Satisfaction Through Christ

Remembering Mandy Kelly from Worshipful Living

Tuesday, March 21, started like any other day around our house. I got the kids off to school and came home to do some work. Around 9:30 a member of our Facebook Mastermind Group (a group of about 10 Christian women bloggers that support one another through blogging and life) posted that she'd seen some chatter on Mandy's Facebook profile and wanted to see how we could pray for her. It wasn't 20 minutes later that we all realized what was going on... Mandy, her husband Scott, and their … {Read More}

Easily Offended Women

A young mom breezes into church with her immaculately dressed children in tow. Her hair is curled, her husband's shirt ironed, she's wearing heels and is fully capable of running after her children in them, is wearing the latest fashion while still being modest, she doesn't look tired and her husband seems doting and involved. I assume it's because she is a miracle woman who has a meal in the … {Read More}

Cease Striving + Grace & Truth {Week 8}

If you've been around STC for any length of time, you know the transitions we've made over the last year or two. At the beginning of 2014 this space was silent. I realized that STC wasn't heading in the direction that the Lord had intended for it to go, so I just stopped blogging. Fortunately, the Lord placed a new desire in my heart and brought along a great group of women to help me make STC … {Read More}

Parenting Without Shame

I don't know about you, but I find "pet shaming" pictures hilarious. You've seen them. They're the ones that show something like a dog next to a chewed up tube of diaper rash ointment, and the dog is wearing a sign around its neck saying, "I ate a tube of Desitin and barfed all over the new carpet during my family's dinner party." The funny thing to me is that the dog usually looks like … {Read More}

He Said, She Said, God Said: Biblical Answers to Marriage Questions

I was given a copy of He Said, She Said, God Said for review purposes and compensated for my time. All opinions are my own. Several weeks ago Dan and Gina Trippie sent me a copy of their book, He Said, She Said, God Said: Biblical Answers to Marriage Questions. I'm a gal who is passionate about marriage, especially as it measures up to God's word. So, I was really excited to dig into Dan and … {Read More}

Grace & Truth {Week 7}

My heart has been so heavy the last couple months as I've watched ISIS wreak havoc on the world. My heart breaks that so many are suffering at the hands of extremists that hate people and all that they stand for. I've worried about the world that my children are growing up and even feared that they might be harmed by people like this. But, I'm encouraged because I know that God is sovereign! I … {Read More}