Last year, our pastor began 2020 encouraging us to pray the Prayer of Jabez every day. It felt like a great challenge! Scary, actually! Enlarge my territory? I'm not sure I want to pray for that.Then ...  Read More

Stepmoms, I'm excited to share this resource for you! A few weeks ago I saw Heather Hetchler do an IG video that she would be working on some school and COVID resources. I reached out and said "Please...  Read More

Do we have any gardeners? Or wannabes like me?This is my patio and each summer I throw seeds in this flower bed and hope for the best. My husband waters and weeds, and at the end of summer let's me ta...  Read More

The past couple months have been trying on the mind and heart. We're all dealing with a little extra stress in light of recent world events. If you're like me, routine has gone completely out the wind...  Read More

We love printables! These are Word documents you can print and post on the fridge, carry in your Bible or purse. I think you can open on your phone and save too!During this time of uncertainty, we wan...  Read More

I was reading in Ezra this morning. In this book we are looking at the Israelite's return to Babylon -  during their time away, people had made some bad decisions. They had walked away from the will o...  Read More

Confession, I'm an older stepmom. At least when it comes to technology. When my stepson was young and we were keeping track of calendars, it was all on paper. Our Family Wizard wasn't available. The a...  Read More

We frequently get questions from members of The Joyful Stepmom Facebook community about phone monitoring apps. To assist in protecting your family, we wanted to share some resources. A book I real...  Read More

Merry Christmas, Joyful Stepmoms!Each Christmas I send a card to the stepmoms or ministries I've connected with and prayed for during the past year. However, at this point our group has grown so much ...  Read More

As a member of the Bible Gateway Blogger Grid,  I received this copy of The Jesus Bible Artist Edition NIV as a free review copy. When I saw the review opportunity for this Women's Bible, I couldn't r...  Read More

The Joyful Stepmom verse for 2019 Our verse for this year brings focus back to why we work so hard at The Joyful Stepmom. There are plenty of places online to find advice for stepmoms. Do a search on ...  Read More

I had the opportunity to attend a parenting seminar with speaker Mark Gregston. Mark is the founder of Parening Today's Teens through Heartlight Ministries.I'm not sure when I first stumbled across Pa...  Read More