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098: Cultivating and Celebrating Strong Womanhood with Lisa Bevere

Lisa Bevere is a wife, mother, grandmother, founder (along with her husband, John) of Messenger International, and the New York Times Bestselling author of…

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Resource Review: “Little Image Bearers” Season 1, Now on DVD!

When my blogging friend, Abbey Phipps, announced that her husband, Caleb, was starting to write, direct, and produce a new children’s show on image…

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096: The Plague of the Mommy Wars with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode 3)

Rebekah Hargraves is the host of the Home and Hearth Podcast, which, up until recently, has always been mostly an interview-style podcast. Now, however, she…

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Book Review: “Talking with Your Kids about Jesus: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have” by Natasha Crain

As parents, it can feel incredibly overwhelming to realize we have been tasked with the responsibility of raising our children up in the…

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095: Help and Hope for the Single Mom with Kristen Lisemby Lee

Kristen Lisemby Lee is a single mama of 3, writer, and contributor to The Better Mom. She has walked a hard road over the…

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Book Review: “Grace Looks Amazing On You: 100 Days of Reflecting God’s Love” by Amy Seiffert

When the opportunity arose to review Amy Seiffert’s brand new devotional, Grace Looks Amazing On You: 100 Days of Reflecting God’s Love, I had no…

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094: Navigating the Working Mom Life (Part 2) with Katie Walters

Katie Walters is a pastor’s wife, mama to 6 kiddos, serves at her church alongside her husband, Josh, and runs, as founder and CEO,…

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092: Mothering in the Midst of a Pandemic with September McCarthy

September McCarthy is a wife of 30 years, homeschooling mama of 24 years, has ten children ages 28-8, and is a grandma, as well.…

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Book Review: “Goodnight, My Darling Dear: Prayers and Blessings for You” by Amy Kavelaris

I’m not even exaggerating when I say that I literally gasped when I opened the envelope containing this beautiful book. I have never seen…

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Book Review: “Handle with Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch in Life and Ministry” by Lore Ferguson Wilbert

Having grown up during the height of “purity culture”. “true love waits”, “side hugs”. and the subsequent assumption that if you so much as pat…

Home and Hearth Podcast Episode 88 Foundations for Christian Parenting with Ruth Chou Simons

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088: Foundations for Christian Parenting with Ruth Chou Simons

Ruth Chou Simons is a wife, mama of 6 boys, artist, author, and founder of GraceLaced. Most recently (as of yesterday’s launch day!) she…

What's So Wonderful About Webster? by Stephen and Alex Kendrick

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Book Review: “What’s So Wonderful About Webster?” by Alex and Stephen Kendrick

I have shared before on my Instagram about how much I absolutely loved the Kendrick brothers’ latest movie, Overcomer, a movie all about discovering…

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083: Homeschooling Bravely with Jamie Erickson

Jamie Erickson is a wife, homeschooling mama of 5, and author of the new book, Homeschooling Bravely. This is an episode for you whether you…

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Book Review: “The Promises of God Storybook Bible: The Story of God’s Unstoppable Love” by Jennifer Lyell

As a mama of a nearly 5 year old and a 3 year old, my home is brimming with various Storybook Bibles. I have had…

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Book Review: “The Society of Extraordinary Raccoon Society” by Randall Goodgame

We have become such a fan around here of Randall Goodgame’s Slugs and Bugs series of books, so when the opportunity arose to review his…

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What I Learned on the Chick-fil-a Playground About My Children Listening

You know what’s frustrating? Those moments in mothering when you find yourself repeating for the millionth time some specific instruction to your children which you…

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Book Review: “Only You Can be You: What Makes You Different Makes You Great” by Nathan and Sally Clarkson

A couple years back, Sally Clarkson and her son, Nathan, wrote a book together entitled “Different: The Story of an Outside-the-Box Kid and the Mom…

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Overcoming Legalism in Everyday Parenting - A Guest Post from A. Brooke Kauffman

I am delighted to be introducing you this week to another friend of mine whose words are sure to inspire and encourage you. Brooke is…

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Book Review: “Are We Still Friends?” by Randall Goodgame

One of my favorite things is to harness the power of story when attempting to teach my children important lessons. We have been created by…

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075: Beyond Authority and Submission Part 2 with Rachel Green Miller

Rachel Green Miller is a wife, homeschooling mom of 3 boys, blogger, historian, and author of the new book, “Beyond Authority and Submission: Women and…

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Singleness is not a Lesser Calling

Being a college student and seeking a “ring by spring”. Going for your “MRS” degree. Hearing that marriage and motherhood are a woman’s highest calling.…

