Spiritual Priorities for the New Year: 2014
I’ve spent the Christmas season and New Year taking a break from blogging but I’ve still been reading my favorite posts and popping in on Facebook occasionally. I always enjoy…
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The Essence of Femininity
When you hear the word “femininity” what sort of images come into your mind? The world lays out many different pictures of what femininity should look like, but…
My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness
This song, My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness, has quickly become a hymn I can listen to repeatedly. In this season, when we are focused on all the blessings in…
The Beatuiful Testimony of Joni Eareckson Tada
Ken & Joni Joni Eareckson Tada gave a touching personal testimony at the Strange Fire Conference this year on how the Lord has used suffering in her life to draw…
The Blemishes & Faults of Others
I need this reminder often. Please help me Lord to show others the forgiveness, compassion and grace you have bestowed upon me – a sinner. “Finally, all of you,…
The Making of a Beautiful and Happy Home
“A true home is one of the most sacred of places. It is a sanctuary into which men flee from the world’s perils and alarms. It is a resting-place to which, at close of day–the weary retire to gather…
Encouraging Your Pastor
October is Pastor Appreciation Month and I’d like to share a few articles and thoughts that will be a help to our families in being an encouragement to the men…
Why You Have Anxiety
I listened to a good sermon this week on anxiety from Redeemer Bible Church. It’s from their sermon series, A Community of Counselors and is a help to equip us…
How to Resist Gossip
Inside: The sin of gossip is everywhere, and it is in the church. We can’t seem to get away from it. Our words have power and can bring death or…
Living in the Mundane
“There simply are not many grand moments of life, and we surely don’t live life in those moments. No, we live in the utterly mundane. We exist in the bathrooms,…
Do Not Lose Heart
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for…
Book Review: The Gospel Call & True Conversion
The Gospel Call & True Conversion is the second book in a three part series called “Recovering the Gospel” by Paul Washer and is published by Reformation Heritage. My first…
Peaceful Homes
“A Christian home should be a place of peace, and there can be no peace where there is no self-denial.” ~Elisabeth Elliot If you would…
Thankful for Brothers and Sisters in the Faith
We are saying goodbye today to some dear friends from Norway who have spent the last several weeks with my daughters family. My son-in-law Ruben and Ole met online through…
God’s Prayer Priorities
A Letter attributed to a Civil War Soldier expresses God’s prayer priorities and the ultimate desires of the heart shaped by the Holy Spirit: “I asked God for strength, that…
Quietness of Home
I’m sending you today to A Wise Woman Builds Her Home to an impactful post and a good reminder in today’s world of more is better. “I love that home…
Building a Shelter For Those We Love
“The godly woman makes a life-long commitment to her home. She devotes her skills and creativity to managing her household, building an earthly shelter for those she loves most. She…
Sidewalk Counseling: Crying Out for the Lives of the Unborn
Several months ago I shared my abortion story on my blog. The Lord prepared the hearts of my children to hear this painful and ugly part of my past and…
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