Summer Recipe Contest Day 2

Today’s recipe is probably the most requested recipe in the Savage household. The younger kids often ask for this in the afternoon after playing hard, the older ones after they get home from work, and during the school year it’s a popular after school...

It’s Contest Time Again!

With a book deadline and the Hearts at Home cruise, I missed my monthly contest in June, but I’m ready to go in July! For those of you who are new to my blog, my contests are designed to be an online moms group of sort. I put out a question and ask you to share...

Can you allow God to use you?

Yesterday’s post brought about quite a bit of discussion. It seems we all have alot of trouble asking for help or letting others serve us. I thought I’d share a story that happened many years ago which challenged my perspective on this particular issue....

That’s What Friends Are For…

Last week upon returning from our cruise, I found myself in Chicago with my two youngest boys and a connecting flight that wouldn’t leave until the next morning. When I called my friend Amy to see if she would pick us up at the bus stop if we decided to take a...

A Victory for the Kingdom!

Yesterday was a powerful church service for me. It was almost 8 years ago that my husband and I took the step of faith in planting a new church. We longed for an environment that threw off the trappings of religion and pursued wholeheartedly a relevant, honest,...

Motherhood: the Ministry of Availability

I’ve had an interesting week. It’s been reminiscent of the days of diapers and toddlers when I would work all day but feel as if I’d accomplished nothing at all. In reality, however, I did accomplish many things—they just weren’t...

I’m proud of my man!

Six months ago I booked the airfare for our “once-in-a-lifetime” cruise vacation we just shared with dozens of Hearts at Home couples and families. As I took inventory of the frequent flyer miles Mark and I had earned over the past ten years, I realized...

Hearts at Home Cruise

You won’t hear from me for a week, because tomorrow morning we head to Ft. Lauderdale for the Hearts at Home Anniversary cruise. Yes, it will be a great vacation opportunity and time of celebration, but it will also be a time of ministry. Bill and Pam Farrel,...

Happy Anniversary, Mark!

Today has been a day of remembering. You see it was 25 years ago today that Mark and I promised to love and cherish until death do us part. As I think back to that day (and as our older children are venturing into married life), I think about all that I didn’t...