Planned Neglect in a Christian Woman’s Life
By Erica, Contributing Writer John Maxwell, the well known writer on the subject of leadership, tells in his book, Leadership 101, about the concept of “planned neglect.” It is the idea that we put off or neglect things in our lives in order to put priorities first. His explanation implies that by applying this idea, it will help us… Read More
A Fresh Plan for Prayer
In January I shared a fresh call to prayer for all of us in the New Year. Prayer is such a neglected spiritual discipline, both in the lives of individual Christians and churches. Throughout Church history we can see that the times when God’s people faithfully sought Him in prayer, God moved in marvelous ways,… Read More
Encouragement for the Woman Who Has Bitten Off More Than She Can Chew
By Anjanette Barr, Contributing Writer I recently took on a full time job. 40 hours a week on top of homeschooling, writing, working craft shows, and trying to keep my family alive and well fed. That was dumb, right? The particular position that I accepted was one that I could do from home. And it was in an… Read More
Learning to Live Debt Free
By Katie, Contributing Writer Debt is a way of life nowadays. Student loans, car loans, mortgages. Everyone has debt right? That’s what I always thought. Until now. A few years ago my husband and I went through Jim Sammon’s Financial Freedom Seminar. While we don’t agree with absolutely everything presented in the seminar, we were… Read More
New Year, New You: Learning to Trust in God
By Katie, Contributing Writer It’s quite a blessing to begin a new year, don’t you think? New chances, new experiences, new possibilities. It’s almost like a fresh start. As I began thinking about the coming year, it got me thinking about what has happened since this time last year. Bear with me; a little nostalgia is… Read More
15 Tips for Spending Time with God in a Season of Spiritual Dryness
By Ashley Roe, Contributing Writer There have been times throughout my life where I simply found it hard to open my bible or pray. I wanted to be closer to God but I felt distant from Him and I didn’t know why. I just felt spiritually drained and dry. If you ever find yourself in a season… Read More
You Will Never Be Enough
We are all afraid of failure. We manifest that fear differently depending on our personalities and circumstances, but no one enjoys the sinking feeling of disappointing yourself or someone else. And most of us, most of the time, dislike that feeling so much that we are actually afraid of it in a way that affects our… Read More
Creating Special Memories from New Beginnings
By Erica, Contributing Writer Happy New Year! There is something refreshing for me to enter a new year, clean up the Christmas decorations, and look down the long corridor of the future year. If we have cherished times in our year it is usually because we choose to make it that way. Our new year is… Read More
Releasing Yourself from Christmas Expectations
By Erica, Contributing Writer Christmas can put joy in your heart or stress in your chest. If you’re a good Christian then you really do love the true meaning of Christmas – the gift of Christ that we certainly never deserved. The miracles of Him coming to earth, the fulfillment of foretold scriptures. You love the… Read More
How to Have a Gentle and Quiet Spirit During the Christmas Season
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