After three and a half years, and prayerful consideration I’ve come to the place where it’s time for me to step down from online ministry to better serve my family. Since it was also a good time for many of our writers to put down their pens, we decided to make this, July issue, our final.

I have been incredibly blessed with a team of faith-focussed writers who I pray will continue to minister to you as they walk on new paths.

I’ll… Read More

Dad has graced my doorstep more times than I can count, clothed in denim overalls with a box of tools at his side. I still remember the old red box he carried way back when I was too tiny to lift it, but plenty big enough to pass him each tool. The words ‘Andy the Handyman’ were hand written across the top, in permanent marker. Whether Dad wrote it himself, or it was the work of a pen-happy child, I’m not sure, but the label… Read More

Traditionally, people have chosen May as the month to honor and celebrate mothers. My children like to show their love by purchasing perenials at the local nursery. My youngest struggles to carry the biggest trays he can find, while my daughter looks for the brightest shades of pink, hoping to Barbie up the yard a shade or two.

I like to honor my own mother by taking time out of my day to visit with her. I’ll often bring flowers for… Read More

April is always my favorite month of the year. I love to watch the newness of life springing up around me with the hope that green grass and budding flowers will soon appear in abundance.

This month we reflect on the newness of life as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He lives that we might also have life eternal with Him.

With all things new, we’re bringing the outdoors in as Melissa Michael’s offers… Read More

This month we have a very special guest with us. CWO has had other wonderful guests in the past, but none have affected me quite as much as Trish Ramos from Living Waters Publications/Way of the Master Ministries.

Sunny Shell and Trish Ramos have teamed up in Sister2Sister to preach the gospel at the University of North Texas. Trish is a role model to women everywhere, giving us the inspiration and the… Read More

This month Lisa McKay is here with us, and Lisa McKay is not. Confusing? Yeah–a bit. Let me clarify: there are two of them. Our regular Lisa, The Preacher’s Wife, is off for a few months to complete some writing projects, but in the meantime we are blessed with a dear friend of hers, of the same name.

Lisa is here with Sunny Shell of “Sister 2 Sister” to discuss her debut

After a blessed Christmas and into a joyful new year, we are back with a fresh new issue of CWO for 2009.

This month singer/song writer and author, Rebecca St. James, joins Lori Kasbeer in the Book Buzz to discuss her newest book, Pure: A 90-Day Devotional for the Mind, the Body & the Spirit. This devotional offers inspiring words for meditation in 2009.

We’re also discussing the fresh year ahead, and the grace that each new day brings from the Father who freely gives to those who seek after His Son. Our hope is that… Read More

It’s been a year already? Seems like we just finished putting the angel to bed, and we’ve had to unpack her again. Minutes quickly turn to hours—hours to days, and just like that another year has gone by.

We’re celebrating our third Christmas online at CWO, by offering words of inspiration that we pray will turn our hearts toward the Reason for the Season—our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

P31 woman, Renee Swope joins

More than any other, November is the month that reminds us to pause and give thanks. To express our thankfulness with joy–giving praise to our God.

I love the tradition our family started a while back of going around the table one by one, expressing our thankfulness–each in our own unique way. Starting from the youngest to the oldest, my children pause to give thanks. And then it’s my turn…

I’m thankful for my four children, for a husband who’s heart is set on… Read More