Women

Prayerfully celebrate Christmas with hope, joy, and the promise of Christ’s return.

Prioritize connecting with people instead of impressing them.

Celebrate Christmas and Advent creatively by using your artistic gifts to honor Jesus.

Spending prolonged periods with family or friends, sharing living quarters, and making concessions, coupled with the general stress of the season, can make gatherings a recipe for disaster. But it doesn't have to be. Life is too short, and our relationships too precious for us to spend another year trying to survive the season. Instead, perhaps, with a few adjustments, we can move from surviving to savoring this time. 

Yes, anxiety is sometimes strong, but it doesn’t compare to the wonder-working power of God through the Scriptures.

Both my mom and I allowed Satan to use one of his most conniving schemes—comparison. We judged ourselves against others. The verdict—inadequate to offer hospitality. Perfectionism is the enemy of hospitality.

Rather, it's about posturing our hearts in the right place to serve others with gracious and humble hearts, displaying Jesus’ love for all!

You may not have much more than a whispered hallelujah. But that's enough to praise the Lord.

Sometimes it creeps up on you slowly and then, without warning, it pounces. Other times, it’s there almost from the start, strangling you with a vicious grip. It’s the realization that you don’t know who you are anymore. You are now known as the baby’s mom. Your daily routine has become monopolized by the most adorable and helpless creature, and yet, in a weird and almost awful way, you’re a little bit resentful.

We’ve had our share of great dinner parties and disasters—and everything in between. We’ve left out key ingredients in dishes, forgotten to purchase beverages, and burned the main meat course beyond recognition while our kids have asked embarrassing questions or blurted out inappropriate comments. Hosting Thanksgiving can bring more angst because of family traditions and expectations. Before we get into concrete tips on how to make the day more fun and less stressful, let’s talk about six ways to reduce anxiety about hosting.

How many of us are weary? Our lives are so full, so stressful, and so hurried we only feel troubled. There is no peace for the weary. We live in an exhausted world where the pace of our days has left many of us empty. But there is another way.

A study was done where participants were asked to write down all the things they were worried about, and in the end, 85% of what they wrote down never happened. And for the stuff that did happen, it didn't actually turn out as badly as they'd made it out to be.

Is Christianity sexist? Is it biased towards men, not women? I believe the answer to these questions and others like it, is emphatically, “No.” In fact, I want to show you the opposite is true.

There is no doubt, it is hard to love those who are hard to love. I know all about it. Yet, these are tried and true ways that I’ve applied in my own life when I’ve encountered individuals like this.

Jesus and the Bible's prophets often used the analogy of a mother's deep care and love for her children to elucidate how God deeply desires to have a relationship with the people he created.

We have to unsubscribe from these unconscious patterns and ways of being if we want to change the world for the better and help women be more authentic to themselves and their intuitive sense of what it means to be “good”.

God loves us, and His kindness will keep us warm on the days when self-hate leaves us bitterly cold.

As we see the leaves morph, change, and slowly drift to the ground, let’s use that beautiful unveiling to be a sweet calling to set our sights on the things above (Colossians 3:2).

Fall is the perfect time to get together with friends. The weather is crisp, the air a perfect temperature, and everyone is excited about a new season. 

Here are a few tidbits of encouragement for you as you learn the value of your no: