Helping Our Kids Overcome Envy
Envy isn’t just a kid problem, but kids haven’t gotten good at hiding it yet—which gives us as parents the opportunity to help them see and overcome its tenacious... Read More ›
Envy isn’t just a kid problem, but kids haven’t gotten good at hiding it yet—which gives us as parents the opportunity to help them see and overcome its tenacious... Read More ›
When my mom graduated from high school, she had a plan. She was going to Bible college. She resigned her job as a secretary for a Christian ministry, enrolled... Read More ›
“Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from beginning to the end.” ~Ecc. 3:12 On my eighth... Read More ›
“Time is like the sky. Wherever we look, there it is.” ~Zach Eswine When asked: “What superpower would you most like to have?” more than a quarter of Americans... Read More ›
Here at girltalk and fam we are at various stages of recovering from the nasty flu virus that’s been going around. so new content will have to wait a... Read More ›
Whether 2015 holds suffering or celebration, we don’t yet know. It probably has some of both in store. But this New Year’s resolution from James 5:13 is of the... Read More ›
“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And... Read More ›
There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of... Read More ›
“Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it isn’t easy to think of the needs... Read More ›
“God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon... Read More ›
“Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.” Mark 4:24“This is a... Read More ›
Recently, a young woman asked us: “Why do you think so many young Christian women these days resist godly advice from other Christian women?” Now I know many young... Read More ›
I only remember two things about Margie. She had long brown hair, and she was smarter than me. Maybe she recited her multiplication tables faster or got better grades... Read More ›
Destination matters; not just how we feel along the way.Take the whooping cranes, for example. A lone whooping crane, or batch of inexperienced flyers, may enjoy the breeze and... Read More ›
My son Jude asks lots of questions. As I understand it, this is common for children who have been adopted when they are older, and I totally get it.... Read More ›
Labor Day is for many, a day to rest from work. But how do we find rest for our restless souls? Scripture, which is always saying things we don’t... Read More ›
We had another post planned for today, but last night I ran across this article on the 9Marks website, “Preaching to Women Who Work in the Home,” and I... Read More ›
Last night, before trudging upstairs to our loft bedroom, my husband and I placed an old fashioned alarm clock, set for 5 o’clock a.m., in the narrow hallway between... Read More ›
So if the pain can’t be prayed away, how do we pray? If the answer from God seems to be “no,” should we keep repeating the same requests? Or... Read More ›
My son Jude asks lots of questions. As I understand it, this is common for children who have been adopted when they are older, and I totally get it.... Read More ›