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Making "Taking Care of Mom" a Top Priority

While it feels counter-intuitive –- and is certainly counter-cultural! -- the most important way a mother can take care of her children is by "Taking Care of Mom."

30 Ways to Pray for Your Children

From the dawn of history mothers have loved their children like no one else could and prayed for them like no one else would. Arm yourself with 30 Ways to Pray for Your Children and fight like crazy on your knees for your children. After all, the greatest thing you can do f... (more)

Nurturing Artistic Gifts In Children You Love

Wondering what to give that creative kid on your Christmas list? Here's encouragement for you to strengthen their God-given creative gifting through your gift to them.

Reaction Mode

Are you in reaction mode in your marriage? Reaction mode is this highly destructive and very draining place where you and your spouse are walking in your marriage more like adversaries than partners. Every comment is scrutinized under suspicion and communication has compl... (more)

Raising a Reader: 3 steps to foster a love of books starting from birth!

“What can I do now to prepare my children to succeed in school?” I’m often asked when I speak to MOPS groups. In this age of computerized everything, my low-tech answer raises eyebrows. “Books and reading...followed by more books and more reading...and after that...

Pain & Disappointment: What's Necessary and What's Not

Learning to discern between “Not/NEVER Okay” and “Necessary” pain & disappointment is a vital proactive parenting skill. When faced with a crying child, it’s easy to slip into “mama bear” mode...

FREE Six Week Leader's Guide for Just Too Busy

When my daughter could recite the dollar-value meals at McDonald's with more accuracy than her times tables, I knew we had a problem! Take a six-week journey with your women's ministry. Discover ways to break free from the bondage of busyness!

Teaching Your Children to Tithe

Teaching children to get into the blessed habit of tithing. God LOVES a cheerful giver - no matter what our age!

Family Cell Phone Rules

Hand a cell phone to a teenager and you'll soon have a cell phone fire on your hands! Learn our rules for that jingling member of your family.

Wisdom from Grandma

Wishing you had a wise grandma nearby? She may not be close, but her wisdom is timeless. Check these out!

7 Ways to Splurge on Your Spouse -- Even When Money is Tight

Don't have a lot of money? You can still "splurge" on your spouse. Cindi McMenamin gives you 7 ways to let your husband know he's No. 1 in your heart.

The ABCs of Being Irresistible in Your Husband's Eyes

Have the home fires cooled a bit? Here are 26 ways (one for every letter of the alphabet) to make you irresistible in your husband's eyes once again.

Family Fun: The Mathematics of Family Fitness

Having a solid college application, sensational SAT scores, and a high school transcript that entices the Ivy’s are important, but please don’t forget to have loads of FAMILY FUN! That is what your children will remember! Direct your children, don’t drive them! Janell ... (more)

Developing Devotionals Using the Q.U.I.E.T Method

Janell shares her "Five Simple Steps to Sure-fire Family Devotions" No bells and whistles, no hoopla, just a consistent gathering together as a family to meet with a great big God who knows more than we do.

Meet the Triplets: Murmur, Mumble, & Grumble

One reason children murmur (and there are many) is discontent. They learn this at a very young age. Janell offers 5 Tips for Handling the Trouble Triplets!These easy-to-implement life principles will keep them from tons of misery!

Unlock Your Child's Potential

Childhood is a short season. Provide the fertile ground for your child to flourish. Janell offers "5 Key Elements to Unlocking Your the Power of Your Child's Potential."

Online Bible Study Resources for All Ages

Do you ever wish you knew where you and your kids could go online to study the Bible? Discover a plethora of information at your fingertips with the list of online Bible study resources.

5 Tips for Leaving Children With Separation Anxiety

My youngest child hated it when I left her anywhere. It didn’t matter where it was, she would scream and cry at the top of her lungs, pitching a fit for to make sure that I (and everyone in the zip code) knew she was being left against her will. I was mortified! Over ti... (more)

The Husband Project Leadership Kit

Click here for resources that make it easy to lead The Husband Project with your group

Bloggers: Try a 5-day Mini-Husband Project with Your Friends

Everything you need to host a fun, mini-project for a week on your blog. This is a great way to inspire your readers and drive traffic to your blog!

20 Dates for Less Than $20

Trying to date on a dime? Here are 20 great ideas for a night with your husband that won't have you breaking into your kid's piggy bank.

Dads Rock! 7 Way to Show Them How

If "a simple word can renew hope" (Lois Rabey), think how easy it would be to encourage some of the fathers in your life. There are ideas here that are appropriate for your husband, some for the other dads in your life - all will encourage him in this (mostly) thankless job ... (more)

The Marriage Project Leadership Kit

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Everyone Needs a Vacation

All families need time to get away from the daily routine for rest and relaxation, but it often seems undoable when operating on a tight budget. With a little creativity, though, everyone can find a way to escape together as family!

