The Best Choice for Thanksgiving
What is your biggest Thanksgiving challenge? For us it's deciding where to eat — not with which relatives, but which restaurants. The question came up one year when my kids were very young, my husband was on the road, and everyone else was engaged elsewhere. How did I...
Why Adoption is the Sacred Story Every Christian Needs to Read
How is adoption the perfect picture of God’s love? Three ordinary women share how they were touched by adoption’s remarkable story — and what that same story means for you.
How to Help Your Injured Player Like A Pro: 5 Things To Do When Your Child Gets Hurt
There is nothing like the hurt we feel when our children get hurt. Is it any wonder we want to make the hurt go away as quickly as possible? Maybe that’s the reason for our “kiss it and make it better” instinct. This response is the time-honored cure for skinned knees...
Making Life Easier with Difficult People
I’m okay with difficult people if I can keep them at a distance. But God’s “Guide for Dealing with The Difficult” instructs otherwise.
The Promise of New Year
I’m going to do a brand-new thing. See, I have already begun! Don’t you see it? -Isaiah 43:19 On New Year’s Day, I turned over a new leaf—literally. I had been reading from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest, a collection of short devotionals for each day of...
Christian Sportsmanship
It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall. Proverbs 24:17 A well-played game is one that ends well. A well-ended game is determined by how its players handle winning or losing. Sulking is unsportsmanlike. So is...
I’m a wife, mother, writer, speaker . . . and a woman fully reclaimed by God. In other words, just an ordinary gal . . . living an extraordinary life.
“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you; Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering.”
-Romans 12:1