Sunday 7/26/26 & Monday 7/27/26 The last full week of July is here, which feels a little rude. Summer just arrived, and now the stores are already shoving backpacks, notebooks and suspiciously expensive pencil sharpeners into our faces. I’m not ready to say goodbye to slow mornings, late sunsets and pretending dinner can be assembled…
Soaking Up the Last Days of Summer What is the one thing your family still needs to do before summer officially ends? At what point in July does summer stop feeling relaxing and start feeling like a countdown? What is the best unplanned memory your family made this summer? What summer tradition do you hope…
Weekend News Highlights: July 25–26 U.S. Measles Cases Hit a 35-Year High, but it's Only July The CDC has confirmed 2,318 measles cases through July 23, already surpassing the 2,289 recorded during all of 2025. Utah and South Carolina have been the biggest hot spots, together accounting for roughly half the national total. The U.S.…
Summer’s almost over. We watched a LOT of movies this summer as a family. To you, what is the greatest summer time movie all time? CLICK HERE. Or in 5th grade, the movie I watched ALL SUMMER over and over again was____!) Does our fashion stick when we’re in high school? Is our fashion sense something we…
Congratulations, you’ve survived another week. At this point, Friday doesn’t feel like the end of the workweek, it feels like you’ve completed a reality show challenge where the prize is getting to sit in your driveway for five uninterrupted minutes before anyone notices you’re home. Somewhere between the 147 emails, the group texts that somehow…
There are two kinds of friends in life. The friends you can grab dinner with… and the friends you can survive a vacation with. Those are completely different relationship levels. A weekend at a cabin will tell you more about your friendships than five years of hanging out at church. Every family has its own…
*These questions are designed to generate stories, not one-word answers, and fit the emotional headspace of late July! What’s one thing you’ve completely stopped stressing about as you’ve gotten older… that your younger self obsessed over? Have you ever looked around and realized everyone else’s life looked more fun than yours… only to find out…
*These discussion starters related to World Cup are built to go beyond soccer and get listeners talking about life, family, and culture. The World Cup is one of the few events where billions of people stop and watch the same thing. What event still brings your whole family together in front of the TV? If you…
Your pace doesn’t scare God. You may feel like you’re running in ten different directions this week, but God isn’t overwhelmed by your calendar. Before you tackle today’s schedule, remember that Jesus never rushed, yet He accomplished everything the Father asked Him to do. Maybe the goal isn’t doing more—it’s walking closely enough with Him…
Somewhere around the middle of July, every parent collectively realizes there are only a couple of weeks left before school starts… and suddenly the pressure hits. The calendar looks like someone spilled spaghetti on it. Vacation? Still need one. School supplies? Haven’t started. Physicals? Forgot. Haircuts? Needed. Lunchboxes? Somewhere in the garage behind the Christmas…