Mentoring, Leadership, & Homemaking
Women of the Secret Place is a unique Christian read by Ruth Carmichael Ellinger and her friends, including MMCW writer Daphne Tarango. Filled with personal stories of God’s faithfulness in the hard places of life, this book is filled with hope and encouragement. Containing fifty-two chapters, each is a new testimony of God in the midst of loss, abundance, sorrow, and joy. The book slipped up on me in power. The more I read, the more I began to recognize {Read More}
When Stuff’s Not Enough: A Christian Perspective on Decluttering Your Life by Johanna Tooke When I saw the title for this book, I was captured. How do I collect so much stuff, and what do I do with it all? Johanna Tooke begins her book by addressing these same questions. She is a wife, mom, and daughter who has bought more self-help books, read more blogs and articles and purchased more organization products than one could ever use but, with {Read More}
Do you have a slow-cooker? Do you have two? I love this recipe book by Cheryl Moeller entitled Creative Slow-Cooker Meals: Use Two Slow Cookers for Tasty and Easy Dinners by Harvest House Publishers. Let me tell you… the title is misleading… this cookbook is brimming with FAR more than just dinners! There are breakfast recipes, dessert recipes, beverage recipes and they all are cooked in the slow-cooker! Bread Pudding I’m a work-from-home, homeschooling mom of teenagers. I love having {Read More}
Happy New Year! My pastor recently said, “You don’t retire vision, you renew it.” Mentoring Moments has always had a simple vision ~ to encourage women daily in their walk with Jesus Christ. After seven years (it’s our birthday this month!) Mentoring Moments’ vision remains committed to encouraging women of all ages and seasons of life. This year you will see the vision laid out in greater detail. During January the staff and I will begin to share our heart {Read More}
On New Year’s Day we will began our adventure of reading through the Bible in 2013. Reading God’s Story will be a life changing experience for everyone. When we immerse ourselves in the Word, growth and change happen. Remember, ‘the word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword.’ Are you ready to grow in the Word this year? I am! There are several reading options available, just choose the one most suited to your life style. * Printed versions {Read More}
Have you ever felt led to read the entire Bible but never followed through? Maybe you started and allowed it to fall to the side, or maybe thought of reading the Bible from cover to cover is overwhelming. My friend and accountability partner Cindy and I have read the Bible through each year for about ten years. When we first started both of us felt overwhelmed, but through the years we have learned having a plan is a huge step {Read More}
Whether it’s for a birthday or special occasion, a family favorite restaurant to visit is California Pizza Kitchen. Funny thing is, we love the salads (Thai Crunch is my pick) and entrees more than their pizza! Over the summer the kids and I found the California Pizza Kitchen Family Cookbook at the library and enjoyed spending a few weeks cooking our way through it. Inspired by CPK’s orange lettuce wraps in the cookbook, we transformed it from what my family {Read More}
The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America’s Future The Harbinger, by Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, is a spellbinding page-turner, but it’s more than that. Like the meaning of the word harbinger, it foreshadows what could be ahead and warns America to return to God. Cahn uses Isaiah 9:10 to compare the arrogance of Israel during 700 BC to America’s current spirit of defiance toward God. We know that God judged Israel; is America ripe for God’s judgment if we {Read More}
Recently, while visiting Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, I took the time and opportunity to visit the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit. I began the tour by myself, but within minutes a security guard joined me and together we studied the murals on the wall. We shared stories about Israel and talked about Masada. Another group arrived and I was left alone. I meandered through the various stations, marveling at each piece of pottery, noting the dates on {Read More}
Homeschoolers have been enjoying the amazing Well Planned Day organizers and academic planning books for years. But now there is something new and exciting and I’m thrilled to be able to share it with you! My Well Planned Day Software is a newly released, subscription based software program that will allow you to plan your calendar, customize and formulate lesson plans, assign those lesson plans, as well as chores, to-do’s, events, etc. to each person in your family as you {Read More}
We all need good mentors offering practical advise, wisdom, encouragement, and friendship. Here at MMCW you will find a storehouse of mentoring between generations, just as it should be.