Praying for Your Husband

Our greatest gift is our prayers. Five key areas to pray for your unbelieving husband as if he were already a believer!

5 Ways to Love Your Traveling Man

Is your hubby a traveling man? Does his job keep him on the road? When my husband made mission trips without me, I wanted to be sure he knew I was standing with him and loving him even though we were an ocean apart. Distance may be difficult but you can still be show him ... (more)

10 Prayer Topics to Pray for Your Kids

Have you ever wanted to pray for your children but struggled with what to pray? In 3 John 1:4, John’s joy overflowed as he watched his beloved Gaius living out loud for God. He may have been talking about his spiritual children, but I believe John’s words echo in the ... (more)

15 Character Building Verses for Your Kids

Use Scripture to leave an imprint of character on your child’s heart - because character still counts!

10 Scripture Memory Tips for the Whole Family

Have you’ve ever wanted to memorize Scripture but didn’t think you had the time? Have you ever wished you could come up with an easy way to help your kids memorize Scripture? Memorizing the Word doesn’t have to be hard. Using the ideas below, you and your family can... (more)

16 Memory Making Ideas for Some Summertime Fun

16 ideas to help you make some summertime memories with the whole family.

7 Ways to Show Hubby You Love Him

Want to show your man you care? Try any of these easy ideas to spice up your lovelife, reconnect, and encourage him today.

12 Memoir Jumpstarters

Easy ways to help you get started writing your own story.

Romancing the Man

10 Tips to Woo Your Guy Any Day of the Year

Date Night for the New Mom

When baby comes along, quality time with your husband can evaporate. Here are 10 dates you can do with hubby even when you're a new mom.

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iCherish

Session 2 from the "iLove" retreat... What does it mean to cherish your spouse? It's easy to say, but harder to do! This 45 min - 1 hr session will make you laugh and cry as you get to know what it means to REALLY get to know and love your spouse...and as you do that, you... (more)

Romancing the Man

We don’t have to wait for our husband’s to bring romance into our marriages. With a few simple ideas, you can woo your man and wow him with your love and attention. Before you know it, he’ll be looking for ways to romance you! In this session, plan to laugh, have fun, ... (more)

Monuments of Faith

Throughout the Bible we witness stories of the Israelites building stone altars to mark the times God moved in their lives. These monuments signified God’s revelations and served as a reminder and an encouragement, especially during trials and challenges. God continues to ... (more)

Building Your Mismatched Marriage God’s Way

When we compare our marriages to those of Christian couples, we find ourselves entrenched in discontentment and resentment. Our focus is on our spiritually mismatched marriage and what it’s not, instead of keeping our eyes on Christ and viewing it as an opportunity to infl... (more)

Raising Our Kids to Integrity and Faith

The world will throw everything at our children to defeat them, tear them down, and crush their hope. Learn five key truths that a mother can instill in her children to help them to thrive in their learning years and to train them up to be young men and women of integrity an... (more)

Healthy Marriages Major in History (NOT Math!)

Why do I say that a healthy marriage majors in history, not math? Because one thing I've (finally!) learned is that no matter how I may be feeling at the moment, my husband is never “a problem”! He does not need me to “solve” him. “Math mode” simply does not wor... (more)

Personality Puzzle for Parents of Preschoolers

Have you noticed that your child is not an exact carbon copy of you? Do you ever find yourself asking, "Where on earth is this behavior coming from?" In this fun and practical presentation, Cheri applies the principles of The Personalities to parenting preschoolers. ... (more)

Let's Get PURSE-onal!

What can you learn about a woman by digging through her purse? In this light-hearted presentation, Cheri “excavates” four very different purses representing the four Personalities. Using common items – such as car keys, aloe vera hand loation, sensitive eye solut... (more)

Be Rock Solid.

In tumultuous times of economic decline, fractured families, catastrophic weather, and a culture where spirituality is dressed in gray, Janell offers twelve foundational stones on which to build a rock-solid family, rock-solid relationships, and rock-solid faith. Somehow she... (more)

Who Killed Cinderella?

In this session, we discover what really happened to Cinderella and her Prince Charming. We also uncover the road map to the land of “Happily Ever After.” Expect a few stories, some laughs, and powerful truths from God’s Word. •We discover how God redeems our lo... (more)

Winning Him Without Words

In this session, we draw from the 10 Keys to thriving in a spiritually mismatched marriage to breathe fresh hope into an unequally yoked home. •You will discover a community with people just like you •You will find a new a vibrant relationship with your spouse and ... (more)

Longings of a Woman's Heart

Do you carry unmet emotional needs, but find that your husband or friends can't offer the fulfillment you desire? Cindi looks at the longings of a woman's heart, where she goes to satisfy those longings, and the kind of fulfillment only found in an intimate relationship with... (more)

Focusing on the Few Things that Matter

Feeling weary, overwhelmed and stressed about life? Do you long to leave a legacy yet feel that life is passing you by as your children grow too quickly? Enjoy a new sense of rejuvenation as Cindi enables you to: • increase your ability to identify and say “no” to bu... (more)

