Blog For Christian Women by Christian Women

A Walk Through the Dark

On January 18, 1989, my husband died. In a matter of seconds, I went from living in the light to walking in the dark.And I’ve always been afraid of the ...

Sacred Makeovers

Nothing comforts me more than knowing that Jesus completely understands how hard it is to walk around in these bodies, fighting our “head noise” with valiant attempts toward a faith ...

Longing for a Place Called Home

The ache for home lives in all of us. ~ Maya AngelouRecently I walked my feet into nubbins as I hiked around town on a home tour. Up and down ...

Thanksgiving: The Dance of Grief and Gratitude

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and enter His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name! – Psalm 100:4Deep in the heart of November, I received two ...

Choosing the Shelter of Relationships

Sometimes the only way to return is to go. — Josh GarrelsLeaving behind four years of friendships in Nashville, I moved to California, confidently running, fearless in my decision to ...

Stained Glass Prayer

In his [Daniel’s] upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as ...

Nurturing Your Marriage During Adoption

After a new child comes home, it can be tricky to figure out how to nurture both the new relationship with your child and the existing relationship with your partner. ...

Trisha Yearwood: Every Good and Perfect Gift

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. ~ James 1:17When I made my ...

A Forever Change in Perspective

It was a bitter cold Sunday in December when my heart wore the weather. At the time, we were attending a church teeming with prolific twentysomethings. Most all the women ...

Being Loved Makes You Brave

I love my people.I could write an entire book on that, which probably means this is going to be too long, but I don’t care. I want to live brave. ...

The One Keystone Habit for Your Marriage - Prayer

Some habits create forward momentum in your life. Those same habits, if you don’t diligently keep them, create negative momentum. But I believe there’s one keystone habit that, if you ...

Messy Beautiful Love Is Christ-Centered

It wasn’t your usual Saturday afternoon.We had a lot of talking to do. Money talk. You know – the uncomfortable, I-want-to-avoid-this-topic discussion, where we chat about our finances to see ...

The One God and our “little g” gods

Though the physical stance of kneeling or posturing facedown before Jesus strikes the world as weird, the concept of bowing down before something—anything—really isn’t alien. In fact, we do this ...

Only God Will Always Be With Me

Amanda Hope Haley’s new book, Barren Among the Fruitful: Navigating Infertility with Hope, Wisdom, and Patience, is an entertaining, insightful, and well-researched survey of the infertility challenges a growing number ...

God Is a Good Judge

The Bible says that God’s wrath is coming on the entire world. But this is out of step with the God that Americans, by an overwhelming majority, say they believe ...

Friendship: Who Do You Need? Who Needs You?

Who Do You Need?We don’t just need people; we need the right people. Sometimes finding the right people takes discipline and effort. And then when we find them, we have ...

Free Resources

Free Online Bible Study by Jennie Allen

Free Online Bible Study by Jennie Allen

What does the Bible tell us about our emotions? Join the free Untangle Your Emotions Online Bible Study and get exclusive content from author Jennie Allen, 6 study videos, and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 6/10.