Faithful Life Podcast
How to Build Up Your Marriage And Home One Powerful Word at a Time
Are you ready to build up your marriage and home by speaking a powerful word of affirmation? You wouldn’t think a word could make such a difference. But it does. On some days, all the difference in the world. The difference between tears or a smile. Between slumped shoulders or a hug. Between healing…
Faith
Hello, My Name is Wendy and I’m a Sugar Addict
Are you a binge eater? A secret eater? An emotional eater? Are you a sugar addict? Draw close to the one who can satisfy your craving more deeply. Those nine little words changed the trajectory of my life when I posted them online in 2014. Innocently, I invited people on my Facebook page to join…
Marriage
How Your Marriage Has Surprising Power to Preach the Gospel
Your marriage speaks volumes to those around you who are watching. What you do and don’t do sends a powerful message. Our flight attendant was probably trying her best, but you couldn’t miss the edge in her voice as she made her way down the narrow airplane aisle, rattling off instructions we’d all heard countless…
Motherhood
15 Things to Love About Being a Mom of Boys
What’s so great about being a mother of boys? Here are 15 wonderful things to love about having a son…and it’s not exhaustive! Got boys? Yeah, me too. Four of them. Our oldest son and then three younger boys. And I can’t believe no one told me how wonderful being a mom of boys could…
Home
5 Good Things I Learned About Good Hospitality in Creating a Guesthouse
Good hospitality may not be your forte, but it’s in the simplest ways that we can help our guests feel welcomed and cared for. It’s hard to believe someone could simply “fall” into a guesthouse. But that’s really how it happened. And it started last summer when we moved out of our family home. We…
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…
Holidays
Cranberry Almond Popovers To Help Slow the Season
Christmas is about moments. Slow down this season and bake these delicious popovers with your children as you soak in the season. There seems to be a consensus right now that everyone is busy (shocker!). School rehearsals and finals, winter break activities, never-ending sports, Christmas shopping, Christmas parties, last minute errands…more Christmas shopping. Not to…
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…
Books
Ready for Spring? Here are 20+ Fresh, Beautiful Picture Books About Spring!
Jump into the season with this list of amazingly illustrated picture books about spring. Allow the magic of spring to fill your heart and imagination! When I was a girl, I knew spring was on the way by the green shoots of daffodils and hyacinths popping up in our flowerbeds. We rarely had snow even…
Faithful Life Podcast
How to Build Up Your Marriage And Home One Powerful Word at a Time
Are you ready to build up your marriage and home by speaking a powerful word of affirmation? You wouldn’t think a word could make such a difference. But it does. On some days, all the difference in the world. The difference between tears or a smile. Between slumped shoulders or a hug. Between healing…
Faith
Hello, My Name is Wendy and I’m a Sugar Addict
Are you a binge eater? A secret eater? An emotional eater? Are you a sugar addict? Draw close to the one who can satisfy your craving more deeply. Those nine little words changed the trajectory of my life when I posted them online in 2014. Innocently, I invited people on my Facebook page to join…
Marriage
How Your Marriage Has Surprising Power to Preach the Gospel
Your marriage speaks volumes to those around you who are watching. What you do and don’t do sends a powerful message. Our flight attendant was probably trying her best, but you couldn’t miss the edge in her voice as she made her way down the narrow airplane aisle, rattling off instructions we’d all heard countless…
Motherhood
15 Things to Love About Being a Mom of Boys
What’s so great about being a mother of boys? Here are 15 wonderful things to love about having a son…and it’s not exhaustive! Got boys? Yeah, me too. Four of them. Our oldest son and then three younger boys. And I can’t believe no one told me how wonderful being a mom of boys could…
Home
5 Good Things I Learned About Good Hospitality in Creating a Guesthouse
Good hospitality may not be your forte, but it’s in the simplest ways that we can help our guests feel welcomed and cared for. It’s hard to believe someone could simply “fall” into a guesthouse. But that’s really how it happened. And it started last summer when we moved out of our family home. We…
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…
Holidays
Cranberry Almond Popovers To Help Slow the Season
Christmas is about moments. Slow down this season and bake these delicious popovers with your children as you soak in the season. There seems to be a consensus right now that everyone is busy (shocker!). School rehearsals and finals, winter break activities, never-ending sports, Christmas shopping, Christmas parties, last minute errands…more Christmas shopping. Not to…
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…
Books
Ready for Spring? Here are 20+ Fresh, Beautiful Picture Books About Spring!
Jump into the season with this list of amazingly illustrated picture books about spring. Allow the magic of spring to fill your heart and imagination! When I was a girl, I knew spring was on the way by the green shoots of daffodils and hyacinths popping up in our flowerbeds. We rarely had snow even…
Free Printables
50 Fun Things For Kids to Do
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 to a screen—–the computer, the television, the whatever. Especially when there’s fresh air outside and new adventures to be had. So that’s why you’ll hear me announce:…