When My Day Doesn't God as Planned: Trusting God’s Providence
I am a planner, but my days rarely go as planned. Interruptions and needs pop up that never made it onto my task list or calendar, and in a...
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Thankful Homemaker: A Christian Homemaking Podcast
A Homemaking Podcast to encourage Christian wives, mothers and homemakers in the role God has called them to.
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20 of 206 episodesAm I Becoming a Quarrelsome Wife?
What happens when we’ve shared our thoughts honestly, but our husband still makes a decision we wouldn’t have made? Can we follow his lead a...
When We Think Something Needs to Change
It can be so easy to think we would be more content if something in our circumstances would just change, or maybe if someone in our life wou...
A Few Truths to Remember When Trials Come (James 1:2-4)
Trials are not something any of us would choose. Our first response is often to ask the Lord to remove them, and it is right to bring those...
When You Need a Reset with Your Bible Reading
Maybe summer threw your routines off a bit, or life has just been full, and you’ve realized you haven’t been spending as much time in God’s...
Pray Until You Pray: Finding Focus in Distracted Mornings
Some mornings I sit down to pray and the words come easily. Other mornings, my Bible is open and my prayer list is in front of me, but my mi...
Jesus Is Enough: Resting in Christ’s Sufficiency
Practical help can make our days run more smoothly, but it cannot do the work that only Christ can do in us. This episode is a reminder that...
Already Blessed: Our Spiritual Blessings in Christ (Ephesians 1:3-14)
In Ephesians 1:3–14, Paul reminds us of all that is already ours when we belong to Christ. We have been chosen by the Father, redeemed by th...
Why Your Ordinary Days Matter to God
Most of our lives aren’t lived in extraordinary moments. They’re lived in ordinary ones. We spend our days making meals, caring for our fami...
Holding Our Expectations with Grace: When People Disappoint Us
Disappointment is something all of us experience. Sometimes it comes because we’ve been genuinely hurt. Sometimes it comes because someone h...
Busyness Is Not Godliness: Finding Rest in Christ
Life feels full for so many of us. There are responsibilities to manage, people to care for, work to do, ministries to serve in, and homes t...
What Does It Mean to Be the Aroma of Christ? (2 Corinthians 2:14–16)
I’ve been spending time in 2 Corinthians 2:14–16, where Paul says that as believers we are the aroma of Christ. It’s such a beautiful and so...
Biblically Caring for Our Aging Parents
Doug and I are walking through the next season the Lord has for us right now, and it has me reflecting on so much. It’s a season we walked t...
Reclaiming Ordinary Life in a Distracted World
In a world that moves quickly, it’s easy to live at a pace that leaves our hearts hurried and distracted. In this episode, I’m sharing refle...
Encouraging Your Husband’s Leadership in the Home with Doug Ferrell
How can we encourage our husband’s leadership in our homes? In this episode, Doug joins me for an honest conversation about spiritual leader...
Life Lately at Our House
In today’s episode, I’m sharing a simple life update from around our home as we step into a new year. Just a look at what we’re settling bac...
Putting Off the Old and Putting On the New (Ephesians 4:22-24)
Ephesians 4 shows us how change happens in the Christian life: we put off the old self, renew our minds with God’s truth, and put on the new...
Killing the Sin of Selfishness
Selfishness is one of those quiet sins that can easily slip into our hearts and homes. It often hides behind good intentions or small excuse...
Do You Have a Meek and Quiet Spirit
A gentle and quiet spirit isn’t weakness. It is strength under God’s control. It reflects trust in His sovereignty, not striving to be seen...
Biblically Communicating With Our Children
Biblical communication isn’t just about getting our children to listen or obey—it’s about shepherding their hearts. It’s discipleship. This...