Are you using your child’s safety seat properly? Take this quiz to find out, the answers might surprise you. Scroll down for results. 1. What percentage of children who ride in a car seat are in one that’s used incorrectly or the wrong type? A. 45% B. 5% C. 5% D. 85% 2. The safest [...]

We have flown several times a year since my oldest was three months old. Through trial and error I have learned a few things, 10 to be exact. #1 Arrive early. Two hours might sound like a lot, but with ever-increasing security it’s a good idea to allow yourself extra time to get to your [...]

Advent: God With Us

‘Tis the season to decorate Christmas trees, drink hot cocoa, and wear warm fuzzy sweaters. ’Tis the season that abounds with chocolate as children count down the days to Christmas Eve with Advent calendars. Is this what Advent is all about? Advent is a time of waiting. A time of waiting for a fragile and vulnerable [...]

When you look at a new baby in the arms of a loving mother, you see a child that has faith its mother will provide for all it needs even though an infant can’t express those needs in words. It is a simple faith, one that can rest in the care provided. Take time today [...]

Have you watched a toddler recently? One minute you are holding an infant, and it seems that when you turn around, she’s beginning to creep. Before you know it, she’s taking those first steps, falling, and learning to get up again. Soon she’s walking with confidence, and even running! In our spiritual lives, we learn [...]

This is the story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries I have known the love of Christ since I was a small child, when I was taught that He loved all children, that He gave His life on the cross for me, and if I had faith and believed what [...]

They say that when you marry someone you marry their entire family. There’s a lot of truth in that. In reality, you don’t just have to deal with parent-in-laws, there are sibling-in-laws, their respective spouses and children, grandparents, step parents and ex-spouses too. For both my husband and I there were things that were normal [...]

“Ever since I had the baby, my husband has been distant.” In the midst of all the excitement of new baby, especially the first baby, you rarely hear expectant parents talking about how this child will change their marriage. Babies are wonderful, let’s be clear about that, but they are also one of the biggest [...]

This is the story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries I had a typical Anglican family up-bringing, sheltered and secure. I was baptized as an infant. Confirmed at age thirteen, I accepted the Nicene Creed as the basis of my faith. As a youth, I attended church regularly as a [...]

The following experiences are almost universal – yet they catch many of us off guard. If you have been judging yourself as a success or a failure at this mommy stuff, based on what you had imagined motherhood would be like, read on. 1. As a new mother, you are likely to be exhausted and [...]