Managing Money in Marriage

Mark: Money. You gotta have it. You’ve gotta manage it. You’ve gotta talk about it. You’ve gotta learn how to make decisions about it together. Jill: We’ve certainly had plenty of financial frustration in our marriage and we know we’re not alone in that! Mark: Jill...

Thank you, Mom!

Someone once asked me what the best advice was that I received from my mom.  I thought about the question a lot and I couldn’t think of specific advice I got from my mom. What I realized is that my mom offered “advice” simply by being someone worth following. My mom...

I Can’t Believe in a God Who Lets Innocent People Die

Iraq. Afghanistan. New York. Boston. Kenya. Paris. Brussels.   All beautiful places in this world. All filled with innocent people whose lives were changed in an instant. The question posed by so many people is, “Where is God in all of this?”  And too often they...

Are You A Fountain of Life to Your Kids?

Dr. Todd Cartmell is a speaker at our 2016 Hearts at Home conferences. His newest book 8 Simple Tools For Raising Great Kids, is also one of our newest Hearts at Home resources! Every time I sit in on one of Dr. Cartmell’s workshops, I learn so much! I asked him...

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“We never grow closer to God when we just love life; it takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.”                                 ~Francis Chan

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“Being fully me is so much better than being an imitation of someone else.”                                                            ~Lysa TerKeurst

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“A comfort zone is a beautiful place but nothing ever grows there.”                                                        ~Unknown

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“Stop hiding your scars and your wounds.  They’re your trophies that you went through that and still survived.”                                                        ~Bishop T.D. Jakes

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“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.”                                                                     ~Thomas Merton

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“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success”                                                                                ~Unknown

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“Love never fails. It changes people.”                                      ~ Bill Hybels

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“Dwell, not in the past or in the future, but in the moment.”                                                                                                ~Unknown

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“Unconditional love or respect is never wasted.”                                                           ~ Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

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“Worry is an indication that we think God cannot look after us.”                                                                   ~Oswald Chambers

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“God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame.”                                                       ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning