Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
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As a new wife, I wanted to make an edible dinner for two. So like any normal person, I started honing my cooking skills with a French onion soup recipe. How hard could soup be– don’t you just pour things from cans into a pot? The recipe wasn’t complicated, but I didn’t have the ingredients […]
How many times a day do you and I say, “I love my people, but they are driving me crazy”? Like a million. Here’s the deal: I would take a bullet for our girls yet I want to scream when I see their out-of-control rooms. I mean, how hard is it to not throw your […]
You’ve got a vision for this next year: you want to look more and more like Christ. So if you’re ready to shed all that entangles you so you can run the race God has set before you, these picked-just-for-you podcast episodes will be immensely helpful. The Lazy Genius: Episode: #87 The Lazy Genius Guide […]
When I first read Melissa’s book Eat Cake. Be Brave*, I knew — just knew — that you would cherish her wisdom and sense of humor. Melissa is a former session singer in Nashville, and is now a wife, mom, speaker, writer, vlogger, and all-around hilarious woman back in Texas. She’s struggled with infertility, body […]
Sweet reader friends, I don’t allow just anyone the keys to the blog, but in my friend Lea Turner, you’ll find someone kind, trustworthy, and wired just like you. Lea and her husband are raising five children in Mississippi so if she knows what it’s like to have a house that’s more loud than quiet […]
You’ve done it. Lord knows I’ve done it. We have a quiet time filled with thoughtful reflection, insight, and hymns that cause our hands to reach heavenward, and then… … we walk back into our regularly-scheduled life and the wheels fall off the bus. The kids make us mad. We can’t believe coffee takes so […]
My body isn’t what it used to be. It doesn’t look or behave like it did when I was 20 because — not shockingly — people change as they age. But when it’s your body, these changes are shocking and totally unwelcome. When I see age spots and cellulite, when I hear my knees crunch, […]
Here’s a try-hard girl sharing common-sense grace, and who’ll make you laugh out loud! I love Melanie Shankle’s ability to point us to Christ as we laugh at life as we find it. She’s the New York Times bestselling author of three books. Melanie speaks at events nationwide and writes on her blog, Big Mama. […]
Here’s a try-hard girl sharing some common-sense grace! I knew that I’d found a mentor and companion in my parenting journey when I heard her dispense wisdom on the God-Centered Mom Podcast. Then I read her book Give Your Kids a Break, and I just knew that Kim must share her truths about compassion with […]
I’ve heard a lot of flawed suggestions for correcting behavior. One piece of advice in particular has plagued me for years. Bob Newhart said it, and my inner critic whispers it in my ear. Watch the video below, and you’ll see what I mean. Conventional wisdom says that if we have a problem, we should […]