Posts by cpaine

Powered by RedCircle I used to be afraid of having teenagers. The thought of raising kids into adulthood felt like such a huge and overwhelming responsibility. I worried I would totally mess things up, miss the mark, and make mistakes. But then Jesus radically transformed my heart. He opened up my eyes to how deeply…

Powered by RedCircle “Home is for learning and not for perfection.” In this week’s must-listen-to podcast episode, Nicole Homan — author of They Call Me Mama — shares lessons she’s learned as the mom of 14 kids. She tells the story of their unexpected journey to growing their family to 16 (14 kids + parents),…

Powered by RedCircle I found Nicole Zasowski through her book, What If It’s Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find Courage to Celebrate and it hit me in some really deep places. I didn’t expect a book about celebration would have me uncovering such unexpected things I need to process through in my life.…

Powered by RedCircle If we could go back and tell our 23-year-old and 24-year-old selves something when we had our first child, what would we say? In this episode, we share some candid thoughts on What We Wish We Had Known Before Having Kids. We discuss how I went into parenting thinking I could control…