How to LIVE (and Leave) a LEGACY in Your Home
How to LIVE and Leave a LEGACY in Your Home Three years ago, two of my best friends and I planned an overnight getaway where we just brainstormed about life with each other. One of our epiphanies was this: We want to leave a real, meaningful legacy behind, and we want to help other […]
Amazing Web Links for Your Weekend
Homeschooling Held Hostage, Heidi St John “Most of us took our children out of public school in search of something more, only to be hijacked by the world’s system—right there on the couches in our living rooms. We’re putting our kids into hyper-academic “homeschooling” programs and we’re allowing the pressure of the “what ifs” […]
Every Good & Perfect Gift…Our Daughter’s Marriage
Raising a child up to leave home is one of the most glorious, painful oxymorons of life. Parents are handed a soft, sweet-smelling, beautiful creature, perfectly helpless and perfectly captivating. They pour their time, love, energy, tears and prayer into that gift and beg the Lord to protect her, lead her, and give her good […]
Older Women Teaching the Younger Women: A Forgotten Purpose
Do you ever feel like you wish you needed something you could do to make a difference? As if you don’t feel like you’re doing anything meaningful? Maybe we have forgotten one specific thing God asks of us. Recently I spoke at a ladies’ retreat and made this point: “You older ladies (we’re all older […]
The True Meaning of Home Lies in Our True Identity! (Part 2)
In the introduction to this series about “the hope for society lying in the real meaning of home”, a commenter “clarified” that Jesus is the Hope for society. Yes! And the two, actually, are not exclusive. What Jesus did for us was offer us the chance to become new creatures. THE MOST IMPORTANT part of […]
Are You Desperate for Simplicity?
It’s HERE!!! This is what our editor said about The Heart of Simplicity, a project thirteen women have poured their hearts into… “I have edited 11 eBooks over the past 6 months, but this one takes the cake. I don’t think I’ve ever cried while editing until I edited this book. Encouraging, inspiring, convicting…a must-read for […]
Preparing My Two-Year-Old for Her Wedding
“Unless God gives you the unique gift of singleness, the Bible says ‘it is a good thing’ for you to get married and have a family. Raise your hand if you hope to be a wife and mother one day”, I asked my little girls, down to the two-year-old. And then I read…. “An excellent […]
Wife & Mother: Power to Grow or Destroy
“Lord, I want to be a wife who causes her husband to flourish, and a mother who causes her children to grow.” This was my earnest prayer after weeks of battling some emotional issues that have strained our family. If you are a wife and mother, I have good news and bad news: but it […]
John Piper: A Challenge to Women
John Piper posted a 15-point “Challenge to Women” (as well as a list of potential ministry opportunities) that was truly challenging to me. Oh that we would have a vast army of women realize their potential for the Kingdom! Very powerful. Here are two of them, and I would encourage you to go and read the rest. This […]
Divine Appointment: Babies are a Part of the Gospel Picture
I had such a sweet opportunity to share with a woman about children and their role in demonstrating the gospel to the world. I realize more and more the simple lack of connection that so many people have, and so I’m more eager these days to just drop a seed and let God water it. […]