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The Resurrection: A Mother’s Perspective
By Michelle Fitzpatrick Thomas Originally published on American Thinker. As I was sitting on my loveseat one morning this week, sipping my coffee and eating my Trim Healthy Mama cinnamon toast, God’s Word was playing through the Bible app on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Easter, encouragement, family, God, Jesus, kids, Mary, motherhood, parenting, Resurrection Sunday
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Modesty is Beautiful; The Super Bowl Stripper Show was Just Gross
by Michelle Fitzpatrick Thomas Controversy has been swirling the last couple of weeks about the Super Bowl half-dressed, I mean half-time, show. I didn’t watch the show live—I never do because it’s usually quite hedonistic and disgusting—but I’ve seen pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Family, Modesty, Sexual Purity
Tagged Christianity, encouragement, entertainment, feminism, God, J.Lo, JLo, modesty, Shakira, Super Bowl
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Snow!
by Michelle Fitzpatrick Thomas In honor of the beautiful snow that blanketed part of the Southeast today, I wanted to share some thoughts. Snow is a very rare occurrence here in Georgia, so when it happens it’s a major event. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Encouragement
Tagged children, Christianity, family, God, homeschool, Jesus, motherhood, parenting, science, snow
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I Understand Why Pelosi Tore the Speech
by Michelle Fitzpatrick Thomas For some reason, my husband Trevor doesn’t care for watching presidential speeches live. He prefers to check out the commentary from the pundits after the fact. So since he had been at work all day on … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Politics, Wisdom
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Donald Trump, history, Jesus, Nancy Pelosi, politics
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RIP: A Prophet Who Predicted the Mess We’re in Now
Larry Burkett left this earth entirely too soon. We need his wisdom now more than ever. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Money, Patriotism, Politics
Tagged Bill Clinton, Christianity, God, Larry Burkett, money, Obama, politics
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I’m Excited to Announce….
Check out my brand new devotional book for moms called Lord, I Need You. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Christianity, Family, Homeschooling
Tagged children, Christianity, dad, devotional, family, feminism, marriage, money, motherhood, nutrition, parenting, prayer
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If I Die Tonight, I’m Not Afraid
A few years ago, I began to experience dizzy spells from time to time. It would usually last an entire day, but I would generally feel better the next day. It happened about one day a month at first. I … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Christianity, Encouragement, Family
Tagged Christianity, Eternity, God, Health, Heaven, nutrition, Trim Healthy Mama
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A Journey Through Grief, A Promise of Hope
Today marks the first anniversary of my dad’s death. It’s hard to believe that an entire year has passed already. I wanted to share with you the following poem that my sister penned this week. It will give you a … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, encouragement, family, Father, grief, Jesus
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My Romantic Valentine’s Day
Do you have romantic plans with your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day? A special dinner out, perhaps, or did he surprise you with flowers and chocolate? I remember when I was in high school, “the thing” was for the girls to … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged Bible, budget, Christianity, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, encouragement, family, finances, frugal, homeschool, marriage, money
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16 (Now 17) Years
On the day I graduated from high school, in June 1992, I remember looking out of my bedroom window and thinking to myself, “This is it. The next thing I know, I’ll be graduating from college, then getting married, raising … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, debt free, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, encouragement, family, Finance, Jesus, marriage, money, stewardship
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Have Your Way With Me
Hello again. First I must apologize for my extended absence from the blogging world. I really don’t have a good excuse. I have started working outside the home for the first time in over 12 years, so that has been … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Family, Homeschooling
Tagged Christianity, family, God, grace, homeschool, Jesus, kids, parenting
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Gray Hair and Pimples
I was talking to one of my dear friends recently, and we were lamenting the fact that, in our forties, we still deal with occasional face break-outs. It seems to be worse when stress levels are high or hormones are … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, encouragement, God, Jesus, John Wimber, Vineyard church
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Marriage Commitment Challenge
This is a guest post from my husband Trevor. Please read the following prayerfully and ask the Lord how He wants you to respond. Blessings, friends! Marriage Commitment Challenge by Trevor Thomas September 14, 2014 In light of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Bible, Christianity, family, God, Jesus, marriage
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“Are They All Yours?”
