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Welcome to my monthly Book-ish post where I share what I’ve been reading and what I’ve been reading aloud to my children. If you missed it, check out my Reading Goals for 2018 and the 2018 Intentional By Grace Reading Challenge. It’s been a little while since I shared an update on what I’ve been …
Best Books I’ve Read Lately (and an Update on the 2018 Reading Challenge)Read More
I love studying God’s word. Most mornings you’ll find me at my desk with a piping hot cup of coffee opening my Bible and reveling in a few moments of quiet with my Savior. It has taken many years of experimenting to find the tools that I love most for studying God’s Word, but it’s …
Download this FREE topical Bible reading plan and spend 21 days meditating on God’s Faithfulness! In times of trial or in times of waiting, trusting that God is who He says He is can be tough. But we serve a faithful God. A God whose faithfulness knows no bounds. Do you trust His faithfulness? As …
Halloween is just around the corner, and this means your Facebook feed is about to light up with “discussions” about whether or not Christians should participate in Halloween or not. In anything where the Bible isn’t totally black and white, there will be discussions, divisions, and controversy. Heck, there’s discussion, division, and controversy in areas …
Free Scripture Study to Help You Glorify God This HalloweenRead More
What is His Abundant Goodness really like? Download this FREE topical Bible reading plan and spend 21 days meditating on His Abundant Goodness! You have heard it said that we serve a GOOD God. Are you experiencing His Abundant Goodness? As I contemplated how to compile this month’s Bible reading plan, I kept thinking that …
We don’t choose faith to avoid trials. Our faith is made genuine through our trials. “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in …
Why Choosing Joy in Trials Might Be Easier Than You ThinkRead More
As women, we are especially prone to comparison. We look at the woman next door mowing her lawn and realize we don’t even know how to start the lawn mower in our garage. We watch the stream of pictures from the crafty mom half a world away and bemoan that the extent of our craftiness …
Do you want to grow in kindness? Download this FREE topical Bible reading plan and spend 21 days meditating on biblical kindness and let it transform your heart! Are you extending kindness to others the way you want to? The message to be kind to one another is everywhere. We are constantly reminding our kids …
Over Memorial Day weekend, my family enjoyed a 4-day camping trip at Sherando Lake in Virginia. There was zero service, so we were totally unplugged the entire time. It was glorious. On one particular day, we opted for a pretty strenuous hike. With our munchkins in tow (7, 4, and 2), my husband and I, …
Seasonal meal planning is hands down my favorite way to menu plan for my family. Serving my family healthy meals on a consistent basis is one of my top priorities as a homemaker, but I cannot be relied upon to make a meal plan if I have to do it from scratch every single week. …
Weekly Meal Plan Ideas for the Summer (FREE PRINTABLE)Read More
Summer is a time for reading good books for the sheer fun of reading. My 7-year old boy is ecstatic about the summer reading program at our local library, and I’m ecstatic that he is ecstatic. In the summer, I aim to give him plenty of freedom to read the books he wants to read …
I can’t believe I’ve never made a summer reading list for Christian women! As much as I talk about books on this site, it’s never occurred to me to put together a reading guide for the summer. Making a summer reading list is one of the ways I prepare for an intentional summer in my …
