Our Debt Snowball

A year ago Mark and I decided to take Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace course that was being offered at our church. It was the best money decision we’ve ever made!One of the things Dave talks about is the Debt Snowball. The concept is that you list your debts...

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...

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...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

“Don’t be embarrassed to turn to God in moments of maternal desperation–even the ones that seem a little silly–like spilt milk.”~Julie Ann Barnhill

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...

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...

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...

Immodesty and Marriage

After the webcast, I promised to continue the marriage discussions on my blog. But life got the better part of me and the Hearts at Home conference was right around the corner, so we haven’t been talking about marriage like I’d hoped to. Today, I’d...