Blog For Christian Women by Christian Women

July 7, 1966, The Swing. When I was a child, my mom would take my sister Frances and me to the swings in the park. I loved being pushed on ...

“No change for a year.”That’s the mantra of all grief counselors, particularly those who work in the funeral business. When you lose a loved one, don’t make any sudden moves.No ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...