Make Him Room: Writing the Names of Jesus

By Victoria Osborn, Contributing Writer Perhaps one of the greatest disciplines that have really transformed my faith over recent years is the simple discipline of writing the Word. It started simply as a way to help my exhausted new Mama brain focus on reading the Bible. My soul was willing but my flesh was weak. Sitting… Read More

Hf #46: Making an idol of Your Home (and Homemaking)

This is the second part of our discussion in idols of the heart. You can back up and go read or listen to part one on what idols are and how we create them. And today we are going to be discussing the more practical aspects of making idols in our hearts: Listen to the podcast: I’ve… Read More

Hf #45: Idols of the Heart and Keeping Our Eyes on Jesus

This topic has been on my heart and mind a lot lately. I’ve been doing a lot of study on the centrality of the Gospel and God’s grace in our lives and how we need to make Christ ultimate within our hearts, our lives, and our homes. Listen to the podcast: I’ve recorded this blog post as… Read More

How to Enjoy What You Have Rather than Desiring What You Don’t Have

By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer “It’s odd,” I told my husband, as we lazed around the dining room table one night last week. Our older kids (ages 5 and 3) had been dismissed and were off busily playing in other parts of the house. There we sat, gathering our energy for the evening marathon while shaking a few more Cheerios from the box… Read More

Don’t Let Complaining Steal Your Joy! (And How to be Authentic the Right Way)

By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. Are you a complainer? Don’t answer that yet. Sometimes, this is more subtle that we realize. A friend asks us how we’re doing, really. We don’t want to be “fake,” so we unload on her everything in our lives that’s not up to standard, and how put-out we feel by life’s injustices…. Read More

True Confession: I Am Mary in a Martha World

By Marci Seither, Contributing Writer “Everything in its place and a place for everything!”  is the advice I have heard for years. What works for some people, might not work for others. As discouraging as it can be, that is life. Face the fact. Some of us are organizationally challenged. It is Hard to be Mary… Read More

Keeping Christ the CENTER of Easter (And activities for young kids)

Somehow, every single year, Easter sneaks up on me. Before I know it, it’s the day before and I’m picking out our Easter outfits and once again, I feel like I’ve missed some really important times to talk to my kids about the importance of Easter. I find Christmas to be an easier season to… Read More

Create the Good and you could win $2500 for YOUR project!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Create the Good. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you have a project or idea in your community that you are passionate about? Now that I’m a mother to four littles, foster care and adoption are near and dear to my heart. And unfortunately, in… Read More

Focus on More than your List

By Marci Seither, Contributing Writer I am a list maker. It is part of my hard wired genetic code.  Anyone who has ever looked in my purse, book bag, on my nightstand, next to my desk, or in the pocket of the last coat I wore, can see that I am always jotting down what needs… Read More

2016 Word of the Year: JOY

As I begin to prepare for this New Year, and reflect back over 2015, one huge desire comes to mind: The desire for more JOY. You see, 2015 was a full and busy year for our family. We had three, THREE siblings get married in 2015… And we had our new twins in July… There… Read More