• Ambitious Church Life,  Ambitious Motherhood

    Activities You Can Do At Home To Train Your Kids To Sit Through Church

      Before having kids, I took for granted how easy it was to simply attend church. My husband and I would take showers and dress up. It was enjoyable looking good and holding hands during worship time, taking notes during the sermon, and even participating in some conversations with those around us without interruption. Then we had kids. In fact, we had three kids in three years. With three kids ages three and under, attending church looks a little different. We make a sugar-free breakfast in hopes of keeping their extra energy in check followed by wrestling three kids and ourselves into clothes with minimal stains. Finally, we drag ourselves,…

  • Ambitious Motherhood

    Perfect T-Shirts For The Christian Mom

      Moms are notorious for buying clothes…for their kids. Seriously, we have no problems picking out adorable outfits for our sweet little kiddos. Let’s be honest, it is fun to dress them up! Even as they get older, we enjoy helping our kids find clothes they feel comfortable in and like to wear. But, have you seen Moms shop? Maybe this is just me but shopping is rarely as joyful as it was when I was single and kid-free. First, I am hyper price-tag sensitive. Shouldn’t I be spending this amount on something else for our family? Then there is the fact that I am a Mom. In the back…

  • Ambitious Motherhood

    Amazing Year-Long Devotional Books For Kids

      Every Christian mom dreams of having a Pinterest-perfect family devotional time with their kids. However, real life and real kids get in the way of our visions of perfection! My own mom introduced me to several high-quality devotionals that helped me grow in my own Bible study time. Along they way, she and my dad used several different devotionals to enhance our family’s devotional times. Now that I am a mom to three kiddos myself, my desire is to help them develop their own relationships with the Lord. Listed below you will find amazing year-long devotional books for kids of all ages. While these books can help guide your…

  • Ambitious Motherhood

    What To Do When Teaching Your Kid The Bible Stops Being A Priority

    Recently I was struck by a point in an article I read. The article stated that many statistics gathered in recent years proved that teaching your kid the Bible was the key factor in determining if your child would stay in the Christian faith after leaving home. Think about that. If there is one activity you can do to encourage your kids to not walk away from God, wouldn’t you want to be doing that? Of course, as moms, we want to do so much for our kids, especially when it comes to their relationship with God! But we are busy trying to make sure those same kids are fed,…

  • Ambitious Motherhood

    What Happens When God Wants You To Be A Different Mom

      I don’t think people ever intend to be different. In fact, if we are honest, we spend much of our lives trying to blend in and be more like someone else. Even as Christian women, we are going to try to imitate those who have lived a Christian life before us. Maybe we will follow in the steps of our mom, Grandma, or a dear mentor and friend. We certainly should try to be imitating Christ. Here is the hard part. If we are truly going to be a Christian mom who leaves a legacy and difference, we have to be different. Christ was different. There was a reason…

  • Ambitious Faith,  Ambitious Motherhood

    25 Christ-Centered Christmas Books For Your Kids

      As the local librarian in our small town, my husband gets to make all the purchasing orders for books at the library. (Yeah, I kind of think he has the coolest job EVER!) As we get closer to Christmas, he always finds himself frustrated when trying to find a balance of new Christmas books. You see, pretty much every single new book advertised about Christmas has to do with Santa Claus. It takes some serious digging to find a new children’s Christmas book that is about Jesus. Now that we have two kids of our own, we are always hunting for Christmas books that will focus on Jesus’ birth.…

  • Ambitious Marriage,  Ambitious Motherhood,  Ambitious Thought Life

    How To Approach The Holidays With Your Unsaved Family

      Joy to the World, it is the Holiday season! In America, the holiday season stretches all the way from Halloween time until the New Year.  That is almost three whole months of time that you have to manage family expectations for where you spend what days, who gets what gifts, and who hosts what dinners. Let’s face it. Holidays can be stressful for any family. Add in the fact that sometimes you have unsaved family that chooses to celebrate the holiday season very differently than you. This can give you a whole pile of emotional decision-making to endure! Our Family’s Story Growing up, my family barely touched Halloween at…

  • Ambitious Motherhood

    Encouraging Bible Verses For The First-Year Homeschool Mom

    *This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through these links. You can read our disclosure policy here. Thanks for your support of this ministry!*   This fall marks the beginning of a new season of life here in our home. In a few short weeks, we will be beginning to homeschool preschool with our oldest child. Honestly, I have no idea how it snuck up on me so quickly! When did she grow up so much? Why is she asking to read letters so often? Where did my baby girl go? Cue a few mama tears… However, I am so excited…

  • Ambitious Homemaking,  Ambitious Motherhood

    Natural Points In Your Day To Hit The Reset Button

    *This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through these links. You can read our disclosure policy here. Thanks for your support of this ministry!*   Have you ever noticed that there are some days where you just wish you could push a button and redo the whole day? I know I have! Especially now that I have young kids. But even back in my seemingly blissful easy days of singleness, I found there were days I wanted to just start over!   Days get filled with bad attitudes. Poor decisions were made. Patient responses were lacking.   Chaos is happening all…