Mother’s Day emotions

written last Mother’s Day Since I got married just a few short weeks after Mother’s Day, every Mother’s Day since my wedding I’ve celebrated as a mother.  That first year I had a little one growing beneath my heart–and a terrible flu bug (baby’s daddy had it too–it wasn’t just morning sickness!).  The next year…

Don’t Rush
Love

Don’t Rush

Early in my marriage, I was asked what encouragement I would give to singles who were still in the season of “waiting.” Here are ten bits of advice I shared. (And yes, there was a rather recurring theme…) 1. Don’t rush. Marriage is not a place at which you will “arrive” but a season which will…

Is Modesty Immaterial?

When we talk of modesty, I always think of the story Elisabeth Elliot told of the Auca Indians. They wore nothing but a string around their bellies. But to them, the neighboring tribe who was lacking that tiny bit of adornment was walking around stark naked and terribly immodest. That did not mean that Elisabeth…

Take along a book…

Take along a book…

March.  Sometimes it comes “in like a lion and out like a lamb.”  But no matter what the weather was like in your corner of the world, here at ylcf.org March came in and out with books!  We talked about old books and new books.  Little-known titles and best-sellers.  You shared stories of your own…

Your March of Books!

Your March of Books!

From old classics to children’s books, Christian living to Christian fiction, we’ve reviewed our favorites from our very own bookshelves here in the March of Books. Now it’s your turn. We don’t just want to see what’s on your bookshelves—though that was a delight for a bibliophile’s eyes!  We want to hear about those books…

Christian Medical Sci-Fi?

Medical Fiction is not exactly the genre to be reading when you’re pregnant.  I found that out last summer. I didn’t even know the genre existed until I found the books by Sandra Glahn and Dr. William Cutrer.  Actually, to be more proper, the Library of Congress catalog states the subject as “Medical students—Fiction” in…

The End.

The End.