To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. ~ C. S. Lewis “I’ve got more than sixty years of evidence that every day looks better with bacon.” My pork-raising dad’s a streak of confidence on the other end of the phone. “And…
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…
The Miracle in Your Pocket That Breaks Stress
You are to pay special attention to those who by accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. ~ Saint Augustine A day is a pocket of possibility and it’s always there, waiting for your willing hand. I pin the laundered denims to the sagging clothesline by the flint lining of their pockets,…
Being the Gift the World Needs
Cruciform self-giving is the distinctive dimension of holiness. — Michael Gorman I’d been dangerously anemic for weeks, feeling like I was a wet sheet of paper and the story was falling apart right in the middle, right where things were supposed to get exciting. Out my bedroom window, the rain’s coming straight down on the…
Must-Read Christian Women’s Books in 2016
2016 is going to be a particularly fantastic year for all of us book-lovers! New Ann Voskamp — hooray! New Christine Caine — woo hoo! New Shauna Niequist — yes please! Plus, you’ll meet some new authors such as Katherine & Jay Wolf whom you’re going to be so inspired by and encouraged in your faith. Here’s…