Jehovah Jireh By Rachelle Alspaugh

“Let’s go camping!” My husband, Mike, suggested as we discussed our summer plans. After spending the last five years pursuing our now 16-year-old son’s adoption from Colombia, we eagerly awaited a relaxing, low-key summer. Three months lay in front of us to settle down and learn how to be the family God created us to…

When the Family Gardens by River Chick

I love a good garden. There’s something so rewarding about preparing the soil, digging through rich dirt, placing seeds and/or young plants in the earth, watering and nurturing tender shoots, and then harvesting the result. It’s simple, yet profound. It’s organic and healthy. It brings us closer to nature and puts food on the table.…

Autism and Baptism by Jenn Buell

Every Jesus-lovin’ mama longs to see her children choose to follow Him. But when your child has a developmental disability, helping them understand becomes more difficult. Hi, I’m Jenn. I have four kids and one of them has autism. Since my son was 18 months old, we have known something was different about him. Because…

Moms Come Together – Bringing Encouragement To Moms with Newborns

Today is a special post put together by myself and four other moms from our Community Writing Team.  We come together to support Moms that are pregnant or have a newborn. We will start out with a Mom sharing a concern and we will share three supportive responses that are filled with encouragement from Moms…

Keep Going by Andrea Fortenberry

“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then…