In our day and age, we have forgotten what love really is. On the one hand, we live in a culture which uses the word “love” at the drop of a hat – “I love your top!”, “Oh, I just love pumpkin pie!”, “I love it when it snows”. These statements are made innocuously, […]
January 2018 Scripture Writing Plan: The Trustworthy Plans of God
Today’s the big day, friends! Since announcing several weeks ago that we would begin a Scripture Writing plan together in 2018, several of you have expressed not only your interest in participating, but also your excitement over when I would finally release the plan for January. Well, the wait is now over! Here is our […]
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024: Grace, Holiness, and Mission with Jess Connolly
Jess Connolly joins me on the podcast today to talk about our position in Christ as redeemed women, and what parts grace, holiness, and mission have to play in our lives. This is a chat you will not want to miss! Jess is a church planter’s wife, mom of 4, small business owner, author, speaker, […]
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Book Review: “Indescribable: 100 Devotions about God and Science” by Louie Giglio
*I received a complementary copy of this devotional in exchange for my honest review. When I saw a book review opportunity come open for Louie Giglio’s new devotional for kids and read its description, I jumped at the chance to check it out! I want to first provide you with the official product description […]
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023: Waking Up to the Possibilities with Kat Lee
Kat Lee from the Inspired to Action Podcast and HelloMornings joins me on the podcast today to discuss topics pertaining to her newly-released book, Hello Mornings: How to Build a Grace-Filled, Life-Giving Morning Routine. More than even just inspiring you to make the most of your mornings, Kat really encourages us with the perspective that we have each been […]
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022: Putting Feet to Our Faith with Tricia Goyer
Tricia Goyer, wife, mom of 10, and author of seventy books joins me on the podcast today to talk about the concepts found in her newest book, Walk it Out: The Radical Result of Living God’s Word One Step at a Time. I know you are going to be encouraged and inspired by today’s chat! […]
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Advent, Mommy Guilt, and the Gospel
Advent wreaths with Advent candles. Advent calendars. Jesse trees with their daily ornaments. Special Advent readings and devotionals. The to-do list this season grows ever longer each year, and the mommy guilt grows ever deeper right along with it. Houston, we have a problem. It has become fashionable in recent years to do “all the […]
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Book Review: “Fruitful” by Phylicia Masonheimer
*I received a complementary copy of Fruitful in exchange for my honest review. You may already be familiar with Phylicia Masonheimer, having heard her on the podcast today talking about her first book, Christian Cosmo. Well, this fall she came out with a second book, this one entitled Fruitful: A Year-Long Guide to an […]
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021: The Sex Talk for the Single Girl with Phylicia Masonheimer
Phylicia Masonheimer joins me on the podcast today to discuss topics surrounding her new book, Christian Cosmo: The Sex Talk You Never Had. Whether you are a single gal anticipating marriage, a married woman needing to refresh her perspective of sex, or the mama of daughters, this podcast is for you! Be sure to find me on […]
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5 Ways the “Perfect Mom” Pursuit Negates the Gospel
There are some friends you make in the blogosphere who are just extra special. One of those I have had the blessing of getting to know is my sweet friend, Angel Penn. She has been a never-ending source of encouragement to me from the time we first became friends, and I am thrilled at the […]
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Why Rules and Regulations Aren’t the Answer (And What Actually Is!)
I’m honored to be guest-posting on my friend, Megan’s, blog today about another topic covered in #LiesMomsBelieve! As Christian moms living in an increasingly dark and perverse culture, we so desperately want to preserve our children’s innocence as long as we possibly can. We want to shelter them from all that is out […]
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Mamas, We are Believing Lies (But There’s Hope!)
