Blog For Christian Women by Christian Women
Blog For Christian Women by Christian Women
You Anoint My Head With Oil
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. — Psalm 23:5To the freed slaves, God smelled like cinnamon, cassia, olive oil, and myrrh — sweet and earthy, nutty and ...
The Mother and Child Project: His Plan is for Us to Help
In April 1997, Debbie and I visited a children’s hospital in Soweto, South Africa, with Franklin Graham and his Samaritan’s Purse organization.As we walked through the halls of that hospital, ...
Crazy Families Are Nothing New
Who Do You Think You Are: The Beautiful Mess of Jesus’ GenealogyThe NBC and TLC show Who Do You Think You Are? may appear to be only a sixty-minute-long Ancestry.com ...
Momlationships: The Ultimate Friends
Virginia Venit: “I thought we were going to be just friends.”Happy Gilmore: “What? Friends listen to ‘Endless Love’ in the dark.” From Happy GilmoreMy husband says I should call this ...
Prayer matters. People matter. Change can be good.
This past fall Marty hadn’t been feeling well. Each day he seemed a little worse than the day before. He was living in Michigan while his dad and I were ...
Abandonment: You Can Thrive Again
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo EmersonAlicia remembers standing on the wooden porch steps the ...
A Letter to Teen Moms: You Are Important
You Are ImportantImportance means having meaning. There are many things that people feel are important for young people: school, good grades, sports, and accomplishments.Ask yourself, What things were important to ...
10 Secrets to a Happy Marriage
Every action and reaction we share as husband and wife, every moment we experience in marriage, is a brushstroke of colorful paint smeared across the canvas of life. – Jennifer ...
Let Go of Comparison
One of the best things about the Internet is the exposure to many ways of living life. With a few taps of our fingers, we’re connected to parenting methods in ...
Ghost Boy: Worthy of Attention
Martin with Joanna, the woman who is now his wife. (Photo courtesy Martin Pistorius via Thomas Nelson) The smell of the mandarin oil is sharp but sweet as Virna massages ...
Marriage: Messy Beautiful Love
I heard the hum of the garage door open and close. I glanced at the clock. It was only three thirty; the kids weren’t even home from school yet. Michael ...
Shame and Grace
Too many of us are at war within ourselves. When that is the case, the following questions arise:How can you extend grace to others when you have not received it ...
Being the Church: A Love Story
A young volunteer named Holiday Zimmerman opened my eyes to the plight of the working homeless. Holiday was nineteen years old, an undergraduate at the University of California, Irvine, and ...
My Secret Doubts About God
The person who struggles with major doubts about her beliefs also struggles with her behavior because the two don’t mesh; there isn’t a fit. We think, This is how I’m ...
A Note to Married People: What Not to Say to Your Single Friends
Hello!If you are reading this, there is a good chance you are married and friends with a single girl. (She may have passed this list your way.) Basically, I’m going ...
I Need __________.
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19Thought for the Day:Temptation is an invitation to meet my ...
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