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from Susan Narjala
Teaching Your Child To Embrace The Ordinary
A few days ago, I asked my 10-year-old son what would make him infinitely happy. His response melted my heart. “A pencil. A pencil and a paper,” he said after a moment of thought.
My little guy loves losing himself in the world of art. He spends his evenings sketching minions and gnomes and Godzilla and ...
Why It’s Important for Parents to Mess Up—& Our Kids Need to See It, Too
We had a free afternoon and the kids decided it was time for a board game. A board game where one of the participants would be yours truly. A board game where I needed to be guilted into playing, because, hey, I’ll be the first one to admit that I’m not exactly a Monopoly-and-Headbands type ...
From the Inside Out: Changing Body Image To Fit Our True Identity
Every morning, I step on the weighing scale in my bathroom. Usually, I’m disappointed: the scale is supremely stubborn. It refuses to budge. On other days, I feel a sense of achievement: I’m 500 gms lighter and my self-confidence soars. I want to belt out some Mariah Cary, “And then a hero comes along, with ...
15 Signs I’m Not A Millennial
I vote Facebook over Instagram. I know that’s hopelessly uncool. In my defense, I did post two pictures on Insta before I took early retirement. But it boggles me that people have abandoned their perfectly wonderful names for squiggles and symbols. And they leave it to me to figure out who in God’s good world ...
Journeying With Jesus – You Version edition
My Lent Devotional is now on You Version! Yay!
You can download it here:
https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/11147-journeying-with-jesus-40-days-lent-deovtional
Or search for "Journey With Jesus" or "Narjala" on your You Version/ Bible App on your phone and follow along there.
‘Journeying With Jesus’ is a Bible plan to help us walk with Jesus through the last two chapters of Matthew. We stop to ...
40 Days of Journeying with Jesus – A Lent Devotional
Day 1
Dwell On Matthew 26: 6-13
We start the Lent devotional with someone who truly got it. Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, actually understood. In fact, she understood more than the indignant disciples who tried to stop her from “wasting” the perfume on Jesus. She, perhaps, understood that Jesus wouldn’t be with them much longer.
Her ...
The One Thing That Could Be Hurting Your Marriage The Most (It’s Not What You Think)
Did you know that 80 percent of the time women bring up issues in heterosexual relationships? That’s according to Dr. John Gottman who studied hundreds of couples from the 1970s onward.
I’m not surprised. In our 12 years of marriage, I’ve been the one to dredge up most of our trouble spots.
It could be that he’s working too ...
Startling Obedience, Simple Joy
It’s not often that an auditor with an MBA from the U.S. changes career paths to become a Montessori teacher.
It’s even less likely that they would start a preschool in India with the sole purpose of reaching out to underprivileged children.
But, then again, Saraswathi Padmanabhan, is not one of those you meet often. Her unique passion ...
Finding My Place While Parenting As An Immigrant
If you’d peeked into my kitchen a few years ago, you’d have seen the chef (that would be yours truly) with something strange on her head. No, it wouldn’t have been a chef’s hat. It would, in fact, have been a polka-dotted, vinyl shower cap. Definitely an unusual choice of headgear for cooking.
For me, however, ...
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