Resources
Book Review: “Big Picture Parents: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life”- Harriet Connor
Parenting books are a dime a dozen. One look at any bookstore's parenting section makes me slightly overwhelmed. From feeding your child a sugar-free diet, or ensuring you are raising teens with healthy self-esteem; everyone has advice to give. This is where Aussie...
Easter for Kids: Resurrection Eggs
Easter is quickly approaching! For the last few years, I feel like I have always been a bit underprepared with Easter and I am left rushing and struggling to be intentional. In order to be a bit more prepared, I am starting my Easter posts early 🙂 One tradition we...
Book Review: Shopping for Time- Carolyn Mahaney, Nicole Whitacre, Kristin Chesemore & Janelle Bradshaw
"Shopping for Time" by Carolyn Mahaney and her daughters- Nicole Whitacre, Kristin Chesemore and Janelle Bradshaw (2007/ 2016 Redesign, Crossway) is an easy read on a topic that as women we are often needing: more time. Mahaney et al. invite you in to their family...
Love Be the Loudest: Review and Interview with Ginny Owens
Award-winning singer-songwriter, Ginny Owens and her new album "Love Be the Loudest" makes me happy. Released in November of 2016, it is fresh and vibrant and makes me want to get up and dance along (should I admit the kids and I have been doing just this?). The music...
Book Review: One Year of Dinner Table Devotions and Discussion Starters- Nancy Guthrie
One of my memories of the dinner table growing up is our time spent having family devotions. As a teenager, I remember grumbling over it often, yet now looking back I recognise the beauty in it and am thankful my parents persisted even when my sisters and I were less...
Happy Birthday Pursuits of God!
I have always loved words. My parents spent many hours reading with us. As a young girl I loved keeping a journal and writing notes. Over the years, I have come to love words: writing them, listening to them, reading them and sharing them. Most of all though, I have...
Review: Risen (2016)
"Risen" is a film released earlier this year and is directed by Kevin Reynolds. Set in AD 33, this film follows the story of Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a Roman Tribune as he searches for the body of Jesus in order to dispel any notion of a 'risen Christ'. Beginning...
Monthly Question: What Verses Would You Recommend For a New Mother? + {FREE Printables}
I remember those first months of being a new mother. Hard couldn't begin to describe it. While I was overjoyed at my beautiful little girl, the lack of sleep, feeding issues and worry made those first months a struggle. I remember feeling that God was chipping away at...
Tunes I’m Listening To
Music is a big part of our home- we listen to it, we watch it, we play it, we sing it. Some days, when we are all needing a pick-me-up, I put on some music to lift our spirits and lift our hearts and minds. For the last few years, we have been Spotify fans. In case...
Book Review: Then Sings My Soul- Philip Percival
Music in church is something everyone has an opinion about- some like hymns, others want only 'modern' music; some want drums, others only want the organ. Opinions are always available; they get in and can often wreak havoc bringing disunity to the church body. After...
Book Review: Glimpses of Grace- Gloria Furman
Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home by Gloria Furman (Crossway, 2013), was a pleasure to read. Structured in two parts- Your Foundation in the Mundane and The Miraculous in the Mundane- Furman combines both strong theology with practical application...
Book Review: Do More Better- Tim Challies (2016)
Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity (Cruciform Press, Dec 2015) is the latest book by blogger, author and book reviewer Tim Challies. In this short book (114 pages), Challies delivers high on practicality and fairly light on biblical foundations. Yet, as...
With My Whole Heart I Seek You: a helpful Bible Study resource
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 12 Blessed are you, O...
Book Review: Follow Me- David Platt
Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live by David Platt (Tyndale, 2013), is a challenging book on what Jesus' call to discipleship is actually about. Structured in 9 Chapters, Platt shares his passion for the lost and a desire to see Christians live out their calling...
Book Review: The Explicit Gospel- Matt Chandler
The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler with Jared Wilson (Crossway, 2012) is a must read for all Christians. I know that is a fairly positive and assertive opening statement, but I really believe it is true. Matt Chandler wrote this book for Christians, after seeing a...
Top 4 Baby Shower Book Ideas: Books to Give to a New Mother
Having a baby is such a big, life altering event. Sometimes it is really hard to know how to "shower" the new mother and help prepare her for the huge task ahead (who can be prepared really 🙂 ?). Over the past few years of my mothering, I have come to realise that...
Book Review: Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood, Melissa B. Kruger
This book was one I was sad to finish. Over eleven weeks, Melissa Kruger provides 5 day per week studies on what "Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood" (WaterBrook Press) looks like. With strong Biblical content, Kruger draws on the Word of God to equip women...
Book Review: The Accidental Feminist, Courtney Reissig
The Accidental Feminist by Courtney Reissig (Crossway, 2015), is an easy read that I highly recommend. The title first piqued my interest, making me intrigued as to what Reissig would contribute to the biblical womanhood verse feminism debate. On reading, I would say...