Real Moms…Real Jesus Discussion Chapter 1

Welcome to week one of our Real Moms…Real Jesus discussion! Feel free to respond to one or all of the posted questions. Let’s start with the Perspective: How Can God Understand?Have you ever considered how often Jesus was on his way to do something, but...

Book Discussion Details

Tomorrow we launch our book discussion for Real Moms…Real Jesus. Since this is the first time we’ve done anything like this on my blog, let me give some details and answer some questions you might have.1) Every Tuesday I will feature the highlights of the...

Erica update

Thank you to all of you who have been praying for my daughter, Erica. She was finally able to have an MRI on Tuesday, but unfortunately, the MRI didn’t show anything. The neurologist is baffled and is sending us to an epileptologist. He feels it is...

We have winners!

It’s been a busy week here at the Savage household so I apologize for the delay in announcing winners in this week’s drawing. From the responses for those of you who will be joining in the Real Moms…Real Jesus discussion:Glenda from Magnolia, TX is...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

“Don’t be embarrassed to turn to God in moments of maternal desperation–even the ones that seem a little silly–like spilt milk.”~Julie Ann Barnhill

Wednesday’s Words of Encouragement

The Power of Our WordsJill SavageWhen our youngest son was in preschool he sat at the kitchen island telling me about his day at school. I was busy fixing dinner so I multitasked while listening to his story. Finally, he stopped and said, “Mom, listen to...

My Favorite Things

  Today the “My Favorite Things” song from the Sound of Music was running through my head. And it made me think about my favorite things in life. Here are just a few: Favorite store: Aldi—it saves us so much money. Favorite book: Redeeming Love by Francine...

Fresh Starts

It’s a new week and almost a new month. I love that God is the God of fresh starts…every day is a new day! The Bible tells us that his mercies are new every morning. So what does your new week hold for you? My boys are heading back to school after spring...

Spring Break

It’s spring break for us. My boys have been content to just be home, play basketball, do some building projects, bake cookies…pretty easy stuff. I even offered for them to have friends over today (we live out in the country so you can’t just go...

Wednesday’s Words of Encouragement

A Grace-Filled FamilyJill SavageI was late for a meeting early one morning. The church music team met each Tuesday at 6 a.m. for prayer and planning and I always had trouble arriving on time. Once again I had not left in enough time. I jumped into a car we had...

Real Moms…Real Jesus Book Discussion

Just a reminder that I’m going to start the online book discussion for Real Moms…Real Jesus two weeks from today.We’ll start Tuesday, April 7 with a “one chapter a week” discussion every Tuesday. The discussion on Tuesday, April 7 will...

Blog Tour Week 4

It’s the final week of the Real Moms…Real Jesus blog tour. There are so many wonderful mom blogs out there! Most of these carry the same interview but some are doing book giveaways on their blogs!Jennifer...

Immodesty and Marriage

After the webcast, I promised to continue the marriage discussions on my blog. But life got the better part of me and the Hearts at Home conference was right around the corner, so we haven’t been talking about marriage like I’d hoped to. Today, I’d...

Thank you…

Thank you so many of you who have commented or Facebooked me about Erica. Today the medicine is kicking in. The jerks are farther apart, but unfortunately, more severe. We stopped by her work today and she is having to take FMLA (Family Medical Leave of Absence) so...