mtlmagazineMay 103 minFinding Treasureby Roseanna M. White Who doesn’t love a good treasure hunt? As a homeschooling mom, I’ve created my fair share of homemade maps,...
mtlmagazineMay 93 minIntersection Column | Welcome to the Sweet Lifeby Suzanne Woods Fisher My husband is a serious ice cream maker. Actually, Steve’s a serious guy to begin with and he takes his ice cream...
mtlmagazineMay 63 minOut of Controlby Kimberley Woodhouse I admit it. I’m a control freak. There. Whew. It’s out in the open. If you know me, you can go ahead and laugh. I...
mtlmagazineMay 54 minGod's Grace Is Sufficient for Youby Jodie Niznik No one is perfect. We all experience moments of responding in anger instead of patience, using careless words instead of...
mtlmagazineMay 44 minAre You Ready for Bedtime?by Julie Lavender Though grown-ups typically welcome slumber time after a long day at work, outside the home and inside the home, little...
mtlmagazineMay 27 minTake Every Thought Captiveby Bo Stern-Brady On an early Wednesday morning last winter, I texted my husband a happy “Good morning, I love you,” like we always do...
mtlmagazineMay 24 minAuthor Spotlight | Tara TafferaWhat inspired you to write Love Reunited? This is book three in a series, and Elizabeth emerged as a strong character beginning with book...
mtlmagazineApr 284 minBlessing Yourself and Moms Around You!by Karen Whiting I rang the doorbell, and my neighbor stepped out. I handed her a homemade muffin bouquet with tasty goodies and floral...
mtlmagazineApr 263 minSeven Ways to Clean Your Home to Make Room for Hospitalityby Michelle S. Lazurek I love having guests over. I enjoy the fellowship that occurs when friends and family come to my home, whether it...
mtlmagazineApr 254 minIntersection Column | Finding Truth in the Shadows of Historyby Janyre Tromp When I was in college, Dr. Tom Jones, my U.S. history professor, assigned us the homework of talking to a relative about...
mtlmagazineApr 215 minChildlike Wonderby Brock Eastman, Dr. Fizzlebop Watching my four children (ages 12, 10, 8 and 6) learn about the world around them leaves me in a...
mtlmagazineApr 194 minCounted As Lossby Roland Warren Culturally, it is unpopular to count as loss a father’s absence from the home. “As long as kids have their moms, they’re...
mtlmagazineApr 184 minIntersection Column | Finding Your Lost Soulby Jaime Jo Wright When I wrote The Souls of Lost Lake, I had no idea that choosing to include a mother passing away from cancer would...
mtlmagazineApr 145 minLiving Outside the Boxby Helen Smallbone I confess I’m my happiest when I’m behind the scenes. I have spent my life in the background—but there I was, lit up...
mtlmagazineApr 132 minMan Cannot Live on Moldy Manna Aloneby Jennifer Hand I am someone who loves her coffee. I have coffee mugs everywhere. My car sometimes looks like a rolling coffee shop....
mtlmagazineApr 112 minWords Matterby Mary DeMuth To say I had difficulties with my in-laws would be an understatement. Things got so bad right when we were first married...
mtlmagazineApr 115 minIntersection Column | Bravery Is More Than a Lack of Fearby Nicole Deese I’m a bit of an anomaly in my mostly introverted peer group of writer friends. You see, I happen to be an extrovert,...
mtlmagazineApr 74 minKeeping Hope Alive in Life’s Stormsby Grace Fox Living near Vancouver, British Columbia, means dealing with dark, damp, dreary winters. I find November through March...
mtlmagazineApr 52 minKeeping Hope Aliveby Mandisa When the Coronavirus pandemic hit my corner of the world in March 2020, I knew my mental health might be in trouble. As a...
mtlmagazineMar 314 minIntersection Column | When Fiction Becomes Real Lifeby Crystal Caudill When life gets tough, some people eat chocolate. Me? I write a story . . . and eat the chocolate—lots of it. Story is...