Author Archives: LauraMac
Sunday Soaking: The Grace of Joseph
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.Luke 1:26-27 In chapters 1 … Continue reading
Mary Heart / Martha Home: Christmas Edition (with Free Downloads)
In this week’s Martha Monday video, Laura shared new downloads for December: our ‘Do It’ List and the ‘Write the WORD’ bookmark and S.O.A.P. study pages. If you are new to these monthly freebies, December is the ideal time to … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Thanking Him for the Good
“The LORD will indeed give what is good,and our land will yield its harvest.”Psalm 85:12 Our Lord is good. He gives us good things. Do you and I acknowledge those good things? James 1:17 reminds us: Every good and perfect … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: We Will Reap a Harvest
Let us not become weary in doing good,for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.Galatians 6:9 It’s no coincidence that Thanksgiving comes at harvest time. What better way to celebrate good weather, … Continue reading
Mary Heart / Martha Home: Cinnamon Rolls Extraordinaire!
In this week’s Martha Monday video, Laura shared a new holiday breakfast recipe for cinnamon rolls. Often we focus on Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, or a decadent dessert, but today we want to help you make breakfast special for the … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Firstfruits
“Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruitsof the crops you sow in your field…”Exodus 23:16 Harvest was payday in an agrarian society. Weeks and months of backbreaking toil finally paid off when it came time to harvest the grain. … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Letting the Seasons Prompt Praise
I love the seasons. I love the rhythm they bring to life, the transformation they bring to creation, and the variety they prompt to my wardrobe. When I think of the seasons, I want to sing along with The Byrds’ … Continue reading
Mary Heart / Martha Home: Our November ‘Do It!’ List
In this week’s Martha Monday video, Laura introduces our November ‘Do It!’ List. If you aren’t familiar with this handy resource, it was born out of Laura’s many years of raising a family, home educating her children, keeping a home, … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Administering God’s Grace
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others,as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. I Peter 4:10 On Sunday afternoons when I was a kid, my parents would drop off me and … Continue reading
Mary Heart / Martha Home: November’s ‘Write the WORD’ Theme – HARVEST
In this week’s Monday video, Laura introduced the theme of our November ‘Write the WORD’ bookmark: HARVEST. While this isn’t a word that, for most of us, applies as much to life in our modern culture as it did in … Continue reading
