5 Things Every Woman Needs to Hear (So I’m Telling You)
There are 5 things every woman needs to hear. In case you don’t have a woman in your life to tell you, let me: You’re not alone. You really, truly aren’t. Whatever you struggle with–discouragement, marital problems, a child who makes you feel like giving up, feelings of being overwhelmed–all other women struggle with those […]
Christian: Stay Steady in a World of Fear and Uncertainty with 8 These Practices
Listen on YouTube How to Stay Steady in a World of Fear and Uncertainty Right now, everything is a little topsy turvy, isn’t it? There’s fear all around, uncertainty, and a general questioning about what we’re supposed to do in this strange, new world. But, as a Christian, you don’t have to be consumed […]
5 Things to Do When You are Paralyzed by Your Problems
Practical Steps When Your Problems Paralyze You It was night and you know problems loom larger at night. But this wasn’t just any problem. It was an ongoing, keep-you-up-at-night, “I don’t know if I have any fight left in me problem”, met suddenly with a Mt. Everest kind of problem on top. It was the […]
7 Simple Things I’m Doing to Make This Year Better
In no particular order, instead of making new year’s resolutions, I’ve been working on a list of simple things I’m doing to make this year better. I am a simple girl, I love simple changes and I don’t want to feel overwhelmed by resolutions I know I can’t won’t keep. Health There’s nothing like aging that […]
How Being a Christian Should Change My Home
Loving Your Closest Neighbors at Home Sometimes I need to give myself a good old-fashioned “talkin’ to” and you may as well eaves drop ’cause this is gonna be good. I find it easy to talk about this or that virtue of being a Christian–“be kindly affectionate to one another…”, “in lowliness of mind, let […]
Easter, as Described by Screwtape (C.S. Lewis)
“For all practical purposes, death has died. There has never been a more disastrous day in the history of the universe.” (Satan’s servant, Screwtape, to his nephew, Wormwood) From my favourite book, The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis: My Dear Wormwood, Now I am obliged to write to you about the most uncomfortable subject. […]
As the Family Goes, So Goes Civilization
Teach it to your children… Family and marriage are institutions designed by God–they are not man-made. Perhaps then, we shouldn’t be surprised that the family is becoming an enemy. Who would have ever believed there would come a time when society would be hostile to what has always been considered the basic unit of its […]
The Fight’s Not Over: Women of the Faith Called to Action
I missed Kay Arthur’s message at the True Woman Conference. (That savvy little thing in black boots cannot possibly be 76 years old!) It sounds like I probably missed the most inspiring message (though they all were). Here is a snapshot from the True Woman Blog of her call to women: “Kay began the evening […]
Contradeception: The Public Nature of Marital Privacies
Just when I thought I had covered every inch of the issue of birth control, Rebekah Curtis proved me wrong with this brilliant piece published in Touchstone Magazine. I contacted the author for permission to reprint and she graciously granted. I hope it provokes your thoughts the way it did mine. Unbelievably good. I read […]
Love Covers…
Even though I’m in a hurry, I prop on my full buggy and motion her, with her three items in hand, to go in front of me…it’s only treating her the way I want to be treated. But then, the hasty shuffle past me, and never a grateful glance. A short response from someone I […]