It’s easy to get caught up in all of the commercial fuss of Christmas these days. When Christmas decorations and merchandising start showing up right next to the Halloween decorations in September, you know things have gone a little too far.  The focus becomes on Stuff, instead of Someone. And yet that Someone is what

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“I’m hoping he won’t have to go…” “Hopefully this will be the last time he’ll have to be away like this…” “Surely they’ll start bringing them all home soon…” These are the comments of military wives that were echoing in my head as I listened to President Obama’s speech last night, announcing a surge of

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I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while now (you know, in the month and a half I haven’t updated) but for whatever reason am just now sitting down at the keyboard to do it. If you keep up with me on Facebook, you know my husband has been on a TDY and

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I got the opportunity to attend the Beth Moore simulcast over the weekend. It was exactly what I needed. A spiritual recharge, for sure, and I soaked it up. Beth spoke on”The Heart of our Desires” and God showed me some things this weekend I needed to see, and that I needed to hear. I’m

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I’m substitute hosting for our Wives of Faith/FMWCN radio Bible study today. The topic is “Wait on God.” It’s the final week of the study – next week, Jennifer Rothschild will be joining Shannon to answer questions about the study. You can listen live at 9 a.m. CST or to the recording after the show’s

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A couple of weekends ago I had the opportunity to represent Wives of Faith at a table for one of the pre-deployment briefings the 278th held for their families. This is the largest National Guard unit in Tennessee (3000 or so) and for many it’s their second deployment in four years. It was a privilege

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One of the toughest times for a military wife is the season of deployment. I don’t care how strong your faith is, how deep your relationship with God has become – you will have moments of despair, feelings of hopelessness and silent prayers that things were not the way they were.