RebeccaOct 25, 20193 minAttend to the practicalShortly after my husband died, I read a book on widowhood by Joyce Rogers. One sentence in her introduction caught me up short and brough...
RebeccaSep 24, 20192 minGuarding Through FormationI wrote previously (April 2, 2019) that "keepers at home" can also be translated "workers at home." The word keeping carries the connotat...
RebeccaMay 7, 20192 minMaking Our Homes EmploymentAs women who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ, God calls us to the most important task of being a keeper (guardian) and worker at ho...
RebeccaApr 2, 20194 minHardest Job in the WorldThe fifth life practicum older women are to teach younger women is to be "homemakers." That's how the NKJV translates the compound Greek w...
RebeccaFeb 27, 20194 minLighting firesBecoming chaste women of God has two sides: a turning to and a turning away from. We turn our faces, our lives, our focus toward the face...
RebeccaFeb 19, 20193 minThat Untouchable SubjectThis fourth blog on what it means to be chaste has been a while in coming due to two weeks of unexpected travel, but at last I'm getting ...
RebeccaJan 23, 20193 minWithin the Vows of MarriageProbably the most common understanding of chastity is "sexually pure." I had primarily connected this definition with virginity, and it c...
RebeccaJan 10, 20194 minWithout HypocrisyAfter taking most of December off to get other writing done, I am returning again to Titus 2 and the study of the word chaste. My first b...
RebeccaDec 6, 20184 minChaste: purityThe fourth quality that should characterize us as women of God, which older women are to teach younger women, is chastity. When I first r...
RebeccaNov 28, 20184 min2 "Not" WordsThroughout this month we have looked at the word discreet through several different lenses. The first Titus 2 blog in November looked at ...
RebeccaNov 21, 20183 minAre you governed by the future?Last week, in attempting to dig deeper into the meaning of discreet, I wrote about being circumspect and tactful. The Webster's New Colle...
RebeccaNov 14, 20183 minDiscreet: Circumspect and TactfulThe nuances included in the word discreet are many. As I wrote last week, the word discreet is loaded with meaning. It is a very practica...
RebeccaNov 7, 20183 minAre you a safe person?As this is the first Wednesday of a new month, I am going to move on to the next topic in Titus 2 that older women are instructed to teac...
RebeccaOct 31, 20184 minLoving your children: Making memoriesBefore having children and even when our babies are small, most of us think phileo love comes naturally. And in many ways it does. Howeve...
RebeccaOct 24, 20185 minLoving Your Children: Teach Them to WorkOne of the most loving things we can do for our children is to teach them to work. Life is primarily made up of work. Our human nature te...
RebeccaOct 17, 20183 minLoving your children: play with themChildren take time. Children need time—our time. It's not enough to feed and bathe and clothe them. Meeting a person's basic needs consti...
RebeccaOct 10, 20186 minLoving your children: the top 3 prioritiesLove for our children can be expressed in many ways, but in my opinion three clear action items top the list. These three things help us ...
RebeccaOct 3, 20184 minLoving your children: Responsible for our own responsesThis month in my Titus 2 blog, I want to turn our attention to the second topic older women are to teach younger women: loving your child...
RebeccaSep 28, 20184 minLoving Your Husband: Showing GratitudeIt's interesting that none of the seven things older women are to teach younger women are really about meeting our own needs. They are a...
RebeccaSep 20, 20183 minLoving Your Husband: Tone of VoiceI have come to believe through both personal experience and observant listening that our tone of voice is the primary way we communicate ...