by Laura Sandretti | Sep 24, 2021 | Faith in the Everyday, Obedience
I like likes. I also like comments, subscribers, and views. I’m annoyed that my son’s twenty-one-year-old friend has tens of thousands of followers on social media. Do I want to glorify God in everything, know Christ sees me as worthy and that I serve an...
by Laura Sandretti | Aug 27, 2021 | Faith in the Everyday
“I’m trying to understand your fears.” Though we’ve been married for twenty-nine years, I’m often an enigma to my husband. When we drove around the death-defying switchbacks in Zion National Park recently, I begged Chris to drive slower (he told me if slowed down...
by Laura Sandretti | Aug 10, 2021 | Parenting
How do we say good-bye to our college kids? Although there are many ways, a powerful mantra keeps rolling around my head as I prepare to launch my baby next week. A mantra my mentor taught me when I was learning to disciple others. It’s advice that’s helpful in...
by Laura Sandretti | Aug 4, 2021 | Anxiety
I didn’t feel good. Although I’ve always been a hypochondriac, I’ve been less of one thanks to the Lord’s help. I used to scroll frenetically through Web MD at the slightest onset of pain. I used to fixate on whatever I was dying from that day and let it...
by Laura Sandretti | Jun 24, 2021 | Parenting
How do helicopter moms let kids go (to college)? It’s no secret, I’m a hoverer. Part of me wishes I was more like the mom who’s excited when school starts or can’t wait to be an empty nester, but I’m not. Despite that, there are two things have helped me send my kids...
