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Oct 4
Oct 4 What Our Hearts Need Most {a book review: Healing an Orphan Heart}

Ruth Schwenk

Do you struggle with anxiety, fear... restlessness? Are you longing for deep, heart healing? Understanding the Father Heart of God might be one way he wants to bring hope to you today. Don’t miss this encouraging word.



Speaking Life Into Your Family
Oct 3

Oct 3 Speaking Life Into Your Family

Ruth Schwenk
The Better Mom Devotional

What do words reveal about us? Our hearts are reflected in how we speak and our families can be built up or broken by what we allow to pass  through our lips. Today, learn how to choose and speak life!

Shared or Separate Bedrooms? Pros and Cons from a Been-There Mom
Oct 2

Oct 2 Shared or Separate Bedrooms? Pros and Cons from a Been-There Mom

Becky Kopitzke
stages of life, Homemaking

Do your kids share a bedroom? Creating personal space for our children can be a challenge! Today we’re sharing an experienced mom’s guide to navigating these family logistics while putting relationships first. 

When Anxiety is Overwhelming
Sep 28

Sep 28 When Anxiety is Overwhelming

Ruth Schwenk
anxiety, The Better Mom Devotional

Do your children struggle with anxiety? Effective ways to calm their hearts can be difficult to discover, but there is hope to help them rest in the peace of God’s love. Be encouraged with practical helps for healing today. 

8 Practical Ways To Keep Harsh Words To Yourself
Sep 25

Sep 25 8 Practical Ways To Keep Harsh Words To Yourself

Amber Lia
anger, emotions, motherhood

When you struggle are you tempted to take it out on your kids? Do you speak harshly and then harbor guilt? There is hope for offering peace, and there is truth to transform your heart and your tongue here today.

Homeschooling With A Full House
Sep 21

Sep 21 Homeschooling With A Full House

Kristen Kill
back to school, Homeschooling

Are you beginning to the new adventure of homeschooling? Do you have more students and more ages under your roof this year than ever before? You can homeschool with a houseful! Here are some of our best ideas to help you get started and keep going well this year...

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ANGER. The one topic that resonates every single time we talk about it or write about it. I guess it is because there are a lot of us who struggle with anger. And maybe not even the explosive anger but the simmering irritation that is always ready to
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Over the last few weeks, centered around this season of Lent we've talked about what Lent is, should we celebrate it?, why confession is important and what humility really means. This week we continue our Lent series talking about forgiveness. Pat an
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The last 12 months have been so *different*, am I right? I’ve been doing my very best to navigate a world that can seem so strange and out of sorts at times. Nothing is just normal.... whatever normal is :). Sometimes it can feel like just too
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Over the last few weeks on our podcast we've been doing a series through Lent called, Dying to Live- dying to ourselves so we can have new life in Christ! And this week we are talking specifically about the character quality of HUMILITY.✨ Humility co
 
 

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