By Kathy Howard – Jan is an average gal with an above average passion for Jesus. When she talks about Him, her eyes widen, her voice fills with excitement, and sometimes she even has trouble standing still. God has gifted Jan with a beautiful voice she uses to serve Him.
By Deb DeArmond – “Aren’t you tired of training the exact same materials every week? Sometimes twice a week?” a friend asked. “I mean, doesn’t it get pretty boring?” She was referring to a major project I’m involved with. For about 30 weeks this year, I will be training folks
By Kathy Howard – Chapter One – Excerpt: Fed Up with Flat Faith: 10 Attitudes and Actions to Pump Up Your Faith I told her things I had always been too afraid to tell anyone before. My faith felt dead. I doubted my salvation. God seemed so distant. I saw
By Heidi McLaughlin – An unrelenting knot in my stomach signals the beginning of my Easter week. My emotions become tender and anxious because Good Friday is approaching – again. This tension started ten years ago on a Good Friday, when I heard the whispered, gut wrenching words, “Were you
By Lynn Mosher – Learning a trade from a father was essential. A tradition of following in a father’s footsteps. And so this young man obeys. In the humble beginning of his apprenticeship, he is learning from his father to carve out the design of the wood, to press his
By Mona Shriver – Easter brings out the grumpiness within me. I recognize the inherent value of certain holidays, but the commercialism involved saddens me. So, this year I decided I needed to do something to change my attitude. I needed to focus on the meaning of the coming Easter
Do you pray for yourself? I mean, really pray for your needs, situation, for blessings, grace, mercy, marriage, parenting, wisdom… That’s the question Jen is asking over at Finding Heaven Today and, frankly, it stopped me cold. Do I pray for me, specifically for Sandra? Ummm, sort of. When I’m
For the last two years God had the same word for me: seek Him. As 2012 drew to a close the word for 2013 changed to be still. I find comfort in distractions whether it is music or the television playing in the background. I don’t like complete silence even
By Norine Rae – It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: It would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent
By Andrea Sharp – To whom do you turn, where is your refuge? Our community was shocked to hear about the death of woman who was a devoted wife, mom and teacher. My family has known her for 13 years. Our kids went to the same babysitter. We attended our
A woman reading I’m Too Young to Be This Old commented, “In chapter four, you asked the question that often I want to ask my husband: Will you still love me when I’m. . .and then I add whatever concern or circumstance I fear most at the time.” I believe
By Lynn Mosher – What is love? Is it definable? Is it a feeling? A passion? Something romantic? The dictionary defines love as a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person, a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection for a parent, child, or friend, sexual desire, affectionate concern
By Ellie Thompson When I was a new believer living in Southern California I went through a time of great sorrow in my life. One morning I woke with the Lord speaking into my spirit the following words: “I have put someone in your path to minister to you today.”
America loves dramatic “before and after” stories. We can’t tear ourselves away from The Biggest Loser, What Not to Wear, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. We cheer with the crowd when they shout “move that bus!” We impatiently wait on the edge of our seat for the ugly duckling turned
I don’t care who they are, no one knows what they don’t know. Yet many people choose to teach or preach what they do know before realizing the extent of what they don’t. Three topics that are guaranteed to get folks’ blood boiling are politics, religion, and horses. There are
By Janelle Alberts – For strong, smart, critical-thinking Christian women, Valentine’s Day can be a lot of pressure. We throw our shoulders back, chin up, and ridicule the silliness of all that sentiment. Affection. Overkill. We’re too smart for that. We know we stand a chance only if we stick
By Amy Layne Litzelman – “So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are
By Toni Birdsong – Ah, the resolution parade is in full swing. Everyone has at least one or two, or seven. There’s no doubt that with each year that passes, our “list” of things we hope to accomplish either bears down on us or whispers kindly “let’s get going.” But
This sample devotion is excerpted from God Is My Refuge: 12 Weeks of Devotions and Scripture Memory for Troubled Times by Kathy Howard. From financial need and illness to loss and broken relationships every Christian woman encounters difficulties. Most believe God can help, but many don’t know where to go
By Lori Kempton – It’s been a long three weeks coming to the place of a diagnosis…invasive carcinoma were two words in the description. It sounds a bit ominous to me. Invasive has such an ugly feel to it. Webster’s online dictionary gives it these three definitions: 1: of, relating
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