It’s Launch Week for “Lies Moms Believe“!!! I can’t believe this week is already here! It has been such a blessing to me to have such a sweet launch team of amazing women partner with me in getting the word out about the book. One of those sweet ladies is my friend, Amanda Chrabaszcz, who […]
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Prioritizing Your Marriage in the Midst of Motherhood
I’m so blessed to have my sweet blogging friend, Sue Chacko, on my launch team for Lies Moms Believe. She opened her blog up to me this week to share my heart on one of the topics from the book. I hope it inspires you in your pursuit of prioritizing your marriage in the midst […]
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020: Trusting God in Adversity with Jennifer Defrates
My friend, Jennifer Defrates, is no stranger to hardship, trial, and difficulty. Yet through it all, she has found the Lord to be so faithful, loving, and trustworthy as He brings good out of everything and works miracles even in the darkest times. I know you are going to be encouraged through her testimony today! […]
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Mothering by Faith
I am honored to be a part of what has been an absolutely fantastic motherhood encouragement series put together by my friend, Tatiana. Today is our final day for the series which has run all month, and I hope as I finish us out today that you are encouraged and inspired for your journey as […]
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Rethinking “Mundane” Motherhood
Hannah Christensen, another sweet launch team member for Lies Moms Believe (And How the Gospel Refutes Them), has graciously allowed me to write a guest post for her blog. I hope what I wrote for her site encourages you! <3 ~~~ Not a day goes by that we don’t see the work we […]
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019: Lies Moms Believe with Rebekah Hargraves
My sweet friend, Kayla Nelson, joins me today for a special episode of the podcast - she is actually coming on the show to interview me! It was a fun change to be the interviewee rather than the interviewer! 🙂 For today’s episode Kayla asked me a series of questions surrounding my new book, Lies […]
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Honoring God in the Mommy Wars
The mommy wars, though largely unheard of in the generations which went before us, are something which every mama today has likely experienced. Even if you are still pregnant with your very first child as you read this, I imagine you have already noticed the kind of drama which can ensue when you share […]
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018: Becoming MomStrong with Heidi St. John
I am honored to have author, speaker, podcaster, and mama of 7, Heidi St. John (also known as The Busy Mom), on the podcast today! I have been following along with her ministry for several years now (back even before I became a mom myself, I think!), and have been convicted, inspired, and encouraged time […]
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When Mommy Guilt Comes Calling
My friend, Laura, from Homemaking for His Glory, is on the launch team for Lies Moms Believe and graciously invited me to share a guest-post on her blog on the topic of mommy guilt. I hope you’re encouraged! What would you say if I told you that, as Christian moms, we can be […]
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When Motherhood Just Feels Too Hard
My friend, Elizabeth, is on my launch team for Lies Moms Believe and graciously opened up her blog for me to share my heart on the topic of how the truths of God’s Word help us along during the hard days of motherhood. I hope you’re encouraged! No one can fully prepare you […]
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Viewing Our Children as Arrows
I had the privilege of guest-posting for my friend, Sarah Demott, while she’s on maternity leave from her blog. I hope that what I shared with her audience encourages you, as well! Many of us are familiar with the beautiful description of children found in Psalm 127:4-5: “Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, […]
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When “Motherhood is a Woman’s Highest Calling” Backfires
Tuesday marked the beginning of Launch Month for my new ebook, Lies Moms Believe (And How the Gospel Refutes Them), which releases Friday, November 10th (and is actually available for preorder now)! I can’t believe we are already to this point! I am pleased to share with you today the first in a series of guest […]
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017: Sorority Girls Can Change the World with Katie Bulmer
Katie Bulmer joins me on the podcast today to share her heart for college girls and the incredible impact they can have on the world for Christ. Katie is super vulnerable and real with us, sharing her testimony of being a sorority girl given to partying, drinking, and dating around during college and how […]
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Living the Holy Life
When Lauren told me that she had chosen “holiness” as her theme for August, I knew I had to jump at the opportunity to write on a topic that is so close to my heart. You see, I have baggage in my past when it comes to this concept of holy living and what it […]
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Why the Old Testament is Important for Today’s Christian Walk
Too often, the tendency of Christians today is to view the Old Testament as outdated, archaic, and irrelevant for life and faith in our modern times. While it is certainly important to understand that we are in no way under the Old Covenant or Law anymore as found in the Old Testament, it […]
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How to be in the Word as a Busy Wife and Mama
I had the pleasure of guest-posting for my sweet friend, Jenn, back in March, when I shared about the importance of wives and moms being in the Word. I’m back on her blog again, now sharing how busy wives and moms can actually go about prioritizing time to be in the Word. I hope you […]
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Mama, You are too Busy NOT to Have Friends!
