Meet the Contributors

Amy Bayliss

In her home, Amy is the sole expert on all things pretty and organized.  She’s proud to be married to Ryan, a 6’5″ hunk who’s a pro at tackling all of her home improvement projects.  She’s also known as mama to four rambunctious boys who range in age from 1-14.  It takes some pretty creative engineering to keep her home in order but she does it with style and can teach you to do the same.  You can find great ideas and projects from Amy at her blogging home: AmyBayliss.com.  You can also follow her on Twitter and keep up with her daily mischief on Facebook.

Becky

Becky blogs at Organizing Made Fun.  She has been married to her college sweetheart for 18 years, a mother to two children, a blogger and piano teacher.  She has one child with autism that God has graciously transformed into an amazing, independent teenager.  Becky organizes just about everything and she enjoys motivating other women to learn to organize, schedule, and run their home imperfectly but efficiently.  She loves playing the piano, decorating, entertaining in her home, and being with her family.  You can also find her on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Cassandra

Cassandra is married to Wesley, and together they home educate three children who humble and amaze them daily.  She is passionate about sharing authentic faith, and the freedom and purpose that come through Christ.  Her heart is renewed by tall trees, a rushing river and an upward gaze.  She shares love notes from the unplugged path at Unplugged Family.

Kara Chupp

Kara is married to her husband Jason, and they have five kiddos, four here and one in heaven.   They also have a muppet-like-mess of a dog, non-breeding Madagascar Hissers (who have had over 100 babies), and a whole mess of stick bugs.  Kara writes mostly about family, adoption, grief, education, traditions, literature, organization, Heaven, and most-importantly- her love for God.  You can find her family adventures at The Chuppies.

Clare

Clare and her husband and 2 children live in Northeast Ohio. She has her bachelor’s degree in business management and left a promising career to be a stay-at-home mom to her children. She is a certified fitness instructor and teaches pilates and group fitness classes at her church and local university. Clare’s passion (outside of raising and nurturing her children and home) is motivating women of all ages and stages of life to live well physically, emotionally and spiritually. Visit her at Peak313!

Sally Clarkson

Sally Clarkson is the mother of four children, a popular conference speaker, and the author of numerous books and articles on Christian motherhood and parenting, including The Mission of Motherhood, The Ministry of Motherhood, and Seasons of a Mother’s Heart.  In 1994, she and Clay started Whole Heart Ministries to encourage and equip Christian parents to raise wholehearted Christian children. Since 1998, Sally has ministered to thousands of mothers through Mom Heart Conferences, and more recently through her blog, ITakeJoy.com (for Christian women).

Courtney

Courtney blogs at WomenLivingWell.org on the topics of faith, marriage, parenting, and homemaking.  She has been married to her high school sweetheart for nearly 14 years.  She homeschools her son and daughter and is a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute.  In November 2009, she was featured on the Racheal Ray show on the topic of marriage.  Her passion to see women live well inspired her in 2010 to start a second blog called GoodMorningGirls.org.  There women gather together to dig into their Bibles daily through tech accountability groups.

Jennifer Diebel

Jennifer is your typical American wife and mother living life, raising kids, and working, only she’s doing it in Ireland.  She has been married to the love of her life, Seth, for 11 years and is extremely blessed to be mom to two delightful girls, and one hilarious little boy.  Jennifer passionately loves the Lord, her family, music, dance, writing and chocolate.  She writes at this gal’s journey.

Aubrie Drayer

Aubrie is a registered nurse, wife to her middle-school crush, and most importantly, a follower of Christ. She loves each of these roles and is excited to take on her newest role as of October, first time mom!   She desires to honor the Lord with her life, work, and relationships. She enjoys helping her husband with his pro-life ministry, reading, taking road trips, thrift store shopping, and concocting recipes in her tiny apartment kitchen.

Karen Ehman

Karen Ehman is the Director of Speakers for Proverbs 31 Ministries and the author of five books including the best-selling book and DVD Bible study curriculum LET. IT. GO. How to Stop Running the Show & Start Walking in Faith. She has been the guest on national media outlets such as Focus on the Family, Moody Mid-day Connection and The 700 Club. Married to her college sweetheart Todd for over 25 years, together they are raising their three sometimes quarrelsome but mostly charming children in the boondocks of central Michigan. Her desire is through her speaking and writing to help women to live their priorities and love their lives. Connect with her for real-life encouragement at www.karenehman.com.

