Speaking

 Speaking TopicsRequest Jill as a SpeakerRequest Mark and Jill as Speakers”Jill Savage is the best.  If you are looking for a dynamic speaker who can touch the heart of an audience, Jill is your girl.  Her honest, relevant, story-telling style...

Congrats to the CD winners!

Congratulations Chrissy, Jennifer, and China mama! You each won one of the Fuel Worship CD’s! I’ll be contacting you by email to get your address so we can send the CD’s! Thank you to everyone who shared their favorite exercise songs yesterday! I...

Photos from the weekend

I love meeting so many of my blog friends in person!  These are the friends I met at the What Women Wants Now event on Saturday!This is Tristi.  She won the free All Access pass giveaway on my blog!These four moms traveled from Springfield,...

A Message From God

Here are some beautiful words from God’s word for you and me today:“May God keep us centered and devoted to Him, following the life path He has cleared, watching the signposts, walking at the pace and rhythms He laid down…”         ...

Will you join me?

This week is a hard week for our family. My daughter, Erica, is saying goodbye to her husband of just a little less than a year.  Kendall is deploying to Iraq for a year.  He’s part of the clean up crew that is bringing a close to U.S. troops in...

And the winners are…

The winners of the What Women Want Now Expo giveaway are:2 All Access VIP Passes go to Tristi! Girlfriend Pack of Four Tickets goes to email address Lbngb93! I’m sending an email to both of you with instructions on how to get get your tickets!...

Central Illinois Giveaway

For my Central Illinois blog world friends…today you have the chance to win one of two giveaways to the What Women Want Now Expo on Saturday, September 25 at the Coliseum in Bloomington!The first package consists of two VIP All Access passes to the entire...

Amazing Grace

Last week my father sent me a You Tube video that was incredibly powerful for me. I knew that I just had to share it with you, too.

First Blog Post Winner

I’m so glad several of you decided to follow the instructions and post your very first blog comment!  Now you can be part of our online conversations anytime you want! The winner of the drawing is gjordan35(at)comcast(dot)net!  I’ll be...

How To Post a Comment on a Blog

There are many of you who receive my blog by email.  There are also who don’t do much in the blog world, so I am occasionally asked how to post a comment to a blog—especially when I do blog giveaways like I’ve done over the past two...

A message from God

Here are some beautiful words from God’s word for you and me today:“Are you tired? Worn out? …Come to me. Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with Me and work with Me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced...

God’s Incredible Love

You know, lately, God’s really been knocking me over with His love. It seems to be a theme that He keeps putting in front of me in the books I read, the conversations I have, and the blogs I read.  It seems to be what He whispers to my heart throughout the...

Live Near Nashville? Come hear some great music!

Two months ago my son and daughter-in-law made a move to Chicago to allow Evan to pursue his dream to be a professional musician.  His band, Emerson, is playing a showcase in Nashville, TN, next Tuesday evening: July 27, 2010 at 7pmThe Rutledge410 4th Ave...

This helps me keep a world perspective…

As you may know, I’m a Compassion Child Sponsor. Our family sponsors Daniel for $38/month. Daniel is 12 and lives in Honduras. We pray for him and write to him.  He also writes to us.Since my opportunity to go on a Compassion trip to El Salvador two years...

Are we coming to your neck of the woods?

Mark and I have several events on the calendar over the next few months.  We might even be coming to your area!  If you live in Central Florida, the St. Louis area, or in Central Illinois, we’d love to meet you!  If you don’t live near these...