Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read It was the week before Thanksgiving. I was taking advantage of the sales to finish my Christmas shopping. It was one of my first attempts at shopping alone with two little girls in tow. The aisles of boutique shops are rarely wide enough for two people to stand side by side, let alone for a…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read 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…
Elisabeth Allen 4 Minute Read by Elisabeth Allen May I be honest? “The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth” is that—take a deep breath—the pain of singleness is real…deep…persistent. I hate to admit it, but when I was in my teens, I whined about singleness. I wanted to marry “my childhood sweetheart.” I didn’t, actually, have such…
Lanier Ivester 6 Minute Read Last fall I had the privilege and joy of giving a devotional at my 12 year-old niece’s birthday party, a joint celebration with another friend whose birthday was near. They had invited their very nearest and dearest chums, many of which they had known since kindergarten, and it was a very special affair, held at…
Ashleigh Baker 7 Minute Read I believe strongly and wholeheartedly in solid, godly marriages. Marriage is an awe-inspiring, truly blissful thing and something to be lauded and heralded as the God-ordained institution it is. We are people created for marriage and, once married, we should strive daily, at every possible opportunity to encourage each other toward even stronger, even holier marriages. But marriage is…
Lanier Ivester 8 Minute Read But the June Bride hears the song of a spring that lasts all summer long… As Ashleigh and I were both celebrating such milestone anniversaries this year, and as our weddings were exactly five years and one day apart, we thought it would be special to post a series on our wedding days and the…
Ashleigh Baker 6 Minute Read Oh, they say when you marry in June, You’re a bride all your life. And the bridegroom who marries in June Gets a sweetheart for a wife. Winter weddings can be gay Like a Christmas holiday. But the June bride hears the song Of the spring that lasts all summer long By the light of…
Gretchen Louise 6 Minute Read It was the summer before I turned 13. The summer before I met Merritt. The summer my world changed from that of a little girl to a teenager. It was the summer I read His Perfect Faithfulness by Eric and Leslie Ludy. All I knew about dating was what I observed from afar in the…
Lanier Ivester 8 Minute Read It’s no secret how much I love my sheep. Needless to say, we have sturdy fences in place, which we inspect regularly, as vital to keep intruders out as to keep the sheep in. And I would never—not in a million years, not for love or money—ever consider letting them so much as out of…
Lanier Ivester 6 Minute Read The one thing that people invariably ask me when they see my sheep for the first time is, “Can you really tell them apart?” I never cease to be amazed and tickled by this. It’s like asking a mother of a blonde-haired brood if she really knows who’s who. I want to laugh out loud…
Chantel 2 Minute Read You are going along through life, and suddenly…it happens. You find yourself with a broken heart. And it hurts. You never meant for it to happen. Maybe you even tried your best to avoid the usual pitfalls that can result in heartbreak. But sometimes, broken hearts come with living life and taking the risk of…
Elisabeth Adams 6 Minute Read A Time to Wait Dear girls, Lately I’ve been thinking about those of you who aren’t married, or engaged, or courting, or even “just friends.” I stayed up ‘til past midnight the other night, scribbling down ideas for you.I had plenty of time yesterday (while I was removing wallpaper from our bathroom walls) to think…
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