Elisabeth Allen 5 Minute Read Don’t you love it when you get a letter in the post? Under my bed is a box. In the box are hundreds of letters written by dozens of girls. The letters are tied into bundles. This bundle of letters is from Anna. That bundle of letters is from Sarah. This friendship dates from 1999….
Elisabeth Allen 5 Minute Read It’s said that that to educate a woman is to educate an entire generation. Traditionally, it’s women who influence their husbands and teach their children, so women have a huge responsibility to do that in a wise and godly way. What a woman learns affects how she influences and what she teaches. I remember thinking,…
Elisabeth Allen 3 Minute Read There are certain things that make me homesick for homeschool. I “graduated” when I was sixteen. It’s twelve years since I was a homeschool student. A set of crayons or a pile of books or a shelf of files, however, still make me want to study. My parents started homeschooling me in the early eighties….
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read It’s the beginning of a school year and those of us who are students are thinking about classes and courses and books and essays again. I study part-time and long-distance and, after a year of juggling my studies with two jobs and the rest of life, there are a few things I’ve learned about the…
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read Her name was Sarah and she walked into the unknown with her husband, Abraham, when God called (Genesis 12:1). God promised them a baby and as many descendants as there were stars in the sky (Genesis 15:5). And, finally, three men walked out of the desert and accepted the hospitality of Abraham and Sarah’s tent…
Elisabeth Allen 3 Minute Read “Then fill up your journal with words. Funny words. Enjoyable words. Stories. Poems. Jokes. Bible verses. Quotes from other writers. Things we’ve learned in sermons. Things we’ve learned from friends and family. Life is short. Write good words.” –Nancy Wilson, “Journal Keeping, Part 2” on the Femina blog There’s a hint of autumn in the…
Elisabeth Allen 3 Minute Read While we wait for some babies and toddlers of our own, maybe one of the hardest things in life is the knowledge that we each have a biological clock and that someday it’s going to wind down and stop. For me these dreams of motherhood, which are most precious, are most difficult to surrender to my Creator and Saviour.
Elisabeth Allen 5 Minute Read Do you feel confused when you look into your wardrobe? Are you overwhelmed when you go shopping? What is your style? For clothes? For shoes? For accessories?
Finding your style is never going to be quite as easy as 1-2-3, but it is possible and rewarding.
Elisabeth Allen 5 Minute Read Modesty is about so much more than the clothes I wear! It’s about the way I wear the clothes I wear. It’s about the way I sit and stand and walk. It’s about the way I talk. It’s about the way I look when I talk. It’s about the way I smile and laugh. Clothes are only a bit of the story of modesty.
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read A degree course that requires a lot of reading is an ideal choice for a girl who has been reading for every spare moment for longer than I can remember. Putting life on hold while I study isn’t an option, however, so I’m having to perfect my reading for study skills! The lessons I’ve learned…
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read Through the highs and the lows of her story, Katie writes with passion for God. It’s not a passion that says that everyone should live her sort of life. It’s the sort of passion that inspires my faith in God and my love for Him and the people He’s put in my world.
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read I cried when I read these words of Jim Elliot for the first time. I thought, before, that I was the only one to feel like this… to experience the rush of wants and know the push of hurry that Jim describes so vividly…
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