Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.  Matthew 22:37-38 I have been significantly reminded in the past few months that I cannot please everyone. When I was on full-time church staff many years ago, [...]

 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!  2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18 NLT Being a good mom is a true [...]

Silver Dollar City, located in Branson, Missouri, is a 61 acre family-friendly theme park nestled in the Ozark Mountains. As a Christian mom, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the park’s respect for God and country is paramount and unmatched by any other major theme park! Read more HERE *special thanks to Martha Hoy [...]

 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. ~ Ps. 37:4 When you allow God to work and fully trust Him-amazing things can happen! Of course, getting the desires of your heart doesn’t always mean that you’ll end up with a large, gorgeous apartment with granite counter [...]

 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. ~ Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust. It sounds so good, so easy in concept. If you were to randomly go up to any Christian and ask them, “Do you trust [...]

Guest Post by Dana Christensen-Udlock, owner of The Story of You and mother of 5 (including 2 sets of twins!) Spring has sprung in my neck of the woods, and the tulips are blooming in my front yard. While admiring them from the window, I saw my neighbor outside and decided to run outside and [...]

 If someone who’s opinion you cared very much about was to randomly listen in to a part of your day without you having a clue, what would they hear? Thanks to cell phone screens coming unlocked and randomly having buttons pushed this has actually happened to me, a couple of times! The last was a few [...]

*Guest post from Dana Christensen-Udlock of Everyday Economy and The Story of You. Easter is just around the corner, and I’ve been thinking about the meaning of Lent recently. The season of Lent parallels the 40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness, fasting and enduring temptation. The basic idea of Lent is to draw [...]

Christian Fiction Reviews A Measure of Mercy Home to Blessing Series ~Book One By Lauraine Snelling This is a sweet story that weaves faith in a Living God together with everyday life in the Red River Valley during the early days when women were just beginning to be allowed to enter the medical field as [...]

I wish you all a Merry Christmas full of the love of Christ. He is our only hope! This is what Christmas is all about: “The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did [...]