Just for Women (Page 7)

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Going Home

Where will I be when I finally realize that I'm home?

Sarah Stirman talks about the funeral for her grandfather and it reminds her where her real home is.

The Coriolis Effect on the Heart

How far have you been deflected away from your goals and dreams?

Lisa Mikitarian examines how we often get driven off course in life and how we are going to do something about it.

Spiritual Restoration

How do we re-charge our spiritual batteries?

Muriel Larson shares some things about being spiritually dry and about an experience on a ranch where a stock pond revitalizes life around the parched desert.

Stop Signs

How many of God's signs are your rolling through and not pausing to hear His voice?

Ann Voskamp uses a rolling California stop at a stop sign and has someone yell at her and it gets her thinking about all the stop signs she has been running.

Pink Slip

What kind of slip are you expecting?

Teresa Bell Kindred shares how her daughter missed the dreaded pink slip given to many teachers in Kentucky, but she also reminds us that God doesn't give pink slips.

Uprighting the Earth

What do you need to bury in your life?

Ann Voskamp shares about a recent burial she was happy to attend, and in the process, put the world back into its upright position.

In Her Voice

Why did it take so long?

Phil Ware and Teresa Bell Kindred introduce a new feature, a women's blog for Heartlight called "A Kindred Heart."

Sweat the Small Stuff: It's the Big Stuff

So when did small get to be so big?

Ann Voskamp looks a couple of small things important in the life of kitchen appliances and pots and reminds us that it's the small stuff that counts.

God on eBay?

You can find God in the most unusual of places!

Lisa Mikitarian shares with us an experience she had buying New Balance shoes on eBay and how the seller blessed her life in a special way.

Living on Beam Unending

Who wide is the Cross of Christ and the love He showed us there?

Ann Voskamp comes to a cross behind a country church and is reminded of the grace of Christ to not only save us but to also furnish us the basis of life.

Companion Runner

How do you stay on the path?

Lisa Mikitarian talks about ultra marathons and companion runners and reminds us that Jesus is our companion runner and we need to be a companion runner to others.

Jess, to His Friends

What a big difference one stuck key can make!

Lisa Mikitarian has a sticking key on her laptop, the letter "U" and it makes things look a little strange but it helps remind her how everyone is important!

Real Spring Cleaning

How do you really clean house this spring?

Anne Voskamp shares her insights into spring cleaning and the stress and blessing of completely cleaning ones house and heart.

Real Spring Cleaning

How do you really clean house this spring?

Anne Voskamp shares her insights into spring cleaning and the stress and blessing of completely cleaning ones house and heart.

Just a Breath

You can come home again!

Tammy Marcelain reminds us that God is only a breath prayer away from stepping in and blessing our lives if we will only invite him in.

Finding Beauty

So where can you go to find beautiful things?

Lisa Mikitarian shares some thoughts on motherhood and finding beauty and overcoming the nature of pop-culture.

When the Sun Sets on Seno-Baani

What can African women teach a modern theological student?

Christine Villas shares insights on how a trip to Africa changed her opinion of all women.

Snow Days

Can you hear the sound of muffled noise?

Lisa Mikitarian shares some beautiful insights on the beauty of a heavy snow and how Jesus comes to us and offers to do the same -- bring peace to our hectic and harried worlds.

Treadmill of Life

So are you ready to stay up on that exercise thing this year?

Teresa Bell Kindred talks honestly about the stuff of life, exercise, root canals, and other things.

Give Mary Credit

What about Mary?

Jeff Lee reminds us about Mary's faith, but he also reminds us of the importance of having a heart like hers.

In the Shadow of God

How has God made your child?

Lisa Mikitarian shares a story about her husband being a builder and how God wires some to be builders themselves.

To Know This Love That Surpasses Knowledge

What can top a mother's honor?

BooMama shares her insight into the privilege of raising a son, a child, that God has given her to train in His ways.

Totally Present for Today with a Vision for Tomorrow

Can I be present in the moment and still have a hope for the future?

Michelle Howe warns women about worry and wishing that can rob them of the present moment and distort their vision of their future.

Hand-Me-Downs

Have you worn your cousin's best?

Mary Anne Brannon shares memories of her childhood and the hand-me-downs and hand sewn clothes from her mother that were all made with love.

Praise and Perspective

Where do you get the perspective to praise God during tough times?

Kimberli Brackett reminds us that even in the worst of circumstances, God is at work trying to make something out of our situation and we can see if we will praise God and ask for his perspective.