Blog For Christian Women by Christian Women

Learning To Trust, All the Way Home

The trouble is that relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing has yet been done. ~ C. S. Lewis, Letters To Malcolm, Chiefly ...

Fiction Friday: Time Honored Classics

“My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I’m well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal ...

Don't Get Lost in the Middle of Ingratitude

One weekend my whole family traveled with me on a speaking trip to a homeschool conference. John drove and helped at the book table. I spoke. The kids attended workshops ...

Vulnerability: Do a Cannonball with Your Life. It's Okay to Get a Little Wet.

When [Jesus] had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” — Luke 5:4When we play Monopoly at my ...

Only Love Today: Acceptance

Love is a good place to start a new beginning. BUILDING ON LOVEI wear a worn wristband that bears the words Only Love Today Recently, someone asked me what that ...

What If I Don’t Feel Very Thankful?

Friends, you may have heard the news about our next Online Bible Study, One Thousand Gifts with Ann Voskamp, and feel yourself holding back, maybe hesitating a little, because to ...

Get in the Trench with a Friend

I so look forward to going with my friends and doing our girls lunch together time. You know the ones I’m talking about; those quiet epicurean type restaurants with cloth ...

God Says You Are Enough Because I Am

We are a generation of women who have never worked harder to have it all, yet go to bed most nights worrying that we aren’t enough. We are constantly asking ...

Having a Spirit of Power, Love, and Self-Discipline... for All Seasons of Life

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. — ...

The Hard Truth About Hard Work

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. — Galatians 6:9Recently my husband, Michael, ...

Who Do I Surrender To?

A Great, Good, Trustworthy GodLet’s say you need an operation on your heart. You can’t do it yourself, obviously. You’re going to have to trust a professional to open you ...

You’re Invited to the I Give Up Online Bible Study

Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. – Jesus, in Matthew 10:39 (NIV)The more we take our lives and ...

Fiction Friday: Amy Clipston

Editor’s Note: It’s Fiction Friday! And Amy Clipston fans, Amish fiction fans, are going to rejoice! Here are some terrific reads for this month. What’s on your bedside table?The Beloved ...

Checkered Pasts Don't Check You Off God's List

The journey to become Missy’s mama started when I was seventeen years old, when Cindy Whelchel — my best friend in high school — and I led our youth group ...

God Came Near: Women of Winter

Editor’s note: Max Lucado speaks straight to our hearts as he opens God’s Word in a story-telling, homespun, easy to understand, and heart-provoking way. Enjoy this excerpt of God Came ...

The Opposite Life: Strong vs Weak

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect ...

Free Resources

Free Bible Study featuring Max Lucado!

Free Bible Study featuring Max Lucado!

Face Uncertain Times with Unbreakable Courage

Join the FREE Online Bible Study and get access to 6 study videos and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 10/5