Faith
What If What’s Limiting You is Meant to be a Gift?
Why do we feel that what’s limiting to us is a bad thing? Maybe it’s a way of remembering we don’t need to be all things all the time. We all have them: life limitations. They look different for me than they do for my best friend or for my neighbor. But all of us…
Marriage
Building a Happy Marriage: It’s Not Just About You and Your Spouse
Creating a happy marriage depends on each spouse living for God and seeking to serve the other. It’s not all about what you get from it. Our wedding day. The day we get married, we see ourselves entering a happy marriage and living an amazing life together. Most of us don’t consider the storms that…
Motherhood
4 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Heard
As parents, sometimes we don’t realize how valuable our undivided attention is to our children. How can you make your child feel heard? When You Don’t Hear Them I was upstairs getting ready for bed one night when I heard my husband, J.J., calling Chelsea, our thirteen-yearold dachshund, in a really sweet voice to come…
Home
Homemaking Before Social Media and How It Is Not an Aesthetic
If you feel too much pressure for homemaking to look a certain way, it’s time to step back and remember God’s Word and the freedom it brings. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the…
Recipes
Chocolate Red Wine Cake
If you are looking for a delightful dessert for any occasion, this chocolate red wine cake is sure to satisfy your craving! If you are looking for a delightful dessert for any occasion, this chocolate red wine cake is sure to satisfy your craving. Make it to share with the one you love. Simple Gestures…
Free Printables
50 Fun Things For Kids to Do
It’s easy to allow our kids in front of the screen when they aren’t sure what else to do. Allow this list of fun activities to help! Now it’s not that I’m a mean mommy. Because I’m really not. But I’ll tell you something: I’m not too crazy about seeing my kids’ sweet faces glued…
Books
Utterly Devoted: The Life and Legacy of Elisabeth Elliot
If you’re new to Elisabeth Elliot and her work – or if you’d like to pursue her life and legacy a little further – you will enjoy these! Sometimes as a firstborn, I’ve longed for an older sister to look up to, to see how life with Jesus can look at an age or life…
Holidays
11 Books for Kids and Families for Easter
Check out this list of books and devotionals that encourage us to love our kids more deeply and teach them about God’s truth for Easter. The celebration of Jesus’ resurrection at Easter is just a few short weeks away and with it the opportunity to fill up your child’s Easter basket with stories that will…
Gift Guides
12 Good Faith Gifts for Your Favorite Tweens and Teens
I love giving gifts. You might say it’s one of my love languages. Because finding “just the right gift” makes me strangely happy. But it’s that “finding” part that can be a real challenge. Especially when they reach that difficult age when toys no longer do the trick. Let’s face it, shopping for tweens and…