With the summer heat intensely upon us, it is time to prepare for a little holiday celebrating of our country’s pride and heritage. We found some beautiful rooms, images, and even desserts that inspired some July 4th decorating.
Posted in Holidays • Home & Garden • Interiors
Keep your heart loyal to God, for He constantly watches over you, and He desires to demonstrate His strength in your life.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
Food Network star, Giada De Laurentiis, delivers new ideas on how to create a beautiful summer picnic for your family. She provides…
Posted in Cooking • Featured Cooking Video
I have always wanted to go to Jerusalem but this is as close as I am going to get for a while.
Posted in Home & Garden • Interiors
Entering a saving relationship with Christ is a life-changing experience! You will view everything in your life from a Christlike perspective. Christianity is not something you add to your life; it is life!
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Too often we teach the ‘what’ absent of the ‘why’ and we wonder why our children are not compelled to hang on to the lessons we teach.
Posted in Education • Homeschool Life
Paul was intent on living to honor the gospel that gave him life. The way you live your life ought to be a tribute to the matchless grace that your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, has bestowed upon you.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
We live in a modern-day Babylon. In this culture, we fight against the tide thinking we have a handle on it. The perfume of our culture seduces us, leaving us to fall prey to disease.
Posted in Encouragement • Faith
Brave is not the typical romantic “princess-gets-her-prince” story. It’s a mother-daughter story about forgiveness, the importance of family, and growing up.
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There may be times when God seems far away. Drawing near to God requires you to take two actions. First, you must cleanse your hands. Second, you are to purify your heart.
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Two of the most acclaimed singersin history – Celine Dion and Italian tenor-superstar Andrea Bocelli singing “The Prayer” with the New…
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Most of us understand the importance of having balance in our lives but we often overlook it in design projects. Interior Designer and SCH Contributor Cindy Barganier muses on the benefits of balance in the home.
Posted in Home & Garden • Interiors
SCH is excited to introduce “The Christian Poet’s Corner.” This week we feature Author Robin Wren’s soulful piece on feeling defective and unable to discern God’s voice…and finding Grace in an unremarkable life.
Posted in Encouragement • Faith
You must possess the same heart and take the same action of loving reconciliation toward your spouse if you want to become friends. Unresolved conflicts destroy marital friendship.
God promises all believers that if we live righteously and pray fervently, our prayers will be effective and produce significant results.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
I have adopted strategies that work in bursts of productivity, or self-rewarding systems, self-regulating systems, or simply lessening the stuff that has to be cleaned.
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Pastor and author Francis Chan talks about his journey from an adolescent who requested of God, “Just don’t let me lose my friends,” to becoming a man who is ready to lose everything for following Christ.
Posted in Faith • Featured Faith Video
Obedience to your Lord’s commands will affect others. Don’t refuse to obey what you know God is asking because you fear the cost to your family will be too great.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
As we see God at work in us, we are motivated to work even more diligently. When you sense God developing an area of your life, join Him in His activity so that His salvation will be demonstrated fully.
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“Hero” is the classic single from the 2009 album Awake by the Christian Rock band Skillet and is the first…
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One of the Christian’s greatest deterrents from sin is the life of another Christian. “Minding your own business” will save you some discomfort, but it will not help a brother or sister who needs to return to the Lord.
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Look no further than first single and opening track, “Remind Me Who I Am,” for a classic example of Jason Gray’s…
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Joy comes from God, and therefore it cannot be affected by what is outside of you. Do not allow difficult events to cancel the joy of knowing you are a child of God.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
God will continue to reveal His character to you according to your needs and according to His purposes. You will come to know more and more about Him as you obey Him.
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I have seen a lot of steel lately in homes, in a variety of styles. It blends well with warm rustic woods and adds a nice contrast to elegant white kitchens and interiors and there is something about the great expanse of glass bringing the beauty of the outdoors in.
Posted in Home & Garden • Interiors
You may be asking, “Are there specific things I can do that will promote friendship with my spouse? How can I become a better friend to my marriage partner?”
It is exhilarating to be set apart by God, knowing that God observes your consecrated life and is pleased with what He sees. What a tremendous privilege to know that your life holds a special place in God’s heart!
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
God’s creation as captured in photographs may give us peace, hope and inspiration for the journey ahead. Elmore DeMott shares her photography and words to illustrate this simple truth.
Posted in Lifestyle
Our hope is not mere speculation in what God might do. If God has indicated to you that He is going to do something, you can be absolutely confident that He will do it.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
Have you ever been in a situation that causes you to scream, throw a fit, and vent about the injustice being done to you? Guess what my friend, that’s what I like to call a growth opportunity.
Posted in Encouragement • Faith
Anyone who has been married will tell you that you have to work at it. Relationships with your in-laws are the same, Godly advice on how to develop healthy relationships with your spouse’s family.
Posted in Faith • Family Matters
If you need to work through a problem or just get away to do some serious thinking, this is the best place in the world to reflect. Throughout history writers have often been inspired by such a place as this.
Posted in Best of Sonoma • Lifestyle
What an incredible act of God’s grace that Christ should stand beside you to guide you and counsel you and defend you! What confidence this should give you!
