It was the second day of April, way past time to transfer our winter clothes into storage; but, that’s what I was doing the day a few terror-charged words rang through our house and rocked my world. “Virginia Grace, what have you done?” I would hear those words echo through my brain for days.

It was Melissa’s voice, our 24-year-old daughter. When I was a child, my Navy-hardened grandfather ...

Dr. Mom's Medicine Cabinet

I’ll be speaking at the APACHE Homeschool Conference this weekend in Peoria, Illinois. Be sure to join me for discussions on raising daughters, motherhood, homemaking/homeschooling, and using everyday essential oils for home and family. Here is my schedule:

Friday @ 11am
Dr. Mom’s Medicine Cabinet

Friday @1pm
Virtuous Maidenhood: Embracing and Communicating a Biblical Self Image

Friday @4pm
Weary Women

Saturday: 2:30pm
Christianity – the ...

This poor little girl is being exploited and corrupted by her own mother. And you know her mother has to be miserable too. If you think beauty pageants are “beautiful,” watch this to see if you might consider evaluating them differently from now on…if you can stomach it.

Of course, while this was an extreme example, and it made the “ugliness” of pageants obvious, all “beauty contests” are just as disgusting. Parading little girls around (and even ...

An excerpt from the New and Revised version of Raising Maidens of Virtue.

Even though the Apostle Paul makes the principle clear in 1 Timothy 2:8 that women are to “adorn themselves in modest apparel,” and even though older women are instructed to teach the young women in their lives “to be discreet and chaste” (Titus 2:4–5), too often, the subject of modesty is either treated as a legalistic, optional teaching for the ...

We are not saved by:

1. Works of righteousness which we have done or can do
2. The use of our free-will, which is really only free to choose and love evil
3. Diligence, prayer, fasting
4. Self-denial, restraint, outward sanctification
5. Anything which depends on the natural wisdom and strength of man
6. Head-knowledge
7. A life outwardly consistent with the Gospel
8. Church membership
9. Emotional zeal
10. Sacrificial giving
11. Faithfulness in marriage
12. Faithful and loving parenting
13. Chastity
14. Tribulations and suffering for the cause of Christ
15. Heartbreaking despair over sin

All of these things “accompany ...

“Let your beauty be found in “the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.” 1 Peter 3:4

Christian ladies, you are not defined by your outward appearance. Your worth and value aren’t measured by what you look like. Your value comes from the fact that you are made in the image of God. Your beauty ...

Sometimes I see photos on Facebook or blogs from nice Christian girls who would never dress or behave immodestly, but who seem to be trying to imitate expressions or poses they’ve seen in worldly magazines or movies. Ladies, think about what you want to communicate! What are your eyes saying?

Paul tells us in 1 Timothy 2:9 that women are to “Adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety…” Anyone know ...

Read Part 2 HERE – Divided We Fall: The Great Dance

Throughout history there have been tyrants who have abused their authority and ignored their duty to selflessly guide those under their charge. Likewise, there are husbands who ignore or abuse their call to sacrificially lead their wives and children. A tyrant abuses his position of authority to oppress and use, rather than to protect and build up. Partly because of ...