I go to different venues to speak or teach, I begin by explaining the importance of being able to defend your faith. I illustrate the kinds of questions that we as Christians must be prepared to answer. We are in a time where we can’t just quote...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | May 14, 2017 | Blog, Encouragement, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Uncategorized
The idea of being a mother, but not having children sounds odd to some people, and yet I believe it is a painful reality that plagues more women than we realize. There are a lot of ways a woman can end up as a childless mom. The most obvious is, of course, the woman...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | May 7, 2017 | Blog, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Hot topics, Uncategorized, Worldview, Youth Exodus
This weekend, a blog was released titled “Why Your Children do NOT Need Apologetics.” In it, apologetics was characterized as a fear-based recitation of doctrines which “denies the realities of human experience.” I suspect that it was written in response to the blog...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Apr 22, 2017 | Blog, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Personal Stories
Many people hear about the “battlefield of ideas” or “the battle for the mind” and think that we are speaking metaphorically. While yes, there are some senses in which it can be used metaphorically (i.e. we are not referring to physical armor and literal swords), I...
by Cathryn Buse | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog, Cathryn Buse, Christian Parenting, Novice, Personal Stories
Why would a successful engineer leave NASA to be a mom, and apologist, and now a #mamabear apologist? Click To TweetI graduated valedictorian from a nationally ranked International Baccalaureate high school. I finished summa cum laude with a bachelor’s and master’s...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, pop culture, Uncategorized
Our society is obsessed with this idea of a zombie apocalypse. There are movies, and tv shows, and websites, and Facebook groups, and yes, even preparation kits available on Amazon. While there are certain things in pop culture that I just roll my eyes at and move on,...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog, Encouragement, Personal Stories
I went to a concert tonight, and remembered something that I like to forget about myself: I’m a crier. I never used to be when I was younger. I remember growing up a total tom-boy and seeing those girls who cried at weddings, and babies, and movies, and whatever and...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog, Current Events, Hot topics, Uncategorized
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog, Christian Parenting, Encouragement, Personal Stories
I’ve often said that we don’t give kids nearly enough credit for what they are capable of. As Barna’s research has shown, dumbing down the Christian message into a hollow, shallow, bumper sticker confession of faith is not making Christ’s...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Dec 30, 2016 | Blog, Theology
In editing the most recent podcast, I realized that Rebekah and I threw the word “legalism” around a lot but never really defined it. Since I grew up in the church, the lingo is second-nature to me and I forget that not everyone knows what we are talking about. So, as...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Nov 6, 2016 | Blog, Hot topics, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, a post made by a woman in Utah began circulating around on Facebook. In her post, she recounts the traumatic experience of when her twins died shortly after an emergency C-section, and urges the public to discount all they have heard about late-term...
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Oct 8, 2016 | Blog, Essentials, Novice, Uncategorized
by Hillary Morgan Ferrer | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog, Essentials, Science
Too many times, kids are fed the narrative that science and God are enemies. This may happen so frequently that they accept it as Gospel truth without questioning the premise. As a former college prep Biology and Chemistry teacher, I wholeheartedly disagree. And...
by Julie Loos | Aug 21, 2016 | Blog, College Prep, Julie Loos, Uncategorized
(This is way number four in the blog series The Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus.) Pray for them. Strategically. Seriously. Scripturally. Intentionally. Intelligently. And with other moms.* And yes, while you can do it alone, while...
by Julie Loos | Aug 21, 2016 | Blog, College Prep, Julie Loos, Uncategorized
In my series on “Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus,” I’m serving up way number three: Develop or reinforce the basic spiritual disciplines of Bible Study and prayer. It’s doubtful parents would send their kids to college...
by Julie Loos | Aug 21, 2016 | Blog, College Prep, Julie Loos, Uncategorized
It’s a faith-building booster shot called apologetics. In my blog series The Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus, I proposed that way number two was building confidence for the truth and evidence of Christianity and a biblical...
by Julie Loos | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog, Christian Parenting, College Prep
In my blog post “Top Ten Ways to Spiritually Prepare Your College Freshman for Campus,” I promised individual posts on each way with resources and action steps to help you accomplish spiritual preparation. Here’s number one. I remember it like it was...
