Columns & Articles

Magazine Articles

My columns are not the only thing I write. My book, To Love, Honor and Vacuum, is now in its second printing with Kregel Publications. And Honey, I Don't Have a Headache! is just released.

In addition, I've written dozens of magazine articles, appearing in Christian Parenting Today, ParentLife, Christian Home and School, HomeLife, Vibrant Life, Marriage Partnership, SpiritLed Woman, regional parenting publications, and more. Here are some of them:

Parenting

"What Works for Your Family?", ParentLife,
October 2003, Moms and Work. 

"Public Schools: Help Your Child Thrive". Christian Parenting Today, Fall 2003.

"Do The What Ifs Hold You Back?", Link & Visitor, July 2003.

"School Choice: Information to Empower". ParentLife, May 2003.

"Do you Trust God with your Kids?", Christian Parenting Today, July/August 2000
How to parent without fear.

"Raising Kids Who Care", Christian Parenting Today, July/Aug 2001, Ways to volunteer with your children

"Parenting with Trust and Faith", ParentLife, 
May 2002, How to let go and give your kids to God

"Open Home", Christian Parenting Today, Fall 2002, How to be a refuge for the neighbourhood.

"5 Family Times Kids will Love", ParentLife, April 2003.

"Thanksgiving: An Attitude of Gratitude". About Families, November 2003.

"In Search of: Me! Tracing Your Family Tree". About Families, June 2003.

Women's Issues/Marriage

"Redeeming the Time". SpiritLed Woman, December/January 2004.

"Turn Off TV, Turn on Life!", Marriage Partnership, Spring 2003.

"When Sleeping Together Drives You Apart", Marriage Partnership, Summer 2002.
Help with marriage sleep disturbances--like snoring!

"Till Kids Do Us Part", Christian Home and School, May/June 2002.

Health

"To Test or not to Test", Our Family, August/September 2001 The ethics of prenatal testing. "7 Steps to More Energy", Vibrant Life, September/October 2001 "Sneaking Exercise into your Schedule", Vibrant Life, March/April 2002 "When Baby Isn't Perfect", BabyLife, January 2003. Bereavement/Grief "The Least of These", Celebrate Life, May/June  1999 Personal account of dealing with the birth and death of my son with Down Syndrome. "When a Friend Hurts", Today’s Christian Woman, November/December 2000 Ways to help a grieving friend.

All of these articles are available on a reprint basis. Please contact me  if you would like to use one of these articles in your magazine, newsletter or website.

Reality Check

My "Reality Check" column appears in the Belleville Intelligencer, the Penticton Herald, and, in amended form, as "Family Check Up" in Christian Life Times in New York. 

You can read them in book form, or link to some of the most popular Reality Check columns below:

• Warnings about Teenage Sex: Playing with Fire and Guard Their Hearts 

• Prayer for those Who Grieve (NEW!)

• Power to Change the World (Reagan) (NEW!)

• Mothering on a Weak Stomach 

• Train Your Brain  

• When the Village is Wrong

• Valentine's Day Prescription  

• BY POPULAR DEMAND: Whom is Marriage For? (The Gay Marriage Debate)

• New Year's Resolutions You can Keep! 

• Say Cheese!

• What Your Sock Drawer Says About You

• Your Final Exam

• The Woman Who Cried Labour  

• The Custody Blues

• Why School Isn't Starbucks

• Pet Peeves

• September 11

• Of Crumbs and Clutter

• What's a School For?

• Man of Steel

• Are We There Yet?

• Burqhas and Bra Straps

• In Defence of the Wrongfully Born

• Cries in the Night

• Sleep Like a Baby

• In Gratitude for Nana

• Glorious and Free (for Canada Day)

I love writing these columns because I get to share a bit of myself with people while talking about some of the things that bug me most (and some of the things that make me smile the most, of course!). I've had some interesting comments about some of them. If you'd like to read some comments, click here. 

If you'd like to respond to something I wrote in a column, you can do so here.