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Jennie Chancey | January 15, 2012
This excellent piece came recommended by a reader in Australia: Why is it that all the things that taste so sumptuously savoury and sweet are bad for me? Why is it that a soft fatty camembert or an extra-bitey mature cheddar is so harmful to my heart? I thought that maturity was a good thing. [...]
Jennie Chancey | January 15, 2012
From Families Alive comes this heart-wrenching but beautiful post: Susan…accident…waterfall…fatal. The words hit like a ton of bricks. Tears streaming down my face. Kids questioning, “Mom, what’s wrong?” My heart screamed, No, God – this can’t be right! There must be some mistake! There was no mistake. That family vacationing in Maui went from celebrating [...]
Jennie Chancey | December 27, 2011
This is a wonderful post I just discovered this evening: We all know her. She is the woman who has it all together. She has the love of 1 Corinthians 13 down pat and she never falters. She always smiles at her husband and is his constant encouragement. She is gentle and kind and practices [...]
Jennie Chancey | December 13, 2011
I have been reading through J.R. Miller’s Homemaking lately, and I must say that it is one of the most poetically written books on the function of the home that I have ever read. The words in it are precious, and it makes my heart swell to feel the attitude of love this book was [...]
Mrs. Eva H. | December 12, 2011
I first noticed it on the entertainment pages of CNN. I keep up with showbiz, because I work with teens, and whether we want to admit it or not, current culture has a huge influence on them. Since we can’t lock them up, it’s better to teach them to interpret and put things in a [...]
Sarah L. Bryant | December 12, 2011
What a beautiful season we have been given, as daughters and sisters at home, to serve others through the resources God has given us. Ecclesiastes reminds us of the brevity of each season in chapter three, verse one: “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” We are [...]
Jennie Chancey | December 6, 2011
This is an excellent piece that digs down to the fundamentals. We get a lot of funny comments from readers who think we believe women are inferior, must kowtow to all men, should remain uneducated, etc., etc., ad nauseum. Here’s the plain truth, demonstrating that the shoe is (sadly) on the other foot in our [...]
Jennie Chancey | November 29, 2011
And here’s a superb follow-up to Dennis Prager’s piece — this from Femina: I have always found it remarkable that sometimes people think that being a homemaker is a somehow limiting occupation. Like there isn’t enough to do. Before I go on to some specific ideas, I’d like to just say a little something about [...]
Anna Sofia & Elizabeth Botkin | November 4, 2011
We’re excited to announce that our new book, It’s (Not That) Complicated: How to Relate to Guys in a Healthy, Sane, and Biblical Way, is now available! For more information and to order a copy, visit NotComplicatedBook.com. Visit VisionaryDaughters.com for updates, excerpts, and special features! “How do young men and young women interact with one [...]
Jennifer McBride | October 24, 2011
Excellent thoughts from Breezy Brookshire; written to daughters but applicable to wives and mothers as well! : Contentment is one of the priceless virtues a woman must cultivate. As daughters preparing to be homemakers, we eagerly await the time when we can be in our own homes, and it is crucial to develop contentment right [...]
Kristen Sosebee | October 18, 2011
I’m afraid I have very few really vivid memories from being a little girl. Some people can recall stories from their childhood with such exact detail, even what different people said. For me, the memories are mostly images that all blend and swirl together. But one thing I do remember with intense clarity. I remember [...]
Jennie Chancey | October 18, 2011
A great piece from the Joy-Filled Days blog: Last night I spoke to a sweet group of home schooling moms about the topic of Keeping Your Devotional Life Devotional. I was so encouraged by their desire to teach their children God’s word. We sat and chatted afterwards and as we spoke, the “topic” came up. [...]
Jennifer McBride | October 11, 2011
I am thrilled to announce the completion of a book project that has spanned the past four years! Queen of the Home: Essays, Poetry and Quotes on the Honor, Power and Nobility of Biblical Womanhood is now available from Vision Forum! In past generations, the role of wife and mother was viewed as a sacred [...]
Jennie Chancey | September 20, 2011
From Mary Kassian: The new gender-inclusive NIV was published earlier this year. It contains thousands of changes to the Bible’s male-gendered language. Having a gender-inclusive Bible appears to be the latest trend amongst cutting-edge, cappuccino-slurping Christian hipsters. Don’t get me wrong. I like to be hip. And I enjoy cappuccino as much as the next [...]
Jennie Chancey | September 17, 2011
Shelby Courtney has written a wonderful post about walking away from a me-centered mindset and learning to look at life through Christ’s lens: WHY? Why does it always have to be me? Why can’t I get to spread happy news about myself, and somebody else get to experience the joy that comes with only having [...]
