Put God First (Because No One Likes to Come in Second)
Joanne would have been happy to win second place in 5th grade. But as adults, second place doesn’t really feel like a prize… So why do we offer God second place in our lives?
Living Like Mary When You’re Wired Like Martha
Is living like Mary something you struggle with? If so, you might relate to this post by Leslie Tally. Is it blasphemous to dread a piece of scripture? Unholy, maybe? I don’t know what to call it, but I know how it feels… that deep, gut-punch sensation that settles into my soul as each rustling…
A New Year’s Devotional
A New Year’s Devotional on Psalm 66 Psalm 66 is one of my favorite Psalms. As I was reading it this morning, verse 12 caught my attention. “…we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.” Psalm 66:12b That verse is the perfect summary for the…
When Heaven Feels Quiet: Learning to Trust God in Silent Seasons
Most of us have experienced silent seasons. Sometimes God feels quiet. Alexia Jones shares more in this post for the woman wondering if God hears her anymore. I used to think that silence meant something was wrong. That if I wasn’t hearing from God, it must be because I’d drifted too far, prayed too little,…
Parable of the Wheat and Tares
Are you familiar with the parable of the wheat and tares? Sherry is sharing three things we can learn from it as Christian women in this post.
Quiet Time with God (& Toddlers)
Alisa O’Donnell has found it challenging to find quiet time with God amidst mothering a toddler and everything else in life. She shares more in this post. I have an energetic, vivacious toddler who loves to copy mama, play with mama, and generally be attached to mama. I savor these moments as best I can,…
How Reading the Bible Shined a Light on My Self-Centered Behavior
Reading the Bible shined a light on my self-centered behavior – get all the details in this post. We all know the story of Joseph, right? It’s a great story about rising above your circumstances, but it hit me a little different when I read it recently. I’ve always read Joseph’s story with the big…
Imago Dei: We Are Made in God’s Image
We were made in God’s image. That truth is found in Genesis 1, but when was the last time you stopped to ponder what that means? That’s what Sarah is looking at in this post. Have you ever read a verse or passage in the Bible that changed everything for you? Maybe it was John…
A World Without Jesus
Jesus is the Answer For he (God) is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.Then I would speak without fear of him, for I…
A Piece of My Heart
It was Valentine’s Day and I felt like a piece of my heart was missing… “God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.” 1 John 4:9 NLT It was finally the time of the day when our…
The Love of a Savior
This post about God’s agape love was written by Valerie Denor The love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9 Many of us as children made our own little dolls, puppets, or action figures out of…
Are You Salty?
After you’ve been a Christian for a while, you’ve likely read or heard about a lot of the most popular stories in the Bible. We know about God’s promised heir to Abraham and Sarah, the Israelites wandering in the wilderness, and Daniel’s courage while in exile. We’ve learned about the Beatitudes, the feeding of the…
