When Jesus Hands You The Spectrum…

A couple of weekend’s ago my family was at a birthday party where my nine-year old son was triggered by a wasp. Being terrified of wasps, he ran towards me screaming and crying. He ran past 4 year olds more composed than himself, and their wondering parents as well. At first I was embarrassed, I

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Top 10 Misquoted Lines From C.S. Lewis: Well this is interesting. And sure makes me want to do better at checking my source when quoting someone. You Too; A Call To End Violence Against Women: Violence against women is a pervasive issue, and the women in our churches are not immune. Mary Kassian writes about how violence

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Race, Political Partisanship, And The Unity Of The Church: This continues to be an extremely important conversation and it would do us all well to listen to these wise men speak about it. Bed Sheets, Calendars And Prayer: Yes, yes more prayer!!! “When our churches become havens of prayer, our bone-dry world comes back to

Learn, Then Teach Contentment…

Last week my kids came home from school asking…no not asking…begging in verbal-diarrhea form to go out and buy one of those new and exciting fidget-spinner’s. I’m sure you’ve heard of these, they’re all the rage and absolutely taking over the lives of kids everywhere. At first they were advertised toward kids who struggle with fidgeting in class

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The Cosmic Importance Of Sunday School: This is such an important read, so please read it! I’ve often said that I wouldn’t want to have to choose between my seminary education and my childhood years in Sunday school, but if forced I would choose Sunday school each time. Mothers In The Church: Hear ye, hear ye

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On Daughters And Dating – How To Intimidate Suitors: “Instead of intimidating all your daughter’s potential suitors, raise a daughter who intimidates them just fine on her own. Because you know what’s intimidating? Strength and dignity. Deep faith. Self-assuredness. Wisdom. Kindness. Humility. Industriousness. Those are the bricks that build the wall that withstands the advances

Biblical Womanhood – Women And Children (Part 3)…

I remember when my husband and I decided to start trying to have a baby. It was exciting and like probably everyone else I stocked up on pregnancy tests. And month after month I would test myself. And month after month it was negative. And months turned into years as we made several trips to

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 A Fifty Gallon Drum Of Lame Sauce: If I could get away with the same kind of overly sarcastic and mocking writing that Douglas Wilson can – I’d do it too. I found this piece equal parts utterly hilarious and deeply disturbing. Yikes. This is what happens when a seminary goes completely liberal. Rejoice Even Though – Facing The

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God Would Never Ask Me To Sacrifice My Kid’s…Right?: Well this is a convicting one. Mom’s give this one a read. Yet when do we hit the point where we love our children more than Jesus?  Where we tell him, You can have anything, Lord, just not my kids?  It’s Possible To Enjoy Watching Others

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What Every Husband Should Know About Stay-At-Home-Moms: This is short but worth it for any stay-at-home-mom. No SAHM should dare to deal with inner chaos on her own. She needs to be surrounded by other godly women whose hope is in the Lord. And she needs her husband’s help, too. Why Knowing Your Flock Is