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Jasmine Baucham | August 22, 2010
Quite some time ago, I received a devastating email from a reader, and… I didn’t have an answer. This young woman wrote me for some shred of advice after discovering that a young man that she’d come to know -and love -quite well over the past few years,
Sherrin Drew | August 4, 2010
In the ten years since I committed my life to Jesus Christ, I have often wondered about my purpose. What are the most important things for me to be doing in life? Gradually, my focus has shifted from the question “what do I want?” to “what does God want?” I have sought God’s will when [...]
Mrs. Eva H. | July 31, 2010
I will admit it, I love bridal shows. Not the reality type shows like “Bridezilla,” which I watched once and had to turn off after a few minutes in shame for the lady in front of the camera, but the ones that show more of the work behind the scenes of the “fuss and feathers.” [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 29, 2010
Hang on to your hats (and prepare to sit down with a cup of tea for a long read). This is the best piece I have ever read on marriage in our post-modern times. It is a tour de force and should be required reading for anyone concerned about the state of relationships between men [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 29, 2010
From Candice Watters over at Boundless: My Mom used to encourage me with Matthew 6:33 when I’d call (at least once a week) to complain about still being single. She always took me back to that verse: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as [...]
Luci McLeod | July 21, 2010
From Mercatornet comes a useful short piece discussing a new study by Debbie S. Barrington, “The Increasing Protection of Marriage on Infant Low Birth Weight Across Two Generations of African American Women,” 31 Journal of Family Issues 1041 (2010). The study abstract states: An increasing protection of marriage on infant LBW across the two generations [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 19, 2010
‘They couldn’t believe it when I told them I have chosen to be a full-time mother,’ says the 27-year-old, who lives in South-West London with her husband Richard, 30, a teacher, and her children George, four, and Verity, two. ‘I could tell from their reaction that they couldn’t help assuming I must be bored stiff [...]
Tiffany | July 16, 2010
Over the years I’ve gotten used to my ideas of traditional womanhood and godly femininity being called “too conservative,” but, even so, I’ve sometimes wondered if friends and family were right: I just needed to loosen up. After all, going to extremes can be dangerous, and being too conservative is no better than going to [...]
Bethany Hudson | July 6, 2010
A confident hand, large for a boy just become man, proffered in the dry heat of a Los Angeles July on Figueroa Street. A chance meeting mapped to the moment by Providence.
“Hi, I’m Brian Hudson. I’m from Idaho.”
I notice the hiking boots with Navy Surplus socks pulled up and backpack strapped across the chest, the small iron cross hanging from a leather cord around his neck. I notice farmer-tanned arms, strong with building houses down in Mexico for a summer. Fingers blistered playing guitar in the streets of Rosarito, worship hymns around the campfire. Blue eyes alight with ambition and kindness. I knew then that he was something rare, a Gentle Man.
Jennie Chancey | July 3, 2010
From Jess at Making Home (thanks, Kelly, for the recommendation!) If prompted to think of “the Proverbs Woman”, anyone who has read a handful of books, skimmed a few blogs, or heard a sermon or two aimed at Christian women will automatically call to mind the Proverbs 31 woman. Land investor, wise guru, accomplished seamstress, [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 2, 2010
From the folks at Mercatornet: Further to an earlier post on delayed adulthood, USA Today recently ran a report headed “Dating for a decade?” on how young adults put off the commitment of marriage for years, even though they have “paired off” and typically live together. Nobody seems very upset about it….. Fear of commitment [...]
Sandra King | June 30, 2010
I had an interesting conversation with someone. During this conversation, I was told that it seems like I had it all together. My life seems like it’s perfect. This person wasn’t being mean, but I had to chuckle a bit. I don’t have it all together. The perfect life happens sometimes when I’m asleep at [...]
Jennie Chancey | June 30, 2010
NEW YORK, June 29 /Christian Newswire/ — Irish pharmacist and pro-life leader Patrick McCrystal is in New York City this week for the U.S. launch of his second book, which deals with the devastating effect contraception has on marriages and the culture as a whole. McCrystal’s book comes on the heels of Nancy Gibb’s recent [...]
Anna T | June 29, 2010
If you believe in being under the leadership of your husband, in humbly honoring his requests and accepting his authority, your point of view and the way you conduct yourself in marriage will inevitably come under attack.
Jennie Chancey | June 16, 2010
I wrote a review of Candice Watters’s excellent book two years ago, but I want to reprint it here on the new site, since Moody sent me a copy to give away! To enter the drawing, please tweet or post a link to this review, then come back here and leave a comment with the [...]
