Living With Less: Prepare To Shop

Because our family is in a season of living with less, food purchases have been one area where we’ve had to become more strategic than ever.If you haven’t figured it out yet, you’re likely to purchase more when you shop without a plan in mind. Going to the grocery...

Marriage Monday: Evaluate your past

The marriage relationship is directly affected by the emotional health of each partner.  Once we get married, it’s important that we continue to grow emotionally, because it will strengthen our ability to relate to our partner.  Today’s Marriage...

Our Adoption Story

Our family in 2003, right after we adopted Kolya. From left to right in back: Erica (12), Anne (18), Jill, Mark, Evan (16). From left to right in front: Austin (7), Kolya (9) (ages at time of our adoption). Our Adoption Story Over the years, Mark and I have talked on...

Financial Solutions to the Adoption Option

by Jill SavageThis article first appeared in Money Matters, a publication of Crown Financial Ministries.Over the years, Mark and I have occasionally talked about becoming foster parents. We enjoy parenting, have a heart for raising children according to God’s truths,...

Speaking

 Speaking TopicsRequest Jill as a SpeakerRequest Mark and Jill as Speakers”Jill Savage is the best.  If you are looking for a dynamic speaker who can touch the heart of an audience, Jill is your girl.  Her honest, relevant, story-telling style...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

“Effective parenting is measured not by the changes you force in your children but by the changes you allow God to make in...

Congrats to the CD winners!

Congratulations Chrissy, Jennifer, and China mama! You each won one of the Fuel Worship CD’s! I’ll be contacting you by email to get your address so we can send the CD’s! Thank you to everyone who shared their favorite exercise songs yesterday! I...

What’s your favorite apple recipes?

Monday night I made cooked apples for dinner like my Mammaw used to make. It took me back to my childhood.  My family seemed to enjoy them as much as I did.  (I just cooked the apples with a little cinnamon, sugar, and water…it’s like lumpy...

Got any suggestions for great worship songs for running?

Yesterday I talked about turning on my iPod and running. Erin asked about my favorite worship songs for running. Here’s a list I made:Worthy of My PraiseShout to the NorthSalvation is Here (Hillsong)Revolution (Hillsong–United We Stand)Better is One Day...

Keep Moving!

So I started running last week.  That would be walking/running right now.  But I’m working toward no walking in the future. I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with exercise.  I hate making the time for it.  I love how I feel...

Marriage Monday: The Power of Our Words

In marriage, our words can bring life or death to our relationship.  Our choice of words and the tone they are delivered with invest in or tear apart our marriage.  Today’s Marriage Monday is on the power of our words.Jill says…Seventeen years...

Photos from the weekend

I love meeting so many of my blog friends in person!  These are the friends I met at the What Women Wants Now event on Saturday!This is Tristi.  She won the free All Access pass giveaway on my blog!These four moms traveled from Springfield,...