by Jennifer Shipman | Behavior, Finding God, Gentleness, Growing, In Others, Kindness, Producing Fruit
Last night, our daughter (kindergarten) told us she thought she was making people sad, that she wasn’t good but bad. She said that her friends don’t want to be her friends anymore and they don’t want to play with her. Naturally, we were just a tad... 
by Jennifer Shipman | Faithfulness, Growing, Producing Fruit, Purpose, Seeking God, With Your Time
I intentionally avoid the news. Too much bad nearly breaks me – I’m one of those highly-sensitive types. But the news still finds me. With every school shooting or police officer death or racial-tension-fueled hate crime, my heart breaks, and I feel so small. So... 
by Jennifer Shipman | Peace, Producing Fruit
(Note: Some links in this post are affiliate links, and I will be compensated when you make a purchase by clicking through them. Read my disclosure policy here.) Last week I talked about nagging, and how very harmful it is. But how do we break the ugly cycle of... 
by Jennifer Shipman | Peace, Producing Fruit
Did you hear the one about the nagging wife? Wait, which one? There are so many! Society may love to joke that “wife” is synonymous with “nag”, but nagging is no laughing matter. Webster defines nag as “to annoy (someone) by often... 
by Jennifer Shipman | Joy, Producing Fruit
Does anyone really like to vacuum? I’m told people do. I can’t understand it personally. It’s not completely loathsome but it certainly doesn’t bring me joy. I can’t say I look forward to vacuuming day. (Which, truthfully, is whenever the...