Category: Disciplines of a Godly Woman

I can easily recall one hellish Sunday morning after another in which I had to get myself and one, then two, then three, then four little children ready for church. We were never on time! NEVER! It was a running joke in our small group of friends. If anyone arrived AFTER us, they were really…

One of my favorite passages of scripture is John 4 in which Jesus speaks with “the woman at the well.” I enjoy this portion for many reasons, but today I was thinking about what Jesus says about worship. “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you…

I’ve been reading a bit about the popularity of “Christian” yoga. Personally, I think it is impossible to take a Hindu practice and call it Christian. It does not make sense to take the way a Hindu approaches god and apply it to the One True God. He has already told us how we are…

The next chapter in Hughes’ book addresses the topic of prayer. It is a spiritual discipline that takes work and time and quiet. In a house full of people, one needs to be creative. I recall a friend telling me that she had read that Mrs. Wesley would cover her head with her apron if…

It was a difficult process for me to surrender my plans and submit to God’s plans. After all, I was in college and planning a career. It helped that I could never set my mind to a specific course, but I remember the evening Hubby and I talked about what we wanted marriage and family…