Articles: 76
Reflections on women’s faith, service, relationships, and responsibilities in Christian life.
The last several years God has been leading me through a valley, a long and seemingly unending one. It seems as soon as one situation resolves; another one pops up. These difficulties demand a response. Many times, it’s…
Friendship is a beautiful thing. Meaningful, heart-to-heart friendships influence us greatly and bring stability into our lives, especially if they are grounded in Christ. True friends encourage us when we’re hurting or…
A few years ago, I was wallowing in emotional and physical burn out, trying to adjust to life outside of the African village we had called home for eight years. Depression and fear were a regular part of my life. As I…
My Help and My Deliverer Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and…
“What are plain mothers of today telling their daughters about the carousel of cosmetics proffered for women?” This is a question I have pondered many times as I observe the girls in the church benches grow into…
A princess of God! It’s a calling sublime That merits my giving Of talent and time To grow in the glory Of what He would make-- My Father, the King, Will all ugliness take Away from my heart, That it tarnish no more And…
It was 2:30 p.m., Tuesday afternoon. “Señora!” a chorus of voices hollered from outside our property hedge. “Open the gate!” “Just wait,” I called back. “It’s not three o’clock yet.” Disgruntled murmurings sounded from…
This article is compiled from notes I took at a Sisters’ Meeting. One of the earliest recorded examples of hospitality took place under a tree. Abraham urged three strangers to stay with him and graciously prepared a…
Submission to a higher authority is a concept that is found throughout Scripture. So much so, that we could say it is foundational to the Christian faith. Faith believes what God has said to the point of doing what He…
My new job had more things for me to learn than I could count. I absorbed directions and techniques as fast as my co-workers gave them, but I still couldn’t catch up. My brain was overloaded. One day my actions betrayed…
“I wish I could ask other sisters at church advice on things I face with my teenage girls. But I’m scared to open my heart to the sisters here anymore; it doesn’t feel safe…” Veronica’s voice trailed off wistfully.…
Thou preparest a table before me... Psalm 23:5 O taste and see that the Lord is good... Psalm 34:8 Eating is such a basic thing. God made food and created us with a need to eat. Like my husband says, God could have made…
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not…
Sometimes, Lord, I come before You with a weary mind. The morning has been long… loud with teasing and tension… trampled on and trodden over. Or maybe I am the trampled one. I feel spent already. I don’t have the quiet…
That they may teach the young women ... Part 1 Vashti—the foolish plucketh down her house with her hands. And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but…
One of the signs of modern, fallen Christianity is the practice of women teaching men and ordaining women to leadership roles. Historically, very few churches practiced this until the last century and a half. The Bible…
Based on the following scriptures: Proverbs 31, Deuteronomy 6:5-7 & 11:19, Titus 2, I Timothy 2, I Peter 3:1-7, I Corinthians 11 & 14:29-40 The Bible speaks to everyone who follows in the Way, But some parts are specific…
That they may teach the young women ... She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. Pr. 31:26 Hasn’t it all been said, and written, and read about that evil little monster, the tongue? It…
That they may teach the young women ... Dear daughters, You are living in a unique generation (although every generation has had its hardships and temptations for the daughter of the King) where you are constantly being…
Greetings in Jesus precious name! Truly we have a Great God who is worthy of all our praise and even our whole lives. Because of His love and mercy to us, we are bound to thank God always! And yet my prayer is that our…
I am a middle-aged mama of three. I’ve experienced the wonder of pregnancy, the pains of giving birth, the joy of opening my home to the homeless child, sleepless nights walking fussy babies, the 24-hour round-the-clock…
God is with thee in all that thou doest. Genesis 21 :22 Greetings to my dear sisters in Christ! I had just bought a new Bible cover for my Bible, so I decided to just flip through from Genesis forward and savor the notes…
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Proverbs 21:1 Dear sister, Whether you are a daughter or a wife, this verse is for you! Even if you are a daughter…
That they may teach the young women ... Greetings of love in Jesus’ name! We have a great God who is worthy of all our praise, is worthy of all our love, and is worthy of our whole life! We live in a time when there are…
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