CHRISTINA FOX|EDITOR HOLLY MACKLE|CONTRIBUTOR HEATHER PARTRIDGE|GUEST (Heather Patridge) Hi friends! It is time to wind down our summer reading challenge, Control the Scroll. As I explained in the launch post, I began this challenge when I realized how much of my day is eaten up by mindless screen time. I am loving the concept of… Read More
MARYANNE HELMS|CONTRIBUTOR I wish my toddler was better behaved. I wish I were not so tired. I wish my friends understood how lonely I am. I wish my husband was more sensitive to my needs. Do you ever find conversations like these drifting through your mind? Do you find it difficult to be content?… Read More
TARA BARTHEL|CONTRIBUTOR At all of my women’s retreats, I invite the attendees to write a brief reflection and prayer request after the first (usually Friday evening) session. For my “Fear Not!” retreat, they share with me about the burdens tied to their worst anxieties and worries. “Titus 2 in a 21st Century World” encourages older… Read More
JENILYN SWETT|GUEST “Why don’t you have a husband?” She’s 7, her big brown eyes more visible than usual since she broke her glasses, her baby blonde hair turning brown. I’ve known her since she was growing in her mom’s womb, and held her for the first time at just a few days old. This question… Read More
SUE HARRIS|GUEST Not too long ago, I was at the beach and watched a young lifeguard pull a man out of the raging ocean. He saved his life. There’s no other way to say it. The drowning man didn’t look needy at first; he just looked like he was having a hard time getting back… Read More
KAREN HODGE|CONTRIBUTOR “What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness?”- Martin Luther Our lives are filled with the mundane. Tasks, relationships, and choices that fill an ordinary day. But each mundane moment or task is pregnant for the potential of His glory. They hold within them the promise of His kingdom coming…in the… Read More
SUSAN HUNT|CONTRIBUTOR “A foundational understanding of covenant theology colors everything about the way we love and worship God and live with each other. This is a book you will want to read and re-read, and share with anyone (man or woman) who wants to understand more deeply what it truly means that God took us… Read More
RENEE MATHIS|CONTRIBUTOR Have you ever heard the term “sandwich generation”? This is the stage of life where we are in between the joys, delights, and stresses of launching our grown children and the joys, delights, and stresses of loving our own parents. My friend Nancy says that we are all so busy; we’re more like… Read More
BARBARANNE KELLY|GUEST Editor’s Note: This is a follow up post to the author’s previous post on why we should memorize Scripture. To read that post, click here. How’s your Scripture memorization going? Have you ever memorized more than one verse at a time? How about an entire chapter? A whole book? While the idea of… Read More