Category Archives: Starr Cliff

This post originally ran on our blog two years ago when Starr wrote this letter to her son, Dylan, as he was graduating kindergarten.  This post has been one of the most viewed posts on our blog as people search … Continue reading →

I’d say the Cliff household is pretty typical in terms of the fast-paced, nearly-every-minute-filled-up American way.  We try to only say “yes” to a limited number of things; but with three kids, (and usually a bonus foster kid), full-time ministry … Continue reading →

This post is written with the mother of school-age kids in mind…but I certainly think it’s relevant for each of us!  For many mothers, there is an ideal way in which we think we should be bringing up our children … Continue reading →

When it comes to Spring Cleaning , I am always in search of a shortcut.  A quick and easy method, or a sharply packaged new product with claims of cutting the work in half with sparkling results.  I have bought … Continue reading →

“They’ll never respect you if they know that you still haven’t managed to pull it together.”     When I first meet someone, someone who over a series of lunches and coffee dates will eventually become a good friend, it’s easy for me to … Continue reading →

Galatians 5: 24 and 25 —   These verses command nailing the passions of our sinful desires to the cross.  I feel we should all just take a moment and let that settle on us.  It’s a bit intimidating, actually. Nothing about … Continue reading →

  It seems sort of ethereal, doesn’t it? Purpose? I mean…the reason for which I exist. That’s weighty.  Something that should encompass a lifetime and that can only really be understood or achieved over decades.  Something you can’t grab ahold of really … Continue reading →