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Kelly Crawford | June 16, 2010
Aren’t we spiritually schizophrenic, just like the psalmist, David? One minute we’re shaking our fist at God, the next, we’re repenting and praising Him for his sovereignty. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” He so often echoes the cry of my heart. If you will look at the chapter just before this [...]
Joy N | June 10, 2010
It’s been that kind of day, the type that used to drive me crazy and wear me out from nothing but the stress. By God’s grace, I have come a long way in the past ten years.
Sandra King | June 10, 2010
I had no idea until Monday afternoon that my newlywed children were living the lifestyle desired by many. It’s the D.I.N.K. lifestyle. I had no idea that this lifestyle had a name until a dear friend mentioned it. I’ve known numerous couples over the years that lived this lifestyle, but I’ve never been one to [...]
Amy R | May 19, 2010
Like most of my generation, I came to marriage knowing nothing of how to keep a home and a husband. I could hang laundry and dust a coffee table. Beyond that, I was worthless as a homemaker and mother. My heart longed to be more and do better, but everywhere I looked was a sea [...]
Kelly Crawford | May 11, 2010
Quite honestly, I don’t like the term “stay-at-home mom.” It testifies to the fact that there are moms who don’t stay at home, and I wish it didn’t have to be so. But there’s an enormous gulf now between “have to work” and “want to work.” The gulf was a complicated build, and now we [...]
Anna T | April 25, 2010
I’m not a superwoman. Perhaps there are women out there who work full-time outside the home, whose homes are still clean and immaculate, and who put three good homemade meals on the table every day. I know in many cases it’s a facade of having it all, which is hiding severe burn-out and incapability to [...]
Tess Bomac | April 23, 2010
At my annual review yesterday, my principal gave me quite the compliment. He said, “I love the way you make everyone around you want to be smarter. I finish talking to you and I think to myself, ‘I’ve got to read more!’” We talked about that for a bit, and I realized that the thing [...]
Diane Shiffer | April 8, 2010
I am a single mom and I am a homemaker. Now, now, now… before we go any further, let’s be honest. I know what you’re thinking: how does a woman manage to stay at home without a husband to provide? How can she make ends meet without an outside job bringing in income? I suppose [...]
Becky Schroder | April 6, 2010
I guess I can go back to when I was a little girl. I was very blessed to be raised with a stay-at-home mom, and, as far as I can remember, I wanted to stay home just like my mommy! When I was old enough to go to school, my parents put me in Christian [...]
Kelly Crawford | March 24, 2010
If I ponder it deeply enough, I am overwhelmed by God’s favor upon women, upon giving me the privilege and specific attributes needed to take part in the world-changing mission of home. It seems reasonable to me that Satan would have launched such an attack against the home, the family, motherhood and marriage. He knows, [...]
Jennie Chancey | March 23, 2010
We’ve had a lot of articles over the years dealing with the fundamental premises of feminism and with the feminist movement’s long war against motherhood. Recent articles in British papers have shown that younger women are turning away from the daycare solution their own mothers used and expressing a desire to stay at home with [...]
Jennie Chancey | March 23, 2010
[Note: This article was voted a Reader Favorite on the "old" LAF, so we've moved it over to the new LAF! ~ Ed.] A LAF reader shared a link to a story about Michelle Obama quitting her high-paying job to support her husband’s run for the presidency and to serve as stay-at-home First Lady. While [...]
