Blog For Christian Women by Christian Women

Out of the House of Bread: The Likeness of God In Us

Editor’s note: Be sure to visit Preston Yancey at his blog to read an exquisitely raw and beautiful post about his journey of faith during the publishing of this book ...

It's No Normal Friday

The bright noonday sun casts a common shadow for the Judean countryside. It’s the black silhouette of a shepherd standing near his fat-tailed flock. He stares at the clear sky, ...

You’re Invited to the Six Hours One Friday OBS

Surely this man was the Son of God! — Mark 15:39If it really happened… if God did commandeer His own crucifixion… if He did turn his back on His own ...

God Loves You

Let My Love enfold you in the radiance of My Glory. Sit still in the Light of My Presence, and receive My Peace. These quiet moments with Me transcend time, ...

Nearest and Dearest: How to Really Care for Your Clan

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family… in another city. — George BurnsAbove all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. — 1 ...

Memoirs: Stories of Hardship, Hope, and Faith

Life is all about stories. Stories of hope, hardship, families, struggles, spiritual journeys, and more. It’s through stories that we connect with each other, experience empathy, and understand our own ...

You Were Made for This: Fight for It

Editor’s note: Who are we? Why are we here? What’s the purpose? What are we supposed to be doing? Those questions can haunt women and stall us from moving forward ...

We’re All Bleeders

Years ago, I was working on a book in Africa. I met up with some doctors who were treating women with obstetric fistulas. A condition caused in countries with limited ...

Becoming My Truest Self

I adored our family of four. We had two happy, silly, lovable boys who were just beginning preschool and kindergarten. Steve and I were starting to feel like real adults, ...

Waiting: Four Hundred Years of Silence

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the ...

The Weekly Weigh-In

You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. — Psalm 4:7 NIV Thought for the Day: It’s easy to do the right ...

Taste and See Week 1 — You’re Invited to the Table

The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground — trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. — Genesis 2:9Why is God ...

The Power of the Table

Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what’s common in human experience and turns it into something holy. — Eugene H. Peterson, Leap Over a ...

God-Story vs. Self-Story

This past spring our friends Jill and Guri secured a table at Talula’s Table, one of the most difficult dinner reservations to snag in the entire country. There was seating ...

Fiction Friday: Indivisible

Editor’s Note: Find each other all over again… Marriage is a beautiful gift and takes work to maintain sweetness, joy, and intimacy. What better time than now to choose love ...

Editor's Picks: January 2019

I don’t know about you but during Christmas break all I did was lounge around wrapped up in cozy blankets and read to my heart’s content. It was pure luxury. ...

Free Resources

Free Bible Study featuring Lee Strobel

Free Bible Study featuring Lee Strobel

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