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
A mark of spiritual maturity is a willingness to sacrifice personal comfort in order to strengthen other believers.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
ART FROM THE HEART by Sonoma Artist MARIA CRANE. Come out for an Evening of Art, Live Music and Dessert! With Special Guest Catherine Altamura ~ SATURDAY JUNE 16, 7-9 PM.
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Music video by Newsboys performing “God’s Not Dead” (Official Music Video).
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henever an unbeliever meets a Christian, the unbeliever ought to be face to face with everything he needs to know in order to follow Christ.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
Joaquin Fernandez (IndoctriNation) continues his “back to basics” declaration for educating our children, citing scripture that gives specific instructions for how we are to teach our kids.
Posted in Education • Teach Your Children
The father and son duo of Russell and Rusty Martin of COURAGEOUS share about their personal life, their relationship with God, their currents films, and of course, their time being on set of COURAGEOUS.
Posted in Interviews • Movies • News
Blameless does not mean perfect. It means that in every situation you do the correct thing.
There was a man…
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Building 429: “Where I Belong” – Official Music Video – ‘Take This World and Give Me Jesus!’
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Holly Starr – “Don’t Have Love” is the official new Christian music video for the radio single “Don’t Have Love” from the Christian singer’s upcoming full-length release, Focus.
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Interior Designer Leo Dowell tells us, “Family values are learned at home. We must return to a strong connection to family. The home is where it happens.”
Posted in Home & Garden • Interiors
If an athlete can be motivated to make incredible sacrifices for a perishable reward, how much more ought Christians to strive for an imperishable one?
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
Of all the names, descriptions, and symbolism God could’ve chosen, He decided that the title and the role of Father would embrace them all. This is both a beautiful and challenging thought for every believer, let alone fathers.
Posted in Faith • Family Matters
What should you do when you’ve done all you can and the compromise is still not exactly what you’d hoped for? Is there something more you should do?
The world will estimate your importance by the number of people serving you. God is more concerned with the number of people you are serving.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
The drums of war have been sounded; she will ready her defenses. She has two choices: fallible but visible man or the invisible but undefeated King.
Posted in Faith • Family Matters
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back as Agents J and K, and this time around, Agent K has been erased from the timeline. Along the way, J learns how the events of the past shaped his relationships, and ultimately his life, in the present.
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Through the I Am Second platform, actress Janine Turner shares her testimony of how she came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
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After attending to a load of laundry and returning to her front yard where her children were playing, Mrs. Smith was shocked to find a police officer holding her youngest daughter.
Posted in Education • Parental Rights
Perhaps someone around you needs to see the difference Christ’s presence makes in your life. Are you willing for God to use your circumstances to demonstrate His saving power to those around you?
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
Agent J travels in time to MIB’s early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.
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Christian comedian Tim Hawkins performs a parody of Green Day’s “Time of Your Life,” in which he comically warns men what NOT to say to their wives!
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This powerful drama, performed by Mission Baltimore at Winterfest 2006 and set to the song “Everything” by Lifehouse, captures the everyday struggles and temptations of a teen, and finding victory in Christ.
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If we live our lives for Jesus Christ, the lost will be attracted to our example and make them long for a relationship with Our Lord.
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Most Christians are quick to claim that God is their first priority. Yet often their actions reveal that their treasure is not God but things of this world.
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This video by Igniter Media is an artistic look at God’s story, including the Old Testament, the Gospel, and all that we have to look forward to, in just 50 words.
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In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.
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This isn’t your mother’s Snow White. Nor your 6-year-old niece’s. This might be the Snow White your teenage brother and his “Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings” loving friends put in their Netflix queue.
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The COO of Facebook leaves work every day by 5:30 to have dinner with her kids, and she thinks you should too. Balancing career and family can be hard, but you can choose if it’s hard and positive or hard and negative.
Posted in Faith • Family Matters
Do you vividly recall times when you know God spoke to you? Regularly rehearse them and notice the steady progression in the way God has led you.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
Your life should convince those around you of the wisdom of following God. Do not underestimate the positive effect that your obedience will have upon those close to you.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
God is your model of a father in the truest sense of the word. He has adopted you and wants to love you in a way you have never experienced. Take comfort and strength from Him—your heavenly Father.
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Do you have any offenses that you have left unconfessed? If so, won’t you ask forgiveness today? This is undoubtedly a central reason for having little harmony in your marriage.
Interior Designer Leo Dowell is frequently asked where he gets his ideas for the French-style homes he designs. Here, Leo gives us a glimpse into where he finds his inspiration.
Posted in Home & Garden • Interiors
If you are a Christian you, too, have keys to the kingdom of heaven. You do not need an intermediary, for you have an unobstructed access to God.
Posted in Daily Devotions • Faith
The moment you became a Christian, the Holy Spirit began a divine work to produce Christ’s character in you. Regardless of who you are, the Spirit works from the same model, Jesus Christ.
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Our Christian maturity is deeply affected by what we sow. Let us choose to sow generously in everything we do in our Christian lives. The harvest we reap will be Christlikeness.
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