Home As A Pep RallyBy Jill SavageErica was playing her best game ever. Not only were Mark and I there to cheer her on, but her four siblings as well. She had her own cheering section! Every home can serve as a pep rally for each member of the family. Just living under...
Perspective: I feel betrayedThe Perspective this week deals with betrayal. We’ve all felt betrayed at some time in our life. It’s a part of the human experience. Sometimes life hurts. People disappoint us. They let us down. Jesus understands...
If you live in Central Illinois and are looking for a way to invest in your marriage, join us for a Heartland College Community Education class! Designed to be a “date night each month,” Jill and I are teaching these courses over the summer months! Sign up...
Mark and I are working on the next Hearts at Home book. This is a first for us…we’ve never written a book together.This book will be designed for parents to read together. It will challenge moms and dads to parent without regrets. By encouraging moms and...
Wow! There were so many great ideas submitted for our June contest, “It’s Summer!” If you haven’t had the time to read through the comments on the June 1 post, do so today! You’ll be inspired by all the great ideas you can use to make the...
So tonight made all of the years of shuttling Evan to piano lessons worth it all! Courtland won the WCIC Opening Act Contest! Thank you to those of you who voted! It was a great concert and the band already had the chance to get some great feedback from the INO...
“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.” ~Abigail Van Buren
Recently my husband found himself in conversation with a friend. They were discussing marriage issues when the husband asked, “Do you and your wife really go on a date every week? Mark replied that, indeed, we do make dates a priority each week. The husband...
As you may know, we adopted our son Kolya from an orphanage in Russia at the age of 9. He’s now 15. We came to know about Kolya through a family in our community who had adopted Kolya’s best friend, Nadia, when she was 7.Nadia has the opportunity to share...
Mark and I are self-described as being married 26 years, 16 of them happily. We’ve worked through the highs and the lows of our marriage relationship. When we got to the other side of our difficult season, we determined we would do whatever we could to help other...
