3 Ways to Shape the Heart Not the Behavior of Your Child

Today’s guest post is from Heather Riggleman. Heather is a wife and mother to three, one with special needs . You can find her chugging coffee and sharing her latest in the trenches of motherhood at her website or Facebook; She has more to share with her book,...

Third Thursday Blog Hop: Make Peace with your Imperfect Home

Today is our blog hop day where I get to share on a topic and other moms join in and share their thoughts on the topic too! Just click on a link below to find encouragement from other moms in the trenches! (If you receive my posts by email, head over to jillsavage.org...

Am I coming to your neck of the woods?

In the next few weeks, I’ll be speaking in Gurnee, IL, Pontiac, IL, Channahon, IL, and Normal, IL! Jan 16  Pontiac United Methodist Church, Pontiac, IL  (AM)  Professionalizing Motherhood Jan 17  Immanuel Church, Gurnee, IL (AM)  Living With Less So Your Family...

Marriage Monday: Love During Hard Times

Last week I had the privilege of partnering with Focus on the Family to encourage marriages on their radio broadcast. They also featured a 5 minute video I did for them in the fall about loving when it’s hard. If you or someone you know are struggling in your...

Welcome Focus on the Family Listeners!

If you are here for the first time, welcome!  You’ve come to a place of encouragement, honesty, and authenticity.  I believe that being open and honest about both the joys and the struggles in life is an important way that we are real with ourselves and real...

Help for Hurting Marriages

Today I have the privilege to be partnering with Focus on the Family on offering hope for hurting marriages.  If you or someone you know is dealing with a stormy season of marriage, you can listen online, and you can also watch a 5 minute video on Love During Hard...

Happy Monday!

Well there are no words for today…only pictures.  Erica attended a photography workshop in Chicago for two full days this weekend.  Matt and Anne are still on their mission trip.  So Mark and I had all three grandkids this weekend.  It’s been a busy...

Blog Survey Results

In November, some of you participated in my first-ever blog survey.  Your feedback was very helpful in planning my blog posts for 2013!  If you participated, thank you very much! If you’re interested at all, I wanted to share the results with you to see where...