Made to give life.
You don’t have to worry about not being a “good gift giver” anymore! Our Christmas Gift Guide is filled with meaningful, life-giving ideas for Christmas gift giving to help you encourage the women in your life to become who they were made to be. The 2019 Intentional By Grace Christmas Gift Guide and the Biggest …
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How do you celebrate advent with your family? We’ve got a list of meaningful resources for advent, including books for advent, advent devotionals, advent calendars, and more! Growing up I never heard the term advent. If I did, it didn’t stick with me. It wasn’t until I was sitting in a church service as an …
Here’s a list of the best Bible study resources for kids. Help your preschooler, beginning reader, or kids ages 8-12 get into the Word of God! As parents while we try to work hard to develop a habit of daily quiet time to study the Word for ourselves, we often want our kids to get …
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The Halloween discussions are underway, and as Christians we must take care to communicate carefully, thoughtfully, and prayerfully our convictions on Halloween. This FREE Halloween Scripture Study will help you do just that.
Are you looking for meaningful Easter ideas for your Christian family? Here are some Easter traditions you can implement in your family for a Christ-centered Easter! Plus an idea for outreach in your community! My husband and I both grew up with similar Easter traditions. I have fond memories of dying Easter eggs with my …
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This is a podcast episode you won’t want to miss. It’s one that I’ve been looking forward to since last summer, before the Made to Give Life Podcast even had a name. It was this man’s perspective on male leadership in the home that struck the match in my own soul to figure the other …
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The lazy days of summer are finally here. These five summer must-haves will keep you living intentionally even when you’re out of routine! When the seasons change, I like to take stock of where we are as a family. Being intentional is all about regular evaluation, and summer is a great time to throw caution …
It’s time to plan your intentional summer! If you need help creating a summer plan the whole family will love, then this post is for you (and don’t miss the free summer planning guide)! If you’re a mom with children at home, then you know that these years of having them under our roofs are …
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My kids and I love basketball. With March Madness just around the corner, we’ve been feverishly working this week to get caught up on all our school work so we can join in the watching frenzy that starts next week. As we talked about our brackets, who we think will win this year, and all …
I’m picking up our little girl’s birth story again today. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. To recap a little bit, I started having regular contractions around 36 weeks. The contractions were 4-6 minutes apart and this went on for 12 days straight. I went on bed rest during this time …
I’m picking up the birth story of our little girl today. You can read Part 1 here. Knowing what we know now, what started around 36 weeks was prodromal labor. I had never heard of it before, but I can say it’s one of the most trying times of my entire life. Prodromal labor tested …
Susannah Cary Dutton was born at home at 4 o’clock in the morning on June 4, 2016. She weighed 9 pounds 2 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Wait, what? A little girl? I thought you were having a little boy, Leigh Ann. Exactly. So did we! What a surprise we experienced in the wee …
