Focus on the Giving

Tuesday night my boys and I worked together to fill three shoeboxes to send to Operation Christmas Child. I want this Christmas to be about giving more than any others, because I think it’s important for those of us who have so much to share with those who have...

Truth

Every other week I do what I call my “Quiet Day.” It’s a day that I go somewhere away from the house just to have time talking with God and reading his word. I also love to use different resources that help me examine my heart, my motives, and my...

12 Days of Christmas Webcast–Free registration!

I want to share with you today about an upcoming webcast I’m going to be participating in! 2009 will be a year that Hearts at Home will test the waters with some webcasting so we can provide encouragement to moms year-round and reach women all over the...

Dream Maker or Dream Taker?

I’m writing this post from a hotel room in Columbia, Missouri. I traveled here today with four teenagers…what was I thinking?Four weeks ago, our 17-year-old daughter, Erica, told me that she and her friend Elizabeth wanted to give their boyfriends an early...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child. ~Author...

All in a days work

Today I just found joy in the simple, yet diverse tasks of mothering. There was the usual laundry, making dinner, and checking homework. But today it was two of my older kids that needed my encouragement and time.After making new curtains for her bedroom this weekend...

Videos I Want To Share Day 5

It’s Hearts at Home weekend in Minnesota! We have over 2,000 moms registered and walk-in registration is still available. For those of you who can’t join us at a conference, I’m bringing a little bit of Hearts to you today.This video is from our 2008...

Videos I Want To Share Day 4

This video was one I showed at the 2007 Hearts at Home conferences. Our theme was “Extreme Home Makeover” and I gave everyone a video tour of the Savage home and places I’d love to do a makeover of some kind. I think you’ll find my house is...

Videos I Want To Share Day 3

This video is a powerful reminder that the advertising media doesn’t always tell us the truth. If you have pre-teen and teenage daughters, you might want to share this with them. We can’t compare ourselves to what we see in magazines, on television, and on...

Videos I Want To Share Day 2

Here are some new Hearts at Home promotional videos. You can download these and show them to your moms group or church to organize a group to come to a Hearts at Home conference.Some of you have asked if Hearts at Home will come to your area. We have as many...