Happy Valentine’s Day
Romancing and roses aside, this is the love we must build our marriage on if we want it to last: the perfect, self-sacrificing, putting-the-needs-of-another-ahead-of-my-own, 1 Corinthians 13 sort of love…
Author: Jennifer Flanders
5 Must-Read Books for Women Who Think
One of my readers recently criticized me for promoting what she considers oppressive and archaic beliefs regarding marriage and motherhood. “Read something – anything – on feminism,” she pleaded. “Learn…
HOPE for Hurting Marriages
I’m over at The Laundry Moms this weekend writing about HOPE for Hurting Marriages. Marriages are under assault today like never before. Even rock-solid relationships are not immune to attack,…
The Art of Leadership: Practice Makes Progress
Shortly before we married, my husband’s grandmother attempted to teach me how to tat. For those unfamiliar with this dying art form, tatting is a very tedious, time-consuming method of…
Perfectionism Is a Trap
My father was a general contractor. He was also a perfectionist — not a perfectionist about everything, mind you, but certainly a perfectionist about his work. When Daddy did a…
8 Great Apps for Building Better Habits
Last January, I wrote about the different approach I was trying for my 2012 New Year’s resolutions. I purposed to work on one new habit at a time and allow…