Daniele Evans

Daniele of Domestic Serenity is a woman seeking grace in this journey of intentional living.  She is more than aware of her lack, depending on a God who sustains and provides – there’s no other way to live.  A pastor’s wife and homeschool mother of five, Daniele is passionate about celebrating family and nurturing the hearts of other women.  She and her family live out their days in central Pennsylvania, where Daniele enjoys cooking, writing, reading, and photography.

Brandy Ferguson

Brandy is a wife of 17 years and a homeschooling mother of 8 boys. Her
biggest passion in life is to raise her boys to be warriors for God.
You can read about her journey, including the challenges and
celebrations of a family of ten, and how she cooks enough food to feed
her growing crew at TheMarathonMom.com.

Joy Forney

Joy is the wife to a missionary pilot and they, along with their five kids, live in Indonesia.  Joy is a proud wife, blessed mommy, Diet Coke fanatic, runner, homeschooler, reader, thinker, home-maker, lover of nature, and most of all, an undeserving recipient of amazing grace, and grateful daughter of God.  Joy’s heart is to encourage women to revel in their job as mommy and wife, and to see it as good and needed work.  She shares her heart and life of being a mom with readers at her site, Grace Full Mama.

Tricia Goyer

Tricia Goyer is a CBA best-selling author of 33 novels and the winner of two American Christian Fiction Writers’ Book of the Year Awards (Night Song and Dawn of a Thousand Nights).  She co-wrote 3:16 Teen Edition with Max Lucado and contributed to the Women of Faith Study Bible.  Tricia is the host of a weekly radio show, Living Inspired.  Also, a noted marriage and parenting writer, she lives with her husband and children in Arkansas.  You can join her at TriciaGoyer.com, on Facebook and Twitter.

Christy Halsell

Christy is the mother of three boys and one girl.  She has been known to homeschool, change diapers and potty train simultaneously.  She’s been married for 8 years to Charlie, a surfer and entrepreneur and lives on the Central Coast of California.  In the midst of the hard work mothering requires, she strives for new ways to have a fun outlook on being a mother.  She shares her ideas and encouragement at One Fun Mom.

Lisa Jacobson

Lisa is the happily-ever-after wife of Matt Jacobson, literary agent and author, and together they enjoy raising and home-educating their 8 children. She’s also rather fond of dark chocolate, French press coffee, and deep friendships (though not necessarily in that order).  She encourages women to embrace the rich life of loving relationships and the high calling of being a wife and mother. You can find her sharing her passion for husband, home, and family over at Club31Women and on Facebook.

Jamerrill

Jamerrill Stewart shares daily free stuff & deals, especially for the homeschool family, at FreeHomeschoolDeals.com She also blogs about her family’s journey at Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling where they live the life of faith.

Janelle

Janelle is a Christian, a Wife, a Stay at Home Mom of 3 young children and a proud- to- claim- it “Foodie”. She absolutely loves to cook and typically has an audience of 3 children, pulled up on chairs, taking turns pouring ingredients into bowls. Her spiritual gifts are a mix of “hospitality and evangelism” and is here in the center of God’s will hoping to help you get a little more “comfy in your kitchen”!  You can find her displaying step-by-step photos of her recipes, giving devotionals,and sharing meal ministry stories on her blog Comfy In the Kitchen.

Jennifer

Jennifer married her best friend Aaron in January of 2007. They jumped straight into missions living in three different states and three different countries during their first two years of marriage. Her passion for missions, writing, and marriage led her to create Unveiled Wife, where she blogs about being a wife with every intention to inspire other wives to develop God-centered marriages. Her and her husband are expecting their first child later this year. You can find Jennifer on Twitter and join the Unveiled Wife Community on Facebook.

Carlie Kercheval

Carlie is a homeschooling mom by day and a blogger by night. She enjoys being married to the love of her life {Michael} while together they fulfill God’s purpose for their lives. Currently living in Germany by way of the US Army, she is smitten by the beautiful scenery and captures as much of it as she can behind the lens of her camera. She is the founder of So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler? and Managing Your Blessings. You can connect with her on Pinterest and Twitter.

