michelle joy waters

At the beginning of the lockdown, I started a list of all the small, daily blessings this new world order was bestowing on our family. I'...

Here we are. Not much has changed. School ended without any fanfare. We held our breath, waiting for the end of "Zoom Gloom," monitoring ...

Sometime last week, most of us got the news that our little people wouldn't be going back to school. We all knew this was inevitable, but...

There are two sides to this Corona coin: the simple slowdown most of our lives desperately needed on the one hand, and the fear, anxiety,...

We've come to the end of Lent. And one day we'll come to the end of quarantine too. Ending well is important in any endeavor. Maybe even ...

The days run together in this thing called quarantine. For the first time, what we have in abundance is time. Hour upon hour of time. It w...

More than ever, friends have been asking, "Why did you home school for so long? It's so hard!" There's a long answer to that, and it's no...

We've all seen the funny memes and posts of frantic parents thrust completely and unexpectedly into the world of school at home. Let me g...

I've been SO excited to get to work on my messages for Level Up: A Life Worthy of the Lord. I cleared my calendar all day Tuesday and Thu...

From our family is a few finals! What I've learned about having a kid in college after just one semester: First, the bad news: They're no...

It's bye week for all our boys and our Buckeyes too so I have a minute to reflect on the lessons of faith and failure that football is te...

One thing that never occurred to me when we sent our oldest off to college was that it would be hard for my little ones. Never even cross...

Disclaimer: four of my six children don't like worship all that much. I'm holding fast God's to promise on this one: "train up a child in...

Ah, back to school. Most moms breathe a sigh of relief as the bus pulls away that first day. But by day four or five, what begins as mild...

Introducing.... Pastors Confidential: two pastors, one podcast: short segments (usually released on Mondays) where we take the questions ...

I have an album I started long before the days of social media, even before my short stint with scrapbooking. I got the idea from my pare...

My husband sent me this article yesterday. (The title gives the whole thing away: "Prince Harry may want two kids max—but life is better w...

All eight of us are coming and going a lot more than usual this summer. Trips with friends, camps, vacations, competitions, a funeral, an...

Step one: breathe. This is a major life changer for both you and your child. Everything from now on will be different. Within the span of...

The oldest is graduating. We watched Wonder together the other day. She had never seen it; this was my third go around. All the feelings....