Getting cut from baseball was something I never saw coming. And looking back, I can see that it could’ve played out one of several ways. First possibility: I could have dropped out of college and spent my days lying around the house with my five lazy roommates, eating a sick amount of pizza and…
Capital Gaines: Never Quit Your Day Dream
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. — Isaiah 43:19 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. — Hebrews 10:36…
Our Top 10 Books for Mom 2016
Are you looking for gift book ideas for the moms in your life? Here are our FaithGateway Top 10 book selections for Mom! These titles will bring comfort, sisterhood, understanding, wisdom, direction, and load of laughter for every mom. 1. The Broken Way Ann Voskamp sits at the edge of her life and all of…
Changing the Atmosphere
… to be made new in the attitude of your minds… — Ephesians 4:23 I’ve been recently reminded that the way I perceive my circumstances can really make or break my day and can have a major effect on those around me. My attitude going into places can either add or take away from the…
The Magnolia Story: Trust God With Your Dreams
I truly loved everything about that shop. But the voice just kept on telling me, Jo, it’s time. I wrestled with it for weeks until finally I felt it in my heart. I thought about the words of all of those women who were in my shop every day, telling me to cherish this time…
The Magnolia Story: Opening Up
Sometimes the thing we’re dreaming of doesn’t work out. But Chip and I weren’t going to give up on the idea of opening my shop just because the building I fell in love with seemed to slip through our fingers. So we kept on looking for other buildings. We searched and searched, but nothing we…