Every October, the downtown area of our city turns into a giant art exhibit, which we call “ArtPrize”. For eighteen days, you can wander around and see art displayed everywhere you turn. The public gets to vote on their favorite pieces, and the winners get...
This post first appeared on the True Woman blog, a ministry of Revive Our Hearts. I’m so thankful for the opportunity to write for this ministry! Are you planning on attending, either the True Woman ’16 conference on September 22-23 in Indianapolis?...
By: Shannon Popkin, Taken from the True Woman blog. “I accepted Ken as my husband.” For the record, I have never spoken about my husband in these terms. I’ve never said to my children, “Twenty years ago, I accepted your daddy as my personal...
By: Shannon Popkin, Published on the True Woman Blog. It was my senior year of college. I was sharing an apartment with three other student teachers, and since we were in Virginia and there was snow on the ground, school was closed. My roommates were all huddled...
Sometimes, when the kids were little (usually after I had blown it and lost my temper with them again), I would slump over in prayer and say, “God! I am doing such a terrible job! These kids are never going to want to follow you.” The implicit message of...
Last year, 5,581 mail carriers were attacked by dogs. But I sincerely doubt that our mailman was one of them.Of course, my opinion has only been formed only by what our little dog thinks of the mailman. And it’s true that our dog pretty much likes everyone.But...