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074: Beyond Authority and Submission Part 1 with Rachel Green Miller

Rachel Green Miller is a wife, homeschooling mom of 3 boys, blogger, historian, and author of the new book, “Beyond Authority and Submission: Women and…

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068: The Power of Intentional Friendship with Joy Clarkson

Joy Clarkson, podcaster, writer, teacher, lover of all things beautiful, and student currently working on her PHd in Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at St.…

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Book Review: “Who Will Play with Me?” by Randall Goodgame (A Slugs and Bugs Story)

I recently finished going through Karen Ehman’s Bible study on the book of Philippians with some friends, so when the opportunity arose to review a…

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Book Review: “Empowered: How God Shaped 11 Women’s Lives (And Can Shape Yours, Too)” by Catherine Parks

I grew up absolutely loving to read biographies, and that has remained the same for me ever since. So, naturally, when the opportunity arose to…

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066: Miscarriage, Motherhood, and Learning from God in the Everyday with Erin Greneaux

Erin Greneaux, wife, mom of 2, and author joins me on the Home and Hearth Podcast to share about her two books, Learnable Moments for…

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Book Review: “Night Night Bible Stories: 30 Stories for Bedtime” by Amy Parker

As a Christian mom who desires to surround my kiddos with books which will point them to Jesus, I end up with a lot of…

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The 2019 Ultimate Homemaking Bundle is Here - for a limited time!

You know how much I love sharing with you all my favorite resources in each of my weekly Saturday Morning Savor newsletters, right? Well, that…

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Book Review: “Easter is Coming!” by Tama Fortner

I am always on the lookout for books and other resources to aid me in my mission of teaching my children the implications of Easter…

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060: Thriving with Grace in Motherhood with Kara-Kae James

Kara-Kae James is wife to Brook, mama to four, founder of the ministry Thrive Moms, and now new author of the book Mom Up: Thriving…

Book review: Gracefull by Dorena Williamson

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Book Review: “Gracefull: Growing a Heart that Cares for Our Neighbors” by Dorena Williamson

When I received an email from one of my favorite Christian publishing companies about brand new releases that were now available for review, I immediately…

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Book Review: “God, I Know You’re There” by Bonnie Rickner Jensen + Giveaway!

If you are a mama, auntie, grandmother, teacher, youth worker, or someone who just regularly does life among children, you have likely been asked the…

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Are Women Called to Work?

For years I heard the terms “working women” and “working moms” used in derogatory ways to refer to women who were not stay-at-home wives and…

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Book Review: “Who’s Your Daddy?: Discovering the Awesomest Daddy Ever” by Lisa and Missy Harper

I was recently given a complimentary copy of Lisa Harper’s new book, “Who’s Your Daddy?” in exchange for my honest review. In this…

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047: God-Centered Motherhood with Heather MacFadyen

Heather MacFadyen, wife, mama of 4 boys, and host of the popular God Centered Mom (now known as the Don’t Mom Alone) podcast joins me…

Home and Hearth Podcast Episode 46: Missionary Motherhood with Shontell Brewer

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046: Missionary Motherhood with Shontell Brewer

Shontell Brewer, a dear friend, joins me on the Home and Hearth podcast today for the second time! Today she is sharing with us about…

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Filling Your Home with Good Things

As homemakers raising our homemakers-in-training, we oftentimes tend to focus on equipping our children with knowledge in the areas of home-decorating, cleaning, cooking, and…

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Is “Manly Dominance” Biblical?: A Response to Shalom Pearl Brand

Sometimes articles are sent my way that really leave me shaking my head. That was definitely the case when a friend recently alerted me to…

Home and Hearth Podcast Episode 41 Kingdom Minded Singleness with Natalie Metrejean Lewis

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041: Kingdom-Minded Singleness Part 1 with Natalie Metrejean Lewis

Natalie Metrejean Lewis joins me on the Home and Hearth podcast today to share about a thoroughly Christian, kingdom-minded view of singleness. Whether you are…

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Raising Godly Girls, Not Stereotypes

I am honored to be joining my friend Lee Felix in her blog series this month on the topic of Raising Godly Girls. Anyone…

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Why I’m Neither an Egalitarian nor a Complementarian

As you have probably already gathered from my recent series on Biblical womanhood, I claim neither the label of “egalitarian” nor the label of…

Home and Hearth Podcast Episode 31 Courageous Motherhood Part 2 with Angie Tolpin

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031: Courageous Motherhood Part 2 with Angie Tolpin

Angie Tolpin joins me on the podcast today to chat about all things “courageous mothering”. Angie is a wife, homeschooling mom of 7, doula, author,…

What is Biblical Womanhood? Hargraves Home and Hearth

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