Ginny’s Gems

by Lorraine Espenhain | Spending five or six hours in a kitchen preparing food is just not my idea of a good time.

by Emily Molitor | Cleaning my house and cleaning my soul can be a useful analogy for me as a housewife.

by Abby Sasscer | My family never gets tired of asking for Cream of Broccoli Soup during this time of year.

By faith, we know that God is always with us. Christ Himself promised to be with us always, even to the end of the age. But there are times when ...

United extended families with grandparents, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, and cousins are spirited clans that bring a fullness of joy into the world.

A woman once visited a weaver’s school, where the students were making beautiful patterns. She asked, “When you make a mistake, must you cut it out and start from the ...

by Lorraine Espenhain | Journaling is for technicians, janitors, gardeners, nurses, moms, dads, students, and starving artists! It’s not just for writers.

God speaks to us in many different ways. In Scripture we see that at times, He has spoken to men through dreams and visions, circumstances, and other people. He appeared ...

Responsibility is an utterly essential part of the homeschool curriculum and gives busy homeschooling moms and dads some much needed practical help.

Do you know where you want to be and what you want to accomplish, yet don’t have a clue how to get there? Write it all down if only for ...

by Debbie Gaudino | The answer, I propose, lies in the wisdom of Saint Padre Pio's short maxim: "Pray, Hope and Don't Worry."

Is there an area (or areas) in your life in which you are making progress? It doesn’t matter if it’s in taking place in leaps and bounds or little by ...

by Kate Moriarty | My children's grandparents have become wild gadabouts. It started with a caravan.

There’s an old saying that goes something like this: I might not be where I need to be but thank God Almighty, I’m sure not where I used to be! ...

by Dave Armstrong | Having a child conceived by the Holy Spirit has no direct analogy, because it was a one-time extraordinary event, in order to bring about the incarnation.

What is your favorite day of the week? Write down everything that you love about this particular day. What do you usually do on this day that makes is so ...

by Emily Molitor | The Good Samaritan parable gives us an example of how to show pity, or mercy, to our fellow human beings.

Do you sometimes feel tremendous pressure to “keep up with the Joneses” in certain areas of your life? If so, what are those areas? Write down in your journal exactly ...

Mary Ellen Barrett started practicing 'Teacher Service Day' for homeschool moms. It's a 4-step, all-day-Friday process that refreshes home and homeschool.

Most people believe that courage is the absence of fear. This, however, is simply not true. True courage is doing something in spite of the fear. Are there things that ...