Kristen Kill

Kristen is a Northwest native who grew up surrounded by family, books, alpine peaks and lots of green.  She never thought she’d leave. And when she did, she landed in a lot of concrete in a city that shapes the world’s culture. Now she’s figuring out a life that she longs to have marked by gratitude and grace, good food and conversation; beauty, art and homeschooling all squeezed into a Manhattan apartment. She writes about living with intention as a wife and mother of four in the midst of a city that makes her heart beat just a little bit faster every time she walks outside at Hope With Feathers. Kristen has a background in Early Childhood Education, spent years as a missionary in Asia and Europe, and now relishes in her role as the Editor of Mom Heart Online.  You can also find her musing on Twitter at @KristenKill

Misty Krasawski

Misty Krasawski is the overly-blessed mom of eight children, six of whom she still homeschools in sunshiney Florida. Her wonderful husband Rob has much treasure laid up for him in heaven for having been called to the daunting task of leading them all. She also is the Community Director and a contributing writer at MomHeart Online, hostess of an online mentoring program for moms called Titus 2 University, author of Back to Homeschool, and is a regular contributor to Home Educating Family Magazine as well as Heart of the Matter Online . She writes when the house goes to sleep at Encouraging Beautiful Motherhood, and would love for you to find her on Twitter and Facebook.

Brooke McGlothlin

Brooke is a mom of two young boys who leave her desperate for God’s grace. Her pursuit of being a better mom has left her at the foot of the cross, knowing that if God doesn’t show up … nothing happens. This dependence upon God to turn hearts of stone to hearts of flesh leads her to her knees in prayer. She’s the author of the best-selling eBook Warrior Prayers: Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most, creator of the 21 Days of Prayer for Sons challenge and co-founder of the well-loved online community for mothers of boys, the M.O.B. Society. She offers hope for change to the hearts of women at her main blog, A Life in Need of Change.

Shannon McKee

Shannon is a self-proclaimed putterer.  She likes to dabble in this, that, and the other thing.  Sometimes that creates a lot of inner turmoil and lost productivity!  But, it gives her a lot to write about at her blog In a Mirror Dimly!  Some things that move her:  loving her Pastor-husband and their two kiddos, supporting the public school her kids attend, living missional, and teaching women to study the Bible.  That, AND devouring dark chocolate almonds from Trader Joe’s.

Nicole O’Dell

Nicole O’Dell, founder of Choose NOW Ministries and host of Choose NOW Radio: Parent Talk and Teen Talk, is a youth culture expert who writes and speaks to preteens, teenagers, and parents on preparing for life’s tough choices. The mother of six, including toddler triplets, she’s author of YA fiction, including the popular Scenarios for Girls interactive fiction series and the Diamond Estates Series, and non-fiction for teens including Girl Talk, 2/1/12, based on the popular advice column she writes with her two daughters. Hot Buttons, O’Dell’s non-fiction series for parents, pre-empts peer pressure by tackling tough issues and was recently endorsed by Focus on the Family. Visit www.nicoleodell.com for access to her bustling blog network and other resources.

Angela Perritt

Angela is the wife to her high school sweetheart and mom to her 3 adorable little girls. Some of Angela’s favorite things in life are dancing with her daughters, laughing with her husband and loving her Lord with the amazing life He has given her. You can find Angela at GoodMorningGirls.org where she blogs with her good friend Courtney, from WomenLivingWell, together they encourage women to be in God’s Word on a daily basis through tech accountability groups. Angela’s goal in life is to inspire her children and others to love God greatly with their lives one day at a time.

Elisa Pulliam

Elisa is a life coach, mentor, and speaker passionate about inspiring authentic life change in women for the sake of the next generation. She leads More to Be, a ministry committed to impacting teens with the truth and inspiring Christian women to mentor. As a trained and certified Biblical life coach, Elisa enables women to navigate through life’s challenges and discover their God-given passions and purposes. She is also the author of Impact My Life: Biblical Mentoring Simplified, which you can learn more about at www.impactmylife.net. Elisa considers her first calling is as wife to Stephen and mother to her house-full of children, ranging in ages 7 through 21. Her favorite days begin on the porch with the Lord and end on the beach with her family and friends.  Connect with Elisa at  www.moretobe.com |www.pnpcoaching.com | twitter @elisapulliam

Angela Richter

Angela is a wife and work at home homeschooling mom to three children.  She enjoys sharing her faith, homeschooling, family and product reviews, on her blog.  She has a real heart for encouraging moms in homeschooling, parenting, and teaching children about character.  You can find Angela at Angela’s Analysis, Mom With Heart, or on Twitter.

