by Darlene Schacht | Mar 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve recently started to notice more and more awesome teenagers sharing their faith around the web. It’s awesome to see these girls encouraging their peers to stay focused on God. I love them! Who doesn’t have daughters, nieces, sisters or friends...
by Jennifer Thorn | Feb 27, 2014 | Marriage, Uncategorized
image source: lightstock.com “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Ladies, we like to talk, right? I mean, it’s said that women speak 3 times more than men. This has turned out to be...
by Lisa Jacobson | Feb 26, 2014 | Marriage, Uncategorized
I’ve never even met her. At least not in person. So you might find it strange that her announcement would fill my eyes with tears. Happy tears. Because that sweet girl is soon to be married and everyone around here is rejoicing with the news. A wedding! How...
by Janelle Nehrenz | Feb 25, 2014 | Recipes
This is my absolute favorite potato soup recipe….it’s creamy, cheesy and so simple to make. I hope you and your family will enjoy this as much as my family has! Dice veggies Cook bacon on medium-high heat in a skillet…once bacon is finished, place on...
by Darlene Schacht | Feb 24, 2014 | Marriage, Uncategorized
Before anyone leaves a comment asking me why I’m directing this at wives, or why I “always assume it’s the woman’s job to work at the marriage.” I want to clarify a few thing. You see we get these comments at least weekly, almost daily....
by Darlene Schacht | Feb 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
“I do,” is one of the shortest sentences in our English language and yet it carries a promise that’s too vast to be measured by man. It’s not one thing we do, but a thousand little things that make up the sum of our vows. Long-lasting love...
by Darlene Schacht | Feb 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Note from Darlene… In case you’ve been wondering what’s going on with all of the new writers on the blog, I thought maybe today would be a good time to pause and fill you in. Rather than having days on and days off, I decided to add a few monthly...
by Matthew L. Jacobson | Feb 19, 2014 | Marriage
Age 31 arrived and with it, the cold fingers of early winter tightened their slow, numbing grip on the last week of October in Portland, Oregon. Happy Birthday, but not really. Winter is colder when you’re alone and don’t want to be. “It is not good for a man to be...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
As usual, Michael went out of his way to make Valentine’s Day a special event for me. He’s romantic that way. Knowing how busy the restaurants are on the 14th, he took me out for lunch a few days earlier. We enjoyed chips and salsa at our favorite...
by Ashleigh Slater | Feb 17, 2014 | Marriage
It was during a Wednesday night episode of American Idol that Dorothy Jane took her first glimpse of this world. This inaugural look was filled with the sights and sounds of a hospital delivery room nestled in the chilly suburbs of Chicago. Our home away from home...
by Ruth Schwenk | Feb 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Almost seventeen years ago my husband chose to begin pursuing me with a prank phone call. It’s not how a couple usually meets, but it’s how we met. We were both college students at the Moody Bible Institute, living in one of the greatest cities in the...
by Lisa Jacobson | Feb 12, 2014 | Giveaway, Marriage
100 Ways to Love Your Husband: Available on Amazon now 100 Ways to Love Your Wife: Available on Amazon now So how did you know he was the one? I felt I should have had an answer ready on the tip of my tongue. A thoughtful insight of some kind. But mostly I just...
