Our every day lives can get messy and sometimes we just need to take a little break and fill our hearts and souls with some inspiration. Ruth Wheat shares encouragement, humor and tips for living your best life in this weekly blog. From visiting at your kitchen table with friends to uncluttering your "filled with stuff" life, this weekly dose of inspiration will be a breath of fresh air in our busy worlds. ...
Posted by Ruth Wheat on 07/12/2024
Getty Up Estelle! We’ve Gotta Lot of Living to Do! provides a road map for the journey into living our best lives after sixty. As we age, many women tend to look at their past as the best years of their lives, while discounting the blessings and opportunities that lie in our futures. In her friendly style, Ruth Wheat shares stories of her life with humor and honesty to encourage women to live every day with purpose, gratitude, and joy regardless of age and circumstances. You’ll be introduced to women who are living full, active lives in their eighties with no indication of slowing...
Posted by Ruth Wheat on 07/12/2024
Copyright 1992 Laurie Kiel. A monologue written and performed by Laurie Kiel about "Anna Almost" so named because she was almost in the Bible. The monologue uses humor to challenge the audience to make a difference with their lives. ...
Posted by Laurie Kiel on 07/07/2024
I blog not because I have all the answers (or any answers for that matter), but because I care enough to share my stories in hopes that others can also find hope, peace, truth and perhaps a little humor along the way. I’ve known despair and desperation, and I’ve experienced great loss and turmoil. I know the feeling of drifting without purpose. But I also know love, forgiveness, understanding, unspeakable joy, and have learned how to walk victoriously – even in the midst of life’s struggles! I hope you’ll join me as I unwrap adventures in the wonderful world of blogging! ...
Posted by Rachel Rutledge on 06/27/2024
Life on Earth can indeed be full of those “things that ail us,” but many of the endless quick hits for a fix that are constantly offered up are mere placebos, putting us on more of a “deathbed of data” than a road to recovery. But there is a real “prescription” for the suffering and challenges we face on a daily basis. That prescription can be found in the Scriptures; the Word of God. This book will help you drop your excuses and find your answers, get rid of your loneliness and find God's love. This is your answer for removing anxiety and...
Posted by Katherine Norland on 06/19/2024
A grandchild's observation, "Mom-mom, your belly is squishy..."A memory that seems to be on permanent leave...A heart that needs monitoring...A sandwich generation who deals with stinky laundry on one end and toe fungus on the other. A body likened to a leaky tent...Friends and family that keep you laughing and leaking...It's all part of becoming a quinquagenarian--that magical, problematic age between fifty and sixty. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. (Proverbs 31:25 ESV)Although Lisa J. Radcliff has not felt particularly strong or dignified...
Posted by Lisa Radcliff on 06/09/2024
Nancy Drew meets ancient Rome. Spunky Livia Aemilia is more interested in finding her husband’s missing mentor than hiring fresco painters for their new home remodel. But her husband forbids her to get involved, knowing that she could be in extreme danger. Soon their lack of trust in each other leads them to behave in counterproductive ways that threaten their new marriage and possibly their lives. For readers who enjoy mysteries and historical fiction with a touch of humor, Fountains and Secrets is an engaging tale of identity, purpose, and hope. ...
Posted by Lisa Betz on 02/09/2024
It’s the perfect Christmas devotional for the Christmas fanatic. You know, the one. The person who―if they could―would celebrate Christmas all year round. The one who unapologetically starts playing Christmas music in October and knows the words to every Christmas carol. It’s written for the person who starts decorating for Christmas way before Thanksgiving. This devotional is for the person who lives and breathes the holiday season and carries the Christmas spirit all year long. More specifically, this devotional features 40 of the most beloved Christmas traditions...
Posted by Michelle Medlock Adams on 01/17/2024
28 Days of Praising My Savior - with joy, laughter and gladness! There is probably no other time period in a woman’s life when her emotions carry her from anger to apathy; joy to jealousy or peace to panic more rapidly than the 28 days of highs and lows in the Pre-Menstrual Cycle. And for those of you who have already hit instantaneous menopause via that hysterectomy or who are already there due to God’s natural physical path for our bodies, you can attest to the fact that with menopause also comes similar hormonal changes, hot-flashes, cravings and emotional roller coasters....
Posted by Karen McCracken on 10/06/2023
It's time to stop running on empty and fuel up! Are your tired? Dragging yourself out of bed every morning? Feeling hollow, empty and looking for something to fill you up? Are you like millions of women today…feeling like you’re just running on empty? What are you being refueled by? Television, movies, sex, gossip, the cyber world; fantasy, food, vanity, alcohol, money? Many women today, are Running On E ', using anything and everything they can to try to fill themselves up just to get through another day. The use of quick-fix filthy fuels is causing damage, addiction and...
Posted by Karen McCracken on 10/06/2023
Are you looking for a speaker for your next women's event? I'd love to talk with you about how I might serve you and your audience. I've been in ministry for 30+ years and have a passion for equipping women to walk deeper in God's word, walk out of their doubt, shame, and fear, and walk boldly into their fierce calling. I am also an author, discipleship mentor, lay counselor, and host of the award-winning Fierce Calling Podcast. My newest book release, Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You (Elk Lake Publishing), is a 6-week Bible study and...
Posted by Doris Swift on 08/30/2023
"What do you and your spouse have in common?" "We got married on the same day." Many women can identify with that sentiment. They want their marriages to be happy and honoring to God, but they wonder how when their mate baffles and even irritates them so. Some may even wonder if they made a terrible mistake. Using Scripture, humor, and colorful illustrations from her own struggles, Poppy Smith offers hope in this upbeat, personal, practical, biblically grounded, and empathetic book. Why Can't He Be More Like Me? will help women analyze areas of marital conflict...
Posted by Poppy Smith on 08/14/2022