Darlene Schacht

Darlene is an ordinary mom, living an extraordinary life, because of who she is through Jesus Christ. As help-meet to her husband Michael, she guides and nurtures their four children, leading them toward a deeper walk of faith.  She is a New York Times best-selling author through the book she co-authored with actress Candace Cameron Bure titled, Reshaping it All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness.  You can find her blogging at Time-Warp Wife where she empowers wives to joyfully serve and on twitter.

Ashley Schnarr

Ashley is a stay-at-home daughter preparing for her future dream of being a wife and mother.  She blogs at www.stayathomedaughter.com where she shares her passion for Christ, Biblical femininity and preparation for the future.  She enjoys ministering in song, being a wedding cake decorator, long time babysitter, and new author of “Keeping House…While Keeping Sane”.  You can follow Ashley through her blog, facebook, or twitter.

Ruth Schwenk

Ruth is the wife of a pastor, who is her best friend and the love of her life. She is a blessed homeschooling mother to her four beautiful children, and she eagerly awaits meeting her five others in heaven. Ruth is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.  She has a passion for following God, leading worship, rescuing orphans, and inspiring others to create a God honoring family. She is the creator of The Better Mom and she tweets at thebettermom.

Ruth Simons

Ruth is the author of Gracelaced where she writes about finding grace in the everyday life.  Her days are filled with 5 energetic boys, whom she homeschools part-time through the Classical school her husband heads and co-founded.  She has recently transitioned out of her 10 year role as a Pastor’s wife through which she has consistently learned this marvelous truth that keeps her going each and every day: The Lord is not through with us yet.

Kelly Smith

Kelly loves the Lord, her family, and sharing her passion for real food cooking and meal planning with others.  She is a part-time healthcare writer and a full-time homemaker with two awesome boys.  Kelly’s real food journey began four years ago when she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder.  Since then, the Lord has blessed her with an amazing recovery- a testament to His grace and the health benefits of eating real food.  Kelly shares her knowledge via her facebook page, The Nourishing Home.

Barb Spencer

Barb loves Christ and His Word deeply and is married to Michael, her best friend for almost 27 years.  She is a pastor’s daughter, pastor’s wife, and  a mom to 5 children.  Barb’s highest calling is her family. She has no regrets about being a stay-at-home mom and has homeschooled their children from the beginning.  Though Barb has encountered many challenges, including her husband’s stage 4 battle with cancer in 2001 and raising a daughter with cerebral palsy who is both mentally and physically handicapped, she has repeatedly found God’s grace sufficient.  Barb is passionate about being a wife and mother, and helping younger moms.

Adrienne Urban

Adrienne, of Whole New Mom, is a wife and homeschooling mother of two boys, one of whom has Asperger’s Syndrome and life-threatening food allergies. In her past life she worked in the financial services industry and also taught in Japan. She has a passion to help others navigate the sea of information on the road to healthier lives, while trusting God for the results of their efforts. Additionally, she is a blossoming food freedom advocate. Because she loves to (and can’t afford not to ), she specializes in frugal living and simplifying special diets. You can also find her on Facebook or follow her on Twitter.

Rachel Wojnarowski

Rachel is originally a small town country girl who converted to a suburban mother of seven by way of life happening.  She and her husband, Matt, enjoy caring for their busy family, whose ages span from 13 months to 21 years old, including a special needs daughter.  Rachel leads community ladies’ Bible studies in central Ohio and serves as an event planner and speaker for special needs parenting groups.  She is a member of Ohio Writers’ Guild and the National MPS Society; and loves to inspire others through her blog by sharing faith, family, and fun. Wife, mom, reader, writer, speaker and dreamer, you can find Rachel on Twitter and Facebook.