The Consilium Community
A community of purpose and grace for wise womenMarriage and the Definition of Real Romance
One ordinary day, I trudged down the stairs from making beds and gathering laundry. I walked past day-old dirty dishes stacked on the kitchen counter while exhaling a not-so-quiet sigh. The sigh that weary mommas everywhere know too well. That's when I overheard my...
Marriage, Weathering the Storm and Stones of Fire
“And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 My husband gave me opal earrings for Christmas. They’re beautiful, but he chose them for a more significant reason. If you hold an opal to the light, flaming colors...
And Her Heart Flutters
She wears the fall of life as if it came with no burdens at all, but if you look closely, you can see places where she has weathered many hard winters. Yesterday, her daughter and granddaughter boarded a plane that would take them so far away. If she drove night and...
How to Face Winter with Hope
I pulled out the note and read it again. “Sandy, I love you so much. I pray for you. Please come to me. Please give me hope.” Oh, Sophonie, don’t you know that Jesus is your only hope? I’d considered not going back. We’d had a busy year, and I was feeling my years,...
I Gave Myself Permission To Be Bad
I knew something had to change. I wanted nothing more than to live for God and bring Him glory. I prayed for His truth to dwell in my heart and let me live with the joy of the Lord. I put great effort into my spiritual health while ignoring emotional health, not...
The Consilium Podcast, Episode 7, Deidra Riggs
Deidra is the Author of, Every Little Thing, and the founder of Jumping Tandem is our guest on The Consilium Podcast today.
Hello from the Other Side of the Calendar
(A little tribute to Adele and the never ending melody replaying inside my head as of late!) Maybe, like me, you find yourself on the other side of the calendar year way too quick, long before you finished wrapping up the year, or even wrapping all of the Christmas...
Could This (Finally) Be Our Year? ~ Christin Ditchfield
Years ago I ran across a poignant cartoon by artist Cathy Guisewite. In the first panel, a woman held up a sparkly ring. The caption read, TO DO: 1955. There was only one thing on the woman’s list: “Marry well.” In the second panel, her hand had become a fist. The...
Consilium Podcast, Episode 6, Crystal Evans Hurst
Today, we talk about finding balance, and the journey of making our way through working in ministry, caring for family and serving the Lord responsibly.
