Elisabeth Allen 6 Minute Read I am and always will be my father’s daughter and I’m reminded of this fact whenever I look in the mirror and see the smile — shared by me and all my sisters — that I’ve inherited from my father and grandfather. Some things never change… …and some things do and should change. The challenge…
Elisabeth Allen 5 Minute Read I’m the eldest of a family of girls and perhaps it’s not surprising that I identify with Meg March and Jane Bennet more than Jo and Lizzie. Of course there’s nothing wrong with being a Jane-and-Meg kind of girl. It’s just that a lot of big sisters identify more with Meg and Jane in a…
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read So you’re a college girl now? Congratulations! Maybe it’s something you’ve always wanted or maybe it’s a gift and a surprise. I hope and pray that this season of study is blessed in ways beyond what you can imagine now. The life of a college girl is different, in my experience, from the life of…
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read It’s 3am and my heart is restless with anxieties that grow and multiply in the dark like dustbunnies under my bed. I suspect that most of us who wage war with anxiety know from painful and personal experience that dustbunnies of, well, dust are easier to manage than dustbunnies of anxiety. The dusty kind are…
Elisabeth Allen 2 Minute Read In the beginning God made man and woman in His image. He made man from the dust of the ground. And then, from one of man’s ribs, He made woman. Her name was Eve. Eve ate the one fruit in the Garden of Eden that God had told her not to eat. Sin entered the…
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read Meet Elizabeth. By the time her story began, she was married but she was also old, past the age of motherhood. In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth….
Elisabeth Allen 3 Minute Read A woman stands praying and weeping in the presence of God. Her name is Hannah. She has a husband, but no children. Her husband’s other wife has children and mocks Hannah for her childlessness, for her barrenness. And Hannah, overwhelmed by longing for her own child and grief over her empty womb, seeks the presence…
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read Psst … pull up a chair and I’ll tell you a secret. You’d better lean in close for this one. Ready? You don’t have to do more, be more, have more. (Holley Gerth, You’re Already Amazing) I wouldn’t normally read a book called You’re Already Amazing. (Me? Amazing? Hmm.) I picked You’re Already Amazing up anyway because…
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read Elisabeth: Hello Holley and welcome to Kindred Grace! I’m delighted to welcome you here to chat with me today! It would be lovely if you could begin by introducing yourself to the readers of Kindred Grace. How do you describe yourself and what fills your days? Holley: I’m Holley Gerth—God-sized dreamer, life coach, best-selling author…
Elisabeth Allen 3 Minute Read [Polly] was glad to see such a happy ending to the romance she had read all down the street. (Louisa May Alcott, An Old Fashioned Girl) One of my favourite things about being a scribbler is that I read stories everywhere. I don’t just read stories between the pages of a book. I read them…
Elisabeth Allen 5 Minute Read Elisabeth: Hello Sarah, and welcome to Kindred Grace. We’re thrilled to have you here to chat with us today! I know you from our letters, as well as from your blogs and books, but it would be lovely if you could begin by introducing yourself to our readers. Who are you and what is your…
Elisabeth Allen 3 Minute Read Has anyone else noticed that busyness is right up there with godliness and cleanliness these days? It’s as if busyness is a virtue. A mark of spiritual maturity. Ask people how they are and they roll their eyes and sigh, “I’m fine, but busy.” Now, to be honest, I must admit that I do this…
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