I so appreciate my sweet friend, Amber, inviting me to write for her again! I first wrote for her blog on the topic of finding joy in hospitality, and today I’m sharing a different perspective of friendship for moms - the perspective that we are so busy with the cares of this life that we […]
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Help and Hope for the Angry Mom
I had the joy of guest-posting for another blogger friend this weekend, and pray that this article proves helpful to you! There is nothing like motherhood to take you down a notch and to reveal to you the sins and selfishness that so pervasively reside in your heart. Prior to motherhood, it was […]
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Your Husband is not Meant to Complete You
I’m over at Young Wives Club again this month, sharing another article that I hope will prove helpful to you. From the time we’re little girls, many of us dream of one-day meeting and marrying our very own Prince Charming. With visions of marital bliss, no disagreements or hardship to be found, and […]
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Being Your Husband’s Helpmeet: What it Actually Means
Satan is always in the habit of taking what God has actually said about a topic and twisting it, leading us to believe in a dangerous caricature of the truth. Never is this more common, perhaps, than in the area of men’s and women’s roles, not the least of which being the calling of a […]
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Husband of the Blogger LinkUp Pt. 3 - Men’s Ministry in the Church
We are so enjoying doing these Husband of the Blogger Link Ups each month, where Owen gets a chance to come on the blog and share his thoughts! If you have missed our first two installments, you can find those here and here. To follow along with my awesome blogging friends who are also a […]
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Leaving Room for Fatherhood
It’s a joy to be guest-posting for my friend, Lauren, again this month! Today, I’m sharing the following thoughts in honor of Father’s Day. As moms, I think we have all been there at one time or another. That moment when we look at our husbands and think them crazy for something they are […]
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The Church Hurts itself by Majoring on the Minors
Sarah Chardavoyne over at the beautiful site, InkBlots of Hope, has started an awesome new series which centers around how the church hurts itself, exposing different ways in which the church is guilty of doing things which are actually harmful to the Body of Christ. I had the honor of being able to write a guest […]
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Spring Cleaning for the Soul
I am so honored to be a new contributor on the awesome site Raising Homemakers, a site I have been enjoying since it first began several years ago. Here is my first article for them. 🙂 We are now nearing the end of spring for a lot of folks, which means many homemakers have been […]
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HandH 004: Bible Study for Busy Women with Katie Orr
Katie Orr is my guest for the 4th episode of the Home and Hearth podcast! It was such an honor to get to chat with her and to pick her brain on all things Bible study and quiet time. Katie’s passion and mission is “equipping busy women to experience God” and to really provide the […]
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The True Key to Finding Balance in Life
I met Lauren in the Conservative Christian Momma Bloggers group on FB (have I mentioned lately how awesome that group is? 😉 ), and was instantly so struck by her love for the Lord and faith in His Word. It is an honor to be serving as a guest contributor on her blog this month, […]
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Book Review - “Don’t Waste Your Wait: Embracing the Journey of Bringing Your Child Home”
I first met Naomi Quick about a month or two ago when she joined the Conservative Christian Momma Bloggers group I’m a part of on Facebook. I instantly felt a connection with her, because she has such a heart for children, is passionate about Psalm 127 and James 1:27, which speak to the fact that […]
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Why We Feel Weak in our Marriages and Mothering
I just love it how the Lord brings people together! Jenn of What You Make It blog and I “met” on Instagram a couple months ago and instantly hit it off. It could have something to do with how much we have in common. We each have two kiddos, our second babies are each […]
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My Favorite Bible Study Tools!
I’m so honored to have been given the opportunity to guest-post for Tiffany over at Seeing Sunshine! She just had a baby, so it was a joy to be able to fill in for her. 🙂 If there is any one practice we desperately need to have in our lives, it is the […]
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How Feminism is to Blame for “The Shack” and “Eve”
I approach the writing of this article with a bit of a heavy heart, knowing full well it likely will not be the most popular nor the most widely-accepted thing I ever write. I know some toes will be stepped on, some feelings upset, some philosophies and worldviews shaken. And yet, though I hate confrontation […]
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Liberal, Conservative, or Biblical?
[social_warfare] All my life I’ve known that I never wanted to be a liberal, politically-speaking. Liberal in love? In grace? In kindness? In giving? In hospitality? Sure! But definitely not liberal in my personal political leanings. I was raised in a Christian home, have gone to church all my life (my birth was even announced […]
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“Mary and Martha” for Today’s Mom
[social_warfare] Ahhh, the Biblical story of Mary and Martha. It is a story many of us are familiar with, one which oftentimes tends to spark feelings of frustration and cause shouts of “That’s not fair!” to rise from the hearts of tired, overworked, weary wives and mamas. I believe we do ourselves a great disservice, however, […]
