Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
I plan to spend a few posts talking about friendship. We all have many kinds of friends and different levels of friendship. Here’s the thing: All friendships are not created equal, and that is okay. In fact, knowing this will help you in the …
One of my greatest concerns for the younger generation is this notion that God’s Word is subjective. This is, of course, a result of the culture we live in, which screams that the only truth is that there is no objective truth. Christian mothers, …
I am extremely thankful for godly older women who had the foresight to write down practical Biblical teaching for the next generation (wisdom thinks ahead!). I am thankful that my daughters and I can benefit from them today and that they are preserved for future …
I once had a problem so big that I let it suck the life out of me. At any given moment, just the thought of the problem could send what seemed to be a brick slamming down into my stomach, and my thoughts would slowly …
Forgive me if things are a little slow around here this week. We are busy getting ready for our new school year and are savoring our last days of summer before Rebekah goes back to college. “Life is like a vapor” is a saying I …
After last week’s Missionary Wives Series, I’ve had several women ask me to write about our ministry life and what I’ve learned. So, today I am going to give you five things that I have learned so far in ministry life. These five thing have …
Have you ever had the feeling that life is not fulfilling? Are you ever unsatisfied with life as you know it? My little girl encountered this on a very small-scale one day when I went announced that we were going to the Dairy Queen. …
What if I told you that there was something of great value that could bring you great gain, if you would just pursue it? Did your mind automatically think about money and getting rich quickly? No, what I am talking about are the twin virtues …
I am cracking up at my title. Don’t you wish we could have a wisdom giveaway? If only it were that easy! lol But, we ARE giving away Lydia Brownback’s newest book, entitled A Woman’s Wisdom: How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to Everything …
The question of finding godly friendships comes up quite a bit in my inbox. Maybe you can relate with having friends that just want to have fun and hang out but nobody who is willing to enter into an “iron sharpens iron” friendship with …