The Kingdom-Driven Family

Building a Home That Serves Christ and His Kingdom

Because of a number of health issues I confronted last year, I have been on a quest to understand the causes of illness, the God-ordained ways our bodies can heal, and to establish a balance between acquiring health to serve God and serving God to acquire health. The book of Ecclesiastes speaks to this.

Six months ago I was told that I had experienced a heart attack. To be honest, it was one of the last things I ever expected to hear. Beginning with my night in the Intensive Care Unit, to my ambulance ride to another hospital to have a catherization procedure, God gave me plenty of opportunities …

Continue reading

Recently, I had reason to look up the word “crisis” in preparation for my webinar “To Your Health: Prevention Before a Crisis.” I found the definitions to be quite applicable to some recent medical issues in my life. They included: ~  a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger. ~  the turning point of a …

Continue reading

Women tend to minimize warning signs when it comes to serious health issues.  In fact, women are more likely than men to dismiss pain or symptoms of heart problems, and to delay seeking medical help. Researchers found that women were more likely than men to wait for symptoms to become more severe and more frequent …

Continue reading

There are a good many things I wish I had done differently when I look back over the choices I made when I homeschooled my children. Too often, I abided by the “rules” of the status quo, focusing my curriculum selection on areas that would have little application in the present or future lives of …

Continue reading

Why is it understood that to be a good mechanic, physician, or pilot, it takes preparation and training?  Yet, when it comes to running a household, all-too-many women think they will figure it out as they go along. In this podcast interview, neurodevelopmentalist Kay Ness talks about ways to better manage a Kingdom-drive family in …

Continue reading