Just for Women
by Lisa Mikitarian — Jun 13th, 2013
Mindless destruction irritates me. Which was all well and good until... Enter Boy. Boy was born with tendencies that could be written into quotes... (
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by Lisa Mikitarian — Dec 11th, 2012
I listened as a gifted speaker told a story of when she was a young child. Her grandfather would wake her up early... (
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by Stacy Voss — Aug 17th, 2012
I love being a writer, but it always leads to one fateful question: "What are you writing?" I used to be able to answer that. I could give you the ... (
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Older Articles from 'Just for Women'
by Phil Ware — May 13th, 2012
Any husband who has told his pregnant wife -- especially while she is in childbirth -- "I know how you... (
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by Tammy Marcelain — Aug 29th, 2011
It really is in the whisper. If I could sum up my experience last week at Scarritt-Bennett in Nashville, it would be that God is with us. Of course that is what ... (
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by Teresa Bell Kindred — May 31st, 2011
After 25 years, yesterday was the airing of the last episode of the Oprah Winfrey television show. Everything has a beginning and an end ... (
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by Katha Winther — Dec 28th, 2010
Most of us enjoy things that are fresh. There’s nothing quite like that first cup of coffee in the morning. Don't you enjoy wearing something ... (
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by Shana Schutte — Sep 21st, 2010
It's easy to throw up cotton candy prayers that lack substance in traffic, in the shower, or as we run out the door to work. It's easy to stay on the ... (
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by Lisa Mikitarian — Aug 17th, 2010
How much time do we waste wondering about the breadth and depth of our individual gifts -- asking God over and over, from every angle... (
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by Tammy Marcelain — Jul 11th, 2010
Over the last several months I have become even more aware of the power of sin. We all have experienced it ... (
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by Katha Winther — Jul 6th, 2010
Have you noticed how we consumers are being swayed into buying products by the advertisers? There's a psychology behind ... (
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by Muriel Larson — May 31st, 2010
If a vote were taken by property owners as to which weed they disliked the most, dandelions would probably ... (
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by Stacy Voss — May 18th, 2010
Every day, thousands of young girls pretend that Barbie dolls and Disney princesses meet the man of their dreams, marry, and ... (
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by Tammy Marcelain — May 2nd, 2010
I am continuing to read
The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen. I am currently reading about ... (
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by Katha Winther — Feb 23rd, 2010
It's nice to get a little something extra, isn't it? During my mother's "letter-writing" days, she always tucked a ... (
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by Michele Howe & Dr. Christopher A. Foetisch — Feb 2nd, 2010
I wasn't five minutes into the film before I felt something deep inside of me rebel. That "foreshadowing" device ... (
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by Teresa Bell Kindred — Jan 17th, 2010
Every year I make New Year's resolutions and every year I break them, so this year I'm trying something different ... (
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by Janet Colbrunn — Dec 1st, 2009
Most people enjoy getting into the Christmas spirit by decorating, shopping and participating in Christmas programs... (
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by Laura Baker — Nov 1st, 2009
You can go to the grocery store and find everything from cereal to steak that has an official stamp of approval by some vendor or government... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Sep 28th, 2009
It had been a hot, difficult week of work for the teens on the mission trip. The other sponsors and I were just ... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Sep 7th, 2009
It was time. My little-league-toting, gas-guzzling SUV was making a noise that let us know its days were ... (
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by Tammy Marcelain — Aug 2nd, 2009
When you pray, what do you ask for? I ask God to make me more like Jesus tomorrow than I am today. This is my one consistent prayer ... (
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by Lisa Mikitarian — Jun 29th, 2009
On any other Thursday, he wouldn't have been available to give me news updates, but on this one he was home. Just like he'd been home on ... (
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by Marsha Jordan — May 12th, 2009
As I loaded dishes into the dishwasher, I sang along with the radio. My grandson looked up from the picture he was... (
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by Kelly Breece — May 11th, 2009
Could you be looking for something that is already right next to you? On a beautiful May afternoon, my daughter and I ... (
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by Kelly Breece — May 4th, 2009
A dear friend, James, taught me a life affirming lesson a few days ago -- and I am grateful for his lesson and the ... (
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by Tammy Marcelain — Mar 7th, 2009
By submitting myself under His Lordship, I have been given a gift -- a gift to trust Him to guide me where He... (
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by Katha Winther — Feb 21st, 2009
"Do you want paper or plastic?" Most of us have been asked this question. Several years ago, however, my son and I were... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Feb 10th, 2009
My family experienced some minor medical drama the week between Christmas and New Year's while traveling out ... (
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by Lisa Mikitarian — Feb 7th, 2009
A temperate day in the middle of winter beckoned. I ventured outside with only a light sweater -- no gardening gloves ... (
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by Dr. Rebecca Dowden — Jan 8th, 2009
"Honey, look at that precious little girl." The blonde haired three-year-old girl twirled around the aisle in... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Jan 6th, 2009
It happened again. Out running, my foot landed squarely on ... something ... a pecan ... a rock? Whatever it was, it... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Jan 2nd, 2009
Here it is just a few days after Christmas and I've done it again: I'm suffering from yet another holiday... (
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by Jenny Runkel — Dec 16th, 2008
I hate the Christmas season. Ok, maybe hate is too strong a word. That's the problem with being a writer... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Nov 23rd, 2008
You may think of it as "the official start of the holiday season," you may consider it a day to endure, you may... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Nov 16th, 2008
A week before Thanksgiving, I begin rehearsing for the family gathering. I practice keeping my smile steady while doing my mental head slap. I carefully rehearse... (
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by Elaine Hardt — Nov 8th, 2008
Welcome the Lord and His Word into your life. We need God's presence, His empowering, and His grace to learn to... (
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by Ann Voskamp — Oct 23rd, 2008
"It'll get better if you get closer." John's mom laughs as she untangles five-year-old John and Malakai, two boys... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Oct 3rd, 2008
Oh, I DO worship God when I go, but if MY church were going to be all about ME and MY best way to worship God... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Sep 4th, 2008
At a recent youth basketball game, I found new joy as a mother when I heard an opposing coach yell to his players, "Watch... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Aug 14th, 2008
Same song, next verse, eight months later. Last night my 10 year old son and I experienced a feeling of deja vu as we... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Aug 7th, 2008
Over a recent Sunday lunch, the kids were discussing different events from Sunday school and who got to be which character... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Jul 31st, 2008
Years ago in the days of small children in diapers, car seats, sippy cups, and pacifiers, I learned a valuable lesson... (
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by Susan Sagun — Jul 29th, 2008
Robert and John, two young boys in the rural area of Kiryagonja, Uganda, were recently discovered by neighbors abandoned... (
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by Sarah Stirman — Jul 1st, 2008
The phone call came on a Tuesday morning, just as my family was yawning awake to face another busy day. Not at all... (
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by Lisa Mikitarian — Jun 21st, 2008
In a world, among various "coordinate systems" of nuclear families, extended families, church families, work... (
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by Muriel Larson — Jun 17th, 2008
Dayton Hyde wrote about a dry canyon on his ranch in "Don Coyote" -- his fascinating book on nature's wonders. While sitting... (
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by Ann Voskamp — Jun 5th, 2008
I think it was because my window was rolled down a few inches that he bothered to yell at me. Otherwise, he might have... (
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by Teresa Bell Kindred — May 20th, 2008
My daughter is a first year teacher and many of her friends and co-workers did get the dreaded pink slip. Some of them... (
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by Ann Voskamp — May 15th, 2008
I've known she's been dying for quite some time and (dare I confess?) no remorse has gnawed away at these insides... (
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