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Walk Humbly with Your God – Audio
I loved sharing what God is teaching me about humility with a group of mom’s at our church last Wednesday. And if you weren’t able to join us, you can click here to listen! You just might recognize a...
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An Interview with Trillia Newbell
Trillia Newbell is the editor of Karis: One God, One Gospel, All Grace, a new channel for women at the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Her vision for this new resource for women is...
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How Much is Integrity Worth?
About ten years ago I sat in Dr. Howard’s accounting class. The big accounting scandals made the headlines that year. And one day in class he said something about how no one woke up that morning and...
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Body Image and the Truth We Must Hear
But the real problem with the way the world portrays women’s bodies is not that it is unrealistic about what women are, the problem is that it is a lie about what we are for. In the most compelling...
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Kristyn Getty’s Reflections on Her Newest Song: A Mother’s Prayer
Melissa’s Note: I have been so blessed by the music of Keith and Kristyn Getty. The beautiful Irish melodies and the hymns they have written for the church nourish me and turn my eyes to Jesus. It is...
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How to Manage a Home by Faith
I sat on my dirty kitchen floor scrubbing the latest crayon mural off the garbage can. My thoughts flitted between a beautiful wedding I witnessed a few days before, my own pre- marriage anticipation...
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How Miriam’s Baby Doll Helped Me Understand the Bible
For I would not have known what it is to covet if the [the Ten Commandments] had not said, “You shall not covet.” But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of...
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Would you consider partnering with us to love the world from Iowa?
You can drive 20 minutes in any direction and find yourself in a corn field. The middle of Iowa is a strange place to meet people who consider a population of 8 million a small town. It’s Friday night....
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How the Gospel Frees Us to Celebrate Mother’s Day
It is no secret that Mother’s Day can be the most difficult day of the year for a woman. As Elyse Fitzpatric describes it: “Mother’s Day angst sounds like this: I wish I were a mother. I wish I were a...
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A Sacrificial Ceremony {a quote}
Then she thought of her obedience and the setting of each foot before the other became a kind of sacrificial ceremony. C.S. Lewis If you found this post helpful subscribe by email or Facebook to get...
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Now’s the Time to Sign-up for Summer Bible Study!
Join us Thursday evenings from 7-8pm in June and July for fellowship and to study the Proverbs 31 Woman. This study is open to women of all ages and life stages. We’d love to have you join us! The cost...
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3 Ways to Treasure the Gospel this Summer
After the second coldest spring on record, I opened the back door and headed out for a picnic with my oldest daughter. While she opened her peanut butter sandwich and licked off the jelly, we talked...
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“What is God Like?” a series of Children’s Books by William Lane Craig
After six months, my friend and I finally sat down for coffee together again. And do you know what we talked about? Brown Bear and Red Goose, the main characters in William Lane Craig’s children’s...
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The Hard to Detect Effects of Reading Your Bible {a quote}
Do not think you are getting no good from the Bible, merely because you do not see that good day by day. The greatest effects are by no means those which make the most noise, and are most easily...
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Do you ever feel like you don’t even want to be like the Proverbs 31 woman?
I am so excited to begin our study of the Proverbs 31 Woman on June 6th. (Click here for details of how you can join us!) But I didn’t always feel that way about her. For a long time I just didn’t know...
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How do I rescue those being led to the slaughter when I have small children?
“I have proved to be the man who watched silently as they loaded my neighbor on the cargo train of death. They claimed he was less a man than me. I knew better.” I have wrestled with what it looks like...
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How to Offer Hospitality by the Strength God Supplies
I used to have these romantic notions about inviting people over for Sunday dinner. After all, I reasoned, everyone needs to eat after church, right? It seemed the perfect time to offer hospitality....
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Thunderstorms, Heaven, and Hobby Lobby in the Eyes of a Toddler
The thunder woke up Miriam the other night. Eric went in her room to calm her down and they ended up having quite a theological conversation. Here’s a snippet: Miriam: Where is Jesus? Eric: He’s in...
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Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home, a new book by Gloria...
From her opening story in Glimpses of Grace Gloria had me hooked. I’ve been there: scrubbing the cup with dried blueberry bits, exasperated, hoping to make someone feel guilty for not rinsing the cup...
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The Donkey who Carried a King and other Children’s Books by R.C. Sproul
Theologian R.C. Sproul has written children’s books. I had no idea until a friend of mine lent us The Donkey Who Carried a King a few weeks ago. And since it’s long over due I thought I should write a...
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