Hurray! It’s time for a Friday Friend Giveaway! Today I’m welcoming my friend Lynn Cowell to share from her new Bible study, Make Your Move: Finding Unshakable Confidence Despite Your Fears and Failures. I got to know Lynn through her study for girls agers 8-12, Brave Beauty: Finding the Fearless You. Like me, she loves helping women find their true worth in Christ, Read more…
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and I know for a lot of women, it’s a tough day.
If you’re single, you might be sick of seeing red and pink hearts at every turn. I get it. I really do. One more week and it will all be over.
There are also a lot of married women that can’t wait for the day to be over. Read more…
Hurray! It’s time for a Friday Friend Giveaway! Today I’m welcoming my friend Wendy Blight to share from her new Bible study on 1 John, I Am Loved: Walking in the Fullness of God’s Love. Plus she’s giving away a copy to one of my readers below! Wendy is a wife, mother, author, Bible teacher, attorney, and writer for Proverbs 31 Ministry’s First 5 app. Read more…
Yesterday I was posting over at Proverbs 31 Ministries’ Encouragement for Today. I thought you might enjoy the encouragement ( and a little kick in the britches) too.
Can I tell you a secret? For way too much of my life, I fell into the trap of comparing myself with others. When I did, I always came up short. Read more…
Hi Friends. I’ll be honest. I received so many Christmas emails in December, I decided to give you a break from mine. My inbox just about made me break out in hives. Just in case you felt the same, I spared you one less email. But now I’m back! I’ve missed you! I hope today’s blog will get you excited about what 2018 holds! Read more…
In my travels, I get to meet the most awesome women! While speaking at Ada Bible Church in Ada, Michigan, I was introduced to Susie Finkbeiner and her amazing gift for storytelling. I read one of her novels, A Cup of Dust, and I was hooked. Since then, I have read every fiction book Susie has published! Read more…
With Christmas just around the corner, it’s easy to get so busy with the cooking, decorating and shopping that we forget why we’re doing all this in the first place. Sometimes, the very people we love get lost in the hustle and bustle of packed schedules, holiday parties, and Christmas musicals.
Several years ago I wrote a Christmas version of 1 Corinthians 13 to help me keep my focus on what Paul deemed “the greatest of these”…love. Read more…
Today’s blog is short and sweet. Oh so sweet.
Last weekend I spoke in Palmer, Iowa, surrounded by wheat fields, cornfields, and soybean fields.
Combines worked through the night.
Lights beaming.
Engines roaring.
Men working.
Bringing in the last of the late harvest.
On Saturday, we experienced a harvest of a different kind. Read more…
Hurray! It’s Friday and time for the Friday Friend Giveaway. Today, my guest is Holley Gerth. Holley is a precious soul, and one of my prayer partners. She can often be found at a quiet corner table in a coffee shop with a hot latte and her banged up, beloved laptop. She’s the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of You’re Already Amazing and several other books as well as a counselor and life coach. Read more…
Yesterday I wrote a devotion for Proverbs 31 Ministries. In light of all that happened in Texas this past Sunday, I’m thinking maybe you might need this encouragement too. I had to go back and read the words I wrote to remind myself of the truth of 2 Corinthians 4:18. Yep, sometimes we need to preach to ourselves. Read more…
