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This post is by Patty Lewis.

Summer is on its way!  School, for most of our kids, is on its way out!

How can we maintain our morning routines we have worked hard to build?

First, we should recognize summer is approaching and most of us are going to experience pretty big changes in our schedules…whether our kids go to school outside the home or are homeschooled.  Knowing this is coming and giving it a little attention will help us see the value in committing to continuing our morning routines....

This post is by Shari Gabourel.

The thing about reading or studying the Bible—with any consistency, is eventually the reader will either regard its contents as credible and reliable or unbelievable and unreliable.

Should you or I agree the Scripture is trustworthy, it stands to reason we must make it our practice to keep and do what the Word of God says.

In Deuteronomy 4, we listen to one of the Bible’s most notable leaders, Moses, address the nation of Israel about the importance of keeping ...

This post is by Tami Rodriguez.

I can’t count how many times I’ve tried to be a morning person and have failed.  My good friends (and poor husband) all know how much I don’t like but desperately WANT to love mornings and be “successful”. I have often announced to my family that I was going to bed early because “tomorrow and for the rest of my life I will be waking up early”...everyday...because I’m awesome like that. 

I want to be like all the amazing women I read about and do ALL the things! ...

 This post is by Hannah Oxley.

After months of chilled fingers, red noses, and more recently, seasonal allergies, summer is almost here! As kids, there is nothing more exhilarating than the swift change that happens between the last day of school and the first day of summer vacation. Can we all remember the pure excitement we felt as we rode our bikes to the pool, ice cream money tucked away in our backpacks, without a care in the world? 

While we never meant to become the sort of people wh...

This post is by Rose Ward.

Do you want to be prepared for what the world pushes against you, have the ability to defend your King well, and change the world for the better? My answer is yes, and if you are a child of God, most likely your answer is YES too! In order to do these things, we must know the significance of God’s Holy Armor and understand its vital importance to the survival of the soul (mind, will, and emotions), body, and spirit. That being said, today our focus is on the most i...

The post is by Sabeth Kapahu.

“You are your biggest enemy when it comes to big ideas!” I heard this statement recently and knew it summed up why I love the Hello Mornings Academy. At any given moment it feels like I have a thousand ideas running through my head. If left alone they are numbing... but when given practical tools and Godly encouragement they move me forward in faith and obedience. 

This is what the Academy has provided. The mission statement workshop, habit building guides, pro...

This post is by Jen Shultz.

Move. 

That one word has made me feel like a failure more times in the last decade than I can count. That goal- the one of moving my body- has been a place of great frustration. I hit a good stride and make actual progress. Then, life gets in the way. It is no secret that I am physically broken. I am the bearer of a genetic disorder that has spent the last 17 years in “full send” mode and tried to take me out in increasingly creative ways. With the pandemic, 2020...

This post is by Briane Kearns.

Plans come in different shapes and sizes. To make plans and achieve them we need to break them down so that we have both a vision and a roadmap. I categorize plans into three types: Big Picture Plans, Incremental Plans and Day to Day Plans.

Big Picture plans are the overarching plans that you have for your life, career and family. Some might call them goals, but I call them plans. This is because a goal is something you hope to achieve, but a plan is something yo...

This is post by Jen Stanbro.

A couple of months ago, I was sitting next to my mom on the couch in my screened-in patio, on a beautiful 75 degree day in February. This was new to me.  I grew up in Western New York (think lake-effect snow) and then lived in Wisconsin for six years (think seven degrees with gale-force winds). This was my first February in North Carolina and it didn’t feel like February to me at all. As I sat with my feet on the coffee table, enjoying the warm, gentle breeze, I bre...

This post is by Jenn Kokal.

 It was the first warm morning of the year. I sat there on my chair, a book in one hand, a cup of hot coffee in the other. The open windows were blowing a fresh breeze through the room, rustling the long, sheer curtains, and creating a pleasant, spring scent. I should have been enjoying this calm, fragrant morning. But I wasn’t.

It was the day after my two coloring devotionals were finally published. Months of blood, sweat, and tears went into creating, writing, dra...

This post is by Deb Alexander.

I’ve always been a planner. I used an assignment notebook years earlier than I actually needed to, simply because I loved making a check mark in the little box when I finished a homework assignment. These days, my bullet journal is my planner of choice. Every Sunday afternoon, I sit with my felt-tip markers and ballpoint pens to create a (very simple!) layout for the week ahead. This planning rhythm gives me the opportunity to blend my love of organization with a ...

This post is by Joanne Wu.

What were you doing around this time last year?  

Around this time last year, I was googling creative ways to celebrate Easter with my church community while we attended “church at home.”  My social media feeds had photos of DIY stained glass windows at home, or of stained glass chalk art on sidewalks.  Flowers were beginning to bloom, softening the unknowns of what “stay at home” life would actually entail.  Last year this time, we were still able to lightheartedly ...