Surviving the School Year
“Few things frighten me more than the beginnings of barrenness that come from frenzied activity with little spiritual food and meditation.” John Piper Fall and the start of school... Read More ›
“Few things frighten me more than the beginnings of barrenness that come from frenzied activity with little spiritual food and meditation.” John Piper Fall and the start of school... Read More ›
~from my sister-in-law, Sharon Pyle I was very happily married for nearly thirty-two years until my husband passed away from a cancerous brain tumor. We have five children and... Read More ›
My ten-year-old daughter told me she feels like she has heard about God all her life but he feels far away from her. I am trying not to panic... Read More ›
“Few things frighten me more than the beginnings of barrenness that come from frenzied activity with little spiritual food and meditation.” John Piper Fall and the start of school... Read More ›
It’s been so exciting to have so many of you join us for the 5 O’Clock Club! I especially love it when you post a picture or a verse... Read More ›
~Found this one in the archives the other day. From a grown up daughter of a mom who rose early to seek God. Hope it encourages all of you... Read More ›
In case you missed it, at the end of last week we launched a new 5 O’ Clock club Facebook page. A simple page with a simple goal: to... 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 ›
We’ve all made our New Year’s resolutions: Spend (a little) less money on shoes, organize the kitchen cabinets, dig out the exercise DVD from under the bed, check the... Read More ›
God’s Word is like no other book: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” 2 Timothy... Read More ›
Will you wake up on January 1, 2012 and say to God: “I don’t need to read your Word or pray or listen to your voice today. I am... Read More ›
“Mary…sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.” Luke 10:39 Mary’s choice to sit at Jesus’ feet revealed the location of her heart.It displayed her eagerness to... Read More ›
“And [Martha] had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. And she went up to him and said, ‘Lord, do you... Read More ›
I want to be a serious, life-long, student of God’s Word, I really do. But these days it’s all I can do to have my daily quiet time and... Read More ›
It’s the first day of December and the Christmas rush is upon us. But we don’t have to get caught up in Christmas craziness. We can choose, instead, to... Read More ›
“How do you keep going with these disciplines when it is tough?” Dawn asked us last week: “I really wanted to try it out but circumstances have only served... Read More ›
To cap off our sitting series, we’re excited to announce a new feature here at girltalk. Next Monday, February 1, we will officially launch our two clubs: The 5... Read More ›
“Most Christians neglect their Bibles not out of conscious disloyalty to Jesus, but because of failure to plan a time and place and method to read it” John Piper... Read More ›
To choose to sit at Jesus’ feet we need to deal with distractions and develop a plan. “Many good things do not happen in our lives for the simple... Read More ›
Mary wanted to sit at Jesus’ feet by deliberately ignoring distractions—namely, Martha and her anxious busyness.But we need to be alert to what distracts us from keeping our daily... Read More ›