It’s Monday!

It was a refreshing long Easter weekend at the Savage home. Easter is the hardest holiday for me because for 20 years of being in ministry that means we can’t ever have Easter with extended family who live hours away. So I always try to invite other...

The Real Jesus and Easter

Thank you to all of you who participated in the first week of our book discussion. If you haven’t had a chance to read and chime in…feel free to do so anytime along the way. If you haven’t had the chance to read thru the posts you’ll find them...

Real Moms…Real Jesus Discussion Chapter 1

Welcome to week one of our Real Moms…Real Jesus discussion! Feel free to respond to one or all of the posted questions. Let’s start with the Perspective: How Can God Understand?Have you ever considered how often Jesus was on his way to do something, but...

Book Discussion Details

Tomorrow we launch our book discussion for Real Moms…Real Jesus. Since this is the first time we’ve done anything like this on my blog, let me give some details and answer some questions you might have.1) Every Tuesday I will feature the highlights of the...

Erica update

Thank you to all of you who have been praying for my daughter, Erica. She was finally able to have an MRI on Tuesday, but unfortunately, the MRI didn’t show anything. The neurologist is baffled and is sending us to an epileptologist. He feels it is...

We have winners!

It’s been a busy week here at the Savage household so I apologize for the delay in announcing winners in this week’s drawing. From the responses for those of you who will be joining in the Real Moms…Real Jesus discussion:Glenda from Magnolia, TX is...

Fresh Starts

It’s a new week and almost a new month. I love that God is the God of fresh starts…every day is a new day! The Bible tells us that his mercies are new every morning. So what does your new week hold for you? My boys are heading back to school after spring...

Spring Break

It’s spring break for us. My boys have been content to just be home, play basketball, do some building projects, bake cookies…pretty easy stuff. I even offered for them to have friends over today (we live out in the country so you can’t just go...

Real Moms…Real Jesus Book Discussion

Just a reminder that I’m going to start the online book discussion for Real Moms…Real Jesus two weeks from today.We’ll start Tuesday, April 7 with a “one chapter a week” discussion every Tuesday. The discussion on Tuesday, April 7 will...

Blog Tour Week 4

It’s the final week of the Real Moms…Real Jesus blog tour. There are so many wonderful mom blogs out there! Most of these carry the same interview but some are doing book giveaways on their blogs!Jennifer...

Could I ask you to pray?

Hello blog friends,This week has been a challenging week for my 18-year-old daughter, Erica. Late Saturday night her body began twitching uncontrollably. Initially the doctors thought that she was having a reaction to a new medication she had started. She stopped...

Wednesday’s Words of Encouragement

Don’t be overwhelmed!by Jill Savage For thousands of moms who attended the Hearts at Home conference last weekend, today represents a new beginning. After a weekend of encouragement that’s become known as a pep rally for moms, a mom returns home with fresh...

Real Truth

Welcome to those of you visiting for the first time from Lysa Terkeurst’s blog. Lysa and I are similar in our style of just being honest about life. I hope you’ll subscribe to my blog today so I can get to know you better!The discussion at Lysa’s blog today is about...

Real Moms…Real Jesus Book Discussion

Welcome to those of you who are visiting my blog for the first time! I hope you find encouragement in the “real stuff” of motherhood here! I’m going to start the online book discussion for Real Moms…Real Jesus three weeks from today....

Re-post of “As Yourself”

A couple of weeks ago I had a powerful post titled “As Yourself.” It came out on the same day another post came out and some of you have communicated that you almost missed it, with a suggestion that I re-post it with top billing. So I’m listening to...