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article | October 6, 2009

Now is the time for a movement of reformation and revival in the hearts and homes of Christian women all around this world. Now is the time to go against the flow. I believe God has brought you into His kingdom for …

article | January 8, 2018

Soon after my mother’s death, I found Hebrews 12:1–2 written on a sticky note in the front of her Bible. I call it her “sticky note legacy.” It was the Bible my dad gave her in the midst of her battle with …

article | October 24, 2012

Every year as fall hayrides and pumpkins melt into haunted houses and jack-o-lanterns, I feel a little torn. As a Christian, should I find a not-so-scary way to participate in Halloween festivities? Should I sideline myself because there are some spooky elements? …

article | October 16, 2017

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, …

article | August 3, 2022

We’re all best equipped to meet expectations when we know what those expectations are. The reverse is also true, of course. We tend to wilt, not bloom, when our efforts are planted in the soil of ambiguity. (I find this to be …

article | December 22, 2016

All week we’ve been reading Christmas in reverse. We started with the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb and worked our way backward to His birth. Honestly, the waiting felt a little tedious at times, didn’t it? Our hearts long to see …

article | December 3, 2018

Fast forward a few weeks ahead in your mind and picture the scene with me. Christmas is over. The church services you helped plan have come and gone. The gifts you worked so hard to purchase, wrap, and deliver have been unwrapped …

article | November 24, 2009

Twilight is back in the spotlight. The release of New Moon last week brought the mega-hit vampire series back to the big screen and back to the forefront of the minds of millions of young women. I wanted to take some time …

article | July 2, 2012

Diagnosis: Mountaintop Syndrome Symptoms: A big emotional experience once or twice a year. Feeling like you can hear God's voice clearly at camp, but cannot hear Him the rest of the year. Making a commitment to read your Bible more every year …

article | January 11, 2016

It's not a unique experience, but it still stings. It starts with a simple Sunday afternoon question, "Have you seen Bill and Amy lately?" "No, I haven't seen them for a while, have you?" You both realize that they have been MIW …