It happened again…. I took my kids to Taco Bell for a treat after school one day this week. Taco Bell has “Happier Hour” every afternoon, and the kids enjoy the frozen drinks. That’s my excuse, and I’m sticking with it (Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged Bible, children, Christianity, family, homeschool, Jesus, parenting
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Don’t Worry; God’s Got This
My name is Michelle, and I’m a worrier. There are all sorts of groups for people who have problems. Maybe someone needs to start a Worry-Warts Anonymous group. Maybe I’ll start one. Any takers? Some personalities lend themselves to a … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement
Tagged Bible, Christianity, encouragement, family, finances, God, parenting, worry
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“America: Imagine The World Without Her”
Last night, Trevor and I were privileged to attend a preview showing of Dinesh D’Souza’s new movie, America: Imagine The World Without Her. The movie will be released in the Atlanta and Houston markets this coming weekend (June 27), and … Continue reading
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Tagged America, America: Imagine the World Without Her, Christianity, God, history, United States of America
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Financial Setbacks
Do you ever feel as though your money seems to burn up in your hands or at least flies out of your hands faster than you can earn it? Financial setbacks can be so discouraging and even heart-wrenching, can’t they? My family … Continue reading
Posted in Money
Tagged budget, budgeting, Christianity, debt, debt free, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, economy, encouragement, Finance, finances, frugal, God, Jesus, money, stewardship
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What Good Are Dads, Anyway?
In honor of Father’s Day, many of my Facebook friends have been changing their profile pictures this weekend to photos of their dads. I love to see all of the precious pictures of dads—some who are still with us and some who … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, children, Christianity, dad, encouragement, family, Father, fatherhood, Fathers Day, God, Jesus, parenting
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I’m Never Really Safe Here
I was soaking up some rays yesterday afternoon in my front yard, trying to combat the perpetual Snow-Whiteness of my skin. As I lay there enjoying the breeze and the beautiful spring flowers, suddenly the peace was interrupted by the eruption of very loud, relatively … Continue reading
Catching My Breath
The last month has been a whirlwind. I’m sorry I haven’t posted much lately, but I’ve just been trying to keep my head above water until summer break arrived. Here are a few of the activities that some or all … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement
Tagged Christianity, encouragement, family, God, homemaking, homeschool, Jesus
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Even a Child is Known By His Actions
Do you know a child who is consistently unruly, disrespectful, disorderly, rude, or arrogant? One who, if invited to your home, might help himself or herself to your things without asking and act as though he or she deserves to be served? … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Christianity, encouragement, family, Jesus, marriage, motherhood, parenting
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Seriously?
The directors of “Moms’ Night Out” report that the movie is being described by liberal critics as “‘anti-feminist,’ ‘borderline dangerous,’ ‘offensive,’ and ‘insulting’ – and reviewer Brian Orndorf condemns the movie as ‘ugly sexism in what’s trying to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, encouragement, family, homemaking, homeschool, marriage, Moms' Night Out, motherhood, movie
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Disappointed
Have you ever been disappointed about something? I mean really disappointed? Like bawl your eyes out disappointed? I think we all have faced many disappointments in our lives. How we deal with disappointment says a lot about us, doesn’t it? … Continue reading
Let The Mother Go Out to Play!
You might’ve seen this picture on my Facebook page this week: In case you’re not familiar with Charlotte Mason, she was a British educator in the 1800s who was a bit of a revolutionary in her ideas and methods. Here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte Mason, Christianity, encouragement, family, homeschool
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Do You Know How to Knock?
Have you seen the movie Frozen? Of course you have. Everyone in the country has seen Frozen, I’m sure. Well, we finally rented it from Redbox a couple of weeks ago, because we’re cheap—I mean frugal—that way. And we watched … Continue reading
Steady Plodding Brings Prosperity
Proverbs 21:5 in The Living Bible says, “Steady plodding brings prosperity; hasty speculation brings poverty.” The NIV puts it like this, “The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” In my first job out … Continue reading
Posted in Money, Stewardship
Tagged budget, budgeting, Christianity, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, finances, frugal, Jesus, Larry Burkett, money
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Should Christians Be Involved in Politics?
When I was a teenager, I developed a strong interest in politics and a desire to make a difference in the social (moral) issues of the day, particularly abortion. I wore pro-life t-shirts, spoke against abortion in my church youth group (much … Continue reading
Thank you, Kirsten Dunst.
I was pleasantly surprised this week to hear that Spider-Man co-star, Kirsten Dunst, spoke out in support of traditional (AKA: biblical) gender roles. A recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar said, “Dunst is surprisingly outspoken on the subject of gender: ‘I feel … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, encouragement, family, feminism, gender, God, Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man
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Endorsement of Our Book from Ken Connor, Family Research Council President 2000-2003!
We were honored to receive the following foreword for our book from Ken Connor, President of the Family Research Council from 2000 to 2003, founder of Center for a Just Society/John Jay Institute, and author of Sinful Silence. “As I have pondered … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, Christianity, debt free, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, economy, encouragement, Jesus, Ken Connor, money
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