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Jennifer McBride | January 8, 2015
I touched on this a bit in Queen of the Home (What Does “Virtuous” Really Mean?) and love the thoughts that Kelly Crawford shares over at Raising Homemakers. Do you know the real meaning of the word “virtuous” ? : A big smile broke out across my face yesterday when I was showing my girls how to […]
Jennifer McBride | November 26, 2014
“So they committed themselves to the will of God and resolved to proceed.” ~ William Bradford
Jennifer McBride | November 22, 2014
From Bambi Moore at In the Nursery of the Nation: The inscription on the Monument to the Pilgrim Mothers in Plymouth, Massachusetts reads: “They brought up their families in sturdy virtue and a living faith in God without which nations perish.” Years later, America’s foe, British general Lord Cornwallis said: “We may destroy all the […]
Jennifer McBride | July 29, 2014
“Every one must have remarked how pleasant is that household in which a cheerful spirit of energy is cultivated by the mistress and mother. It is a pleasant thing to dwell with one who is not troubled by trifling annoyances, who is skilled in looking at the bright side of things, and hoping for the […]
Jennifer McBride | November 17, 2013
A powerful post on motherhood from Rachel Jankovic at Femina: The strongest women in our world today are those who are as a group feeling the weakest. It certainly doesn’t feel like a blow for the kingdom to spend another nine months in a brain fog. It doesn’t feel like we are fighting for the […]
Jennifer McBride | January 13, 2013
The home is a seminary of infinite importance. It is important because it is universal, and because the education it bestows gives color to the whole texture of life. The things said there give bias to character far more than do sermons, lectures, newspapers, and book. No other teachers have acknowledged the divine right to […]
Jennifer McBride | May 12, 2012
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Blessings on the hand of women! Angels guard its strength and grace, In the palace, cottage, hovel, Oh, no matter where the place; Would that never storms assailed it, Rainbows ever gently curled; For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world. Infancy’s the […]
Jennifer McBride | April 17, 2012
Join the Moore family in this timely documentary as they briefly expose the evil history of the birth control movement on the 50th anniversary of “the pill.” Listen as they transparently share their testimony of how God, in His grace and mercy, opened their eyes in spite of their own sinful beginning. Be encouraged as they […]
Jennifer McBride | October 19, 2011
The Difference Between Obstinacy And Firmness To stand by error, and the truth refuse; To close the eyes against unwelcome light; The crooked paths, through prejudice, to choose; For one’s own will, and thoughts, and ways to fight; To fear to have the sleeping conscience stirred, By letting in truth’s quick and searching ray; When […]
