by Arlene | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog, Parenting, The Latest ...
I was sitting upstairs when my kitchen timer downstairs started beeping. At first I ignored it. I figured it would eventually stop beeping. But after my concentration had been hijacked for too long, I ran downstairs to turn it off. That’s a word picture of why...
by Arlene | Mar 13, 2018 | Podcast, The Latest ...
Download the podcast on iTunes or listen here: Does this sound familiar: “What happened at school today?” asks mom. “Nothing.” How can you get your tween/teen to talk more? How can you...
by Arlene | Mar 4, 2018 | Blog, Giveaways, Parenting, The Latest ...
You’re invited to join the launch team for my newest book: Parents Rising: 8 Strategies for Raising Kids Who Love God, Respect Authority, and Value What’s Right. When parents move from bending over backwards in order to please, to standing up...
by Arlene | Mar 4, 2018 | Blog, Giveaways, The Latest ...
***This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner Brinda!*** Is your marriage is a treasure? Sometimes it can seem more like a hidden treasure. Well, I have a book to map out your journey to rediscovering the joy in your marriage. As I wrote today on...
by Arlene | Feb 27, 2018 | Blog, Parenting, The Latest ...
The Connect Movie produced by Kirk Cameron comes out today. I will be in the theater tonight watching and praying that millions of parents will eventually see this important film about the dangerous effects of technology and particularly social media on our kids....
by Arlene | Feb 20, 2018 | Parenting, Podcast, The Latest ...
Download the podcast on iTunes or listen here: I would venture to guess many of the daily challenges you face with your kids were unheard of in your grandmother’s generation. We live in a culture that...
by Arlene | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Giveaways, The Latest ...
***This giveaway is closed. Congratulations Gloria H!*** Need some help seeing the great in your marriage? A special Valentine’s Day week welcome to my friends from Proverbs 31 Ministries! Perhaps you read my devotion today and you want to stop the cycle of...
by Arlene | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog, Parenting, The Latest ...
“Mom, he is so cute!” Noelle declared with great enthusiasm. Yes, that’s one cute baby! I lit up when I showed my 6th grade daughter Noelle the photo of Lucas Warren, the one-year-old baby who is taking on the world with smiles. He won the 2018...
by Arlene | Feb 1, 2018 | Blog, Health, The Latest ...
Maybe a better question than “Are you listening to the wrong people?” would be “Are you listening to the right people?” Listening to the right people makes all the difference between a problem solved or a problem prolonged. My voice is a case...
by Arlene | Jan 23, 2018 | Blog, Giveaways, The Latest ...
***This giveaway is closed. Congratulations Lisa K!*** Would you like your girl to grow up confident in Jesus Christ? Me too! That’s why I’m so happy to offer this month’s book giveaway – a devotional for tween girls Brave Beauty: Finding the...
by Arlene | Jan 18, 2018 | Blog, The Latest ...
A welcome to my friends from Proverbs 31! No matter what is going on in your life, there is always reason to rejoice in God our Savior. Here’s a message I gave at my home church, Bonita Valley Community Church, about “The Happy Habit.” I trust it...
by Arlene | Jan 16, 2018 | Podcast, The Latest ...
Download the podcast on iTunes or listen here It can be hard to be a girl! There’s more pressure for our tweens to look just right in our media saturated world. How can you teach your daughter that the...
by Arlene | Jan 8, 2018 | Blog, Health, The Latest ...
The change of the calendar year brings promise of the new. But discouragement can settle in when everything seems to go back to normal. It does not have to be this way! You can decide what you are going to reset in 2018. One thing the Pellicane family is resetting...
by Arlene | Jan 1, 2018 | Blog, The Latest ...
Happy New Year friends! Here’s a 1-minute video with a few of our family highlights of 2017. I hope it makes you smile. Thank you for being a part of my life! One of my mom’s friends sent me this verse today and I share it gladly with you: How abundant...