When a Woman Inspires Her Husband

How can you become your husband's No. 1 fan? God created your man with a unique set of qualities and talents. There is no one else in the world like him. And God brought you alongside him in marriage to love and support him as only a wife can. Cindi shows you how you ... (more)

The Marriage Project

More love, more laughter -- more lingerie. What would your marriage look like if for 21 days, husbands and wives put their relationships on project status? Plenty of conferences describe how to improve a marriage, how to save a marriage, and how to ramp up the intimacy in a... (more)

The Husband Project

Do you feel like your marriage has gone from "I do" to "What did I do?" Recapture the romance that made you and your husband fall in love in the first place. The Husband Project provides 21 days of fun activities to show love and honor to your husband. Kathi Lipp wil... (more)

Savoring the Christmas Fruitcake

Let's face it - who really enjoys eating fruitcake at Christmas? Often, some of the people you are forced to be around during the Christmas Holidays are like that fruitcake - not something you enjoy, but rather must endure. In this fun session, Andrea will show you how to s... (more)

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Winning Him Without Words

Week after week, they sit in church...alone. They are the spiritually mismatched, those who are committed to a spouse who does not share their faith. Feeling abandoned by their spouse and forgotten by their church, they live out their faith in survival mode, guarding the spi... (more)
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Raising a Reader–CD

This talk for parents of babies thru elementary-aged children explores three steps to foster your child's love of books starting from birth. For each step, I discusses why, when, what, and how, cite research, and give practical examples from reading with my own children, now... (more)
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Healthy Marriages Major in History (NOT Math!)–CD

One thing I've (finally!) learned is that no matter how I may be feeling at the moment, my husband is never “a problem”! He does not need me to “solve” him. “Math mode” simply does not work for marriage. “History habits,” on the other hand, strengthen marriag... (more)
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Personality Puzzle for Parents of Preschoolers–CD

Have you noticed that your child is not an exact carbon copy of you? Do you ever find yourself asking, "Where on earth is this behavior coming from?" In this fun and practical presentation, Cheri applies the principles of The Personalities to parenting preschoolers. ... (more)
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Winning Him Without Words

Week after week, they sit in church . . . alone. They are the spiritually mismatched, those who are committed to a spouse who does not share their faith. Feeling abandoned by their spouse and forgotten by their church, they live out their faith in survival mode, guarding the... (more)
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When Couples Walk Together

Discover New and Meaningful Ways to Stay Connected Are the demands of everyday life constantly pulling you and your spouse in different directions? And even when you are together, do life's obligations and distractions make it a challenge to find quality time alone? If y... (more)
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When a Woman Inspires Her Husband

How Can You Become Your Husband's No. 1 Fan? God created your man with a unique set of qualities and talents. There is no one else in the world like him. And God brought you alongside him in marriage to love and support him as only a wife can. Discover how you can be the... (more)
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Priced of God: Motherhood as a Calling

American writer, Helen Hunt Jackson, once wrote, “Motherhood is priced of God, at price no man may dare, To lessen or misunderstand.” 
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Rock Solid Families: Transforming an Ordinary Home

In a world where families are fractured, frazzled, and falling apart, Rock-Solid Families is a spiritual training manual that summarizes twelve powerful principles spiritually strong families have in common, offering not only inspiration, but simple, practical methodology an... (more)
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The Husband Project

Do you feel like your marriage has gone from "I do" to "What did I do?" Recapture the romance that made you and your husband fall in love in the first place. The Husband Project provides 21 days of fun activities to show love and honor to your husband. Kathi Lipp wil... (more)
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Putting The Husband Project Into Practice - DVD

Do you feel like your marriage has gone from "I do" to "What did I do?" Recapture the romance that made you and your husband fall in love in the first place. The Husband Project provides 21 days of fun activities to show love and honor to your husband. This DVD is taken fro... (more)
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Putting The Husband Project Into Practice

Do you feel like your marriage has gone from "I do" to "What did I do?" Recapture the romance that made you and your husband fall in love in the first place. The Husband Project provides 21 days of fun activities to show love and honor to your husband. This audio CD is take... (more)
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The Marriage Project

More love, more laughter -- more lingerie.

Was the last time you flirted with your husband before you had kids?

Do you spend more time on the couch with your wife watching movies or with a bag of chips watching The Game?

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The Husband Project Starter Pack

Receive a free Husband Project DVD with a 10 for 10 pack (ten books for $10 each). You will receive 1 Husband Project DVD 1 Leader CD 10 Books 10 Bookmarks (Limit one per group)
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My Husband is a Hottie T-Shirt

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Arm Around Shoulder/Hand Over Mouth

Arm Around Shoulder/Hand Over Mouth and it's 10 lessons, enhances healthy in-law relationships and offers tools of hope for the helpless ones.
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