Praying for Physical Health, Safety, and Security for Your Children “Lord, Why Did This Happen?” I know I’m not the only mother who has ever questioned God’s tactics. Even my “spiritual giant” friend, Susan, found herself wondering what was up when her son Michael started suffering from violent stomach pains. Their pediatrician had dismissed…
Devotions to Learn the Life-Altering Love of God
Editor’s Note: It’s a new year and it’s time to form more consistent daily rhythms. One of our newest 90-day devotionals might help do the trick. God Above All is a unique devotional that will take us through 90 days of some of Fourth-century philosopher and theologian St. Augustine’s most influential works. Here’s a…
Captivating: All Women Are Called to Mother
To Mother As large as the role is that our mothers play, the word mother is more powerful when used as a verb than as a noun. All women are not mothers, but all women are called to mother. To mother is to nurture, to train, to educate, to rear. As daughters of Eve, all women…
10 Books Moms Will Love
Mother’s Day is less than a month away. Now is the time to pick out some great new books for Mom that will be sure to invigorate her heart and soul! Here are some of our favorites – perfect as gifts for the mothers in your life (and you’ll love them, too!). Save up to 60%…
Mom Brain to the World
Give a Hoot If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition— and then admit that we…
My Mother’s Influence
“And your daddy isn’t going to live with us anymore.” “Why not?” I asked again, choking back the tears. I just could not accept the strange finality of my mother’s words. “I love my dad!” “He loves you too, Bennie… but he has to go away. For good.” “But why? I don’t want him to go. I want…
A Prayer for the Mom with Small Children
She was pushing a double stroller at 7:30 a.m. I spotted her at the end of the sidewalk and pulled my dogs over into the grass where I had them sit until she passed. It was the respectful thing to do. Let’s be honest, there wasn’t room on the sidewalk for all of us. Her…
The God-Ordained Design of the Family
In each section of Dive Deeper you’ll be guided through a number of verses and encouraged to use the d.i.v.e. format. The beauty of this format is that it goes beyond this study; it can be used anytime you desire to dive deeper into Scriptures. d.i.v.e. define investigate visualize embrace Ephesians 6:1-9 The Family Unit In…
My Favorite Moms of the Bible
The Bible is full of amazing women and mothers who set such a good example for us to follow. I love reading about the moms of the Bible who had real struggles in their midst and yet showed such a faith and endurance. That’s where the example is for me – where the stuff of real…