I really love hunting for the perfect Christmas presents. I spend time thinking about each of my family and friends and what will really make their faces light up when they open the gift. My love language is gifts, I love giving people gifts of my time, energy, love, and fun presents that are exactly… Read More
By Jolene Engle, Contributing Writer I might as well just leave the following space blank seeing how I haven’t mastered this pursuit! 🙂 Take any woman who wears the hat of a wife and mother (or grandmother) and then add Christmas to the mix and, well, the last thing you’ll probably get is a woman with a… Read More
By Heather, Contributing Writer Last month, I told you about the first five reasons why I am a homemaker. I explained that I believe most women do not choose to be homemakers anymore because they have never been taught the significance of the job! Homemaking, however, is in fact is one of the most significant jobs… Read More
“Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may… Read More
By Michael Griffith, Contributing Writer When we think of mentorship, what usually comes to mind is the formal and frequent meetings with someone who can guide you through life, or a season of life… Ideally that someone is honest with you, a role model, committed to you, and a good teacher. Someone you look up to and… Read More
By Beth Branstetter, Contributing Writer I am the Queen of Excuses. “I don’t have enough time.” “I’m not a morning person.” “I need to go workout instead.” “I have to cook supper.” Or clean the house…or take a nap…etc, etc. etc. There is always something to keep me busy and to use as an excuse… Read More
By Erica, Contributing Writer Bible study, devotions, or daily Bible reading, whatever you like to call it, it can be so hard when you are a tired mom of a newborn! Never did I know the meaning of tired until I gave birth. I remember feeling guilty because I was doing the best I could as a new… Read More
By Mandy Kelly, Contributing Writer When I was a single girl, I had lots of time on my hands. Oh, I made excuses that I was busy – and I was! The busyness of single-hood versus the busyness of being a wife, and a mom, are totally different. Yet, the one thing I had time… Read More
By Anjanette Barr, Contributing Writer Some of my most memorable times in the Word have been while reading our favorite children’s Bibles with my little ones! And honestly, there are seasons when those are my ONLY times in the Word. I am not by nature a very disciplined person. I follow a routine like anyone else,… Read More
I have been richly blessed by the many “mentors” the Lord has brought into my life over the years. Some were formal, meet once-a-week type mentors. Others more casual, allowing me to walk alongside them and learn from their lifestyles and friendships. I’ve also known sparse and dry times. People are busy, churches are busy,… Read More
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