Wednesday’s Words of Encouragement

The Power of Our WordsJill SavageWhen our youngest son was in preschool he sat at the kitchen island telling me about his day at school. I was busy fixing dinner so I multitasked while listening to his story. Finally, he stopped and said, “Mom, listen to...

My Favorite Things

  Today the “My Favorite Things” song from the Sound of Music was running through my head. And it made me think about my favorite things in life. Here are just a few: Favorite store: Aldi—it saves us so much money. Favorite book: Redeeming Love by Francine...

Wednesday’s Words of Encouragement

A Grace-Filled FamilyJill SavageI was late for a meeting early one morning. The church music team met each Tuesday at 6 a.m. for prayer and planning and I always had trouble arriving on time. Once again I had not left in enough time. I jumped into a car we had...

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...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

“The truth of the matter is that rest is as big a component to health and fitness as diet and exercise.”~Susie Larson

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....

Back to real life

The Hearts at Home weekend pulls us out of the daily grind of life for a couple of days. It’s exhausting but refreshing at the same time. But life doesn’t stop and once we’re back home we moms hit the ground running. Like yesterday.We returned home...

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...

Hearts at Home…The Day After

I’m a bit numb today. However, numb is good because the exhaustion is a result of encouraging, educating, and equipping over 4700 moms at the Hearts at Home National Conference! Those 4700 moms represented 12, 997 children whose mommies were reminded that they...

Blog Tour Week 3

Check out these great mom blogs that are participating in the Real Moms…Real Jesus blog tour this week!Jill 3/15/09 www.thediaperdiaries.netSuzie 3/15/09 http://community.momlogic.com/group/christianmomlogicAmy 3/15/09 www.triciagoyer.com:...