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“Your Daughter Needs a Sister!” (an Acceptable Christian Lie)

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Jess Connell

We heard it so much over the last 9 months. “MeiMei needs a sister!” “You poor thing! So many brothers! Do you know what this one is yet?” “Oh goodness, you guys need a little girl this time!” Now I know… having a son would mean we’d have 7 boys, right? I mean, 7. BOYS….

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10 Bible Truths To Help You Understand Your Child

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Jess Connell

Parenting can be such a challenge. Sin outside our home… sin inside our hearts… the stresses and strains of life in a family… These things swirl together and threaten to knock us off-kilter.  As my husband and I go about life with our seven children (currently, ages 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 2, and 7 months),…

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August Mailbag: Circumcision? Breastfeeding in Public? When Your Child Says, “I’m Bored?”

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Jess Connell

  TO CIRCUMCISE OR NOT TO CIRCUMCISE? Q: To circumcise or not to circumcise? I’m anxious about the subject and my husband and I disagree. What do you guys do? And what were your reasons? Thanks! First, don’t be anxious (this is a biblical command for believers!) and stop reading nonsense anxiety-giving mom stuff on the…

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It Takes Courage to Submit

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Jess Connell

“It takes incredible amount of courage and strength to go against the grain of what people want you to be.” ~Janet Mock, trans advocate, in a documentary about Bruce Jenner’s recent ESPN award No it doesn’t. It doesn’t take strength at all to go your own way. That is what comes naturally. This is the human…

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