Jennifer DeFrates's Blog, page 5
March 29, 2019
Unplanned is the Movie We All Need to See
Unplanned is an incredibly important movie. I went in agreeing with everything the films stands for, and STILL left changed. It wasn’t an easy film to decide to watch in the theater. And yet, here I am begging you to go see it anyway. Even if you’re already pro-life. Even if you don’t think you […]
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March 23, 2019
How to Balance Housework and Homeschool
Balancing housework and homeschool is tricky. Balancing homeschool with anything is hard! Homeschool parents have the equivalent of a full-time job while trying to also be a spouse, parent, housekeeper, and if possible, a person who has a few moments to shower every couple of days. While housework isn’t the deep spiritual issues I usually […]
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March 8, 2019
Raising Girls to be Powerful Women of God
As the mother to a daughter, no challenge seems greater to me than raising girls to be powerful women of God. Womanhood is intensely difficult and beautiful and humbling and empowering. Sometimes, it’s all of those in the same moment. (Heaven not Harvard is as a participant in affiliate programs including the Amazon Associates Program. […]
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March 4, 2019
Why Should You Give Up Something for Lent?
Why should you give up something for Lent? Maybe you shouldn’t. Lent is a HUMAN tradition that isn’t in the Bible at all. (But keep reading because there are some really powerful reasons I choose to.) (Heaven not Harvard is as a participant in affiliate programs including the Amazon Associates Program. As an affiliate, I […]
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February 23, 2019
What Changed my Heart and made me Pro Life?
A Christian blogger being pro life is not very surprising, but what might surprise you is that I was pro choice much of my life. It’s still really hard to admit. Less than 8 years ago, God began to get ahold of my heart in a way that changed everything I thought I knew. My […]
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February 16, 2019
How to Share the Truth About Abortion with Pro-Choice Friends
How can we share the truth about abortion to our pro-choice friends? I have really struggled to find just the right way to discuss this. Everyone has a really strong opinion, and discussion sometimes gets difficult when we have strong opinions. We tend to do a lot of sharing our own opinions without really listening. […]
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October 16, 2018
Why Christians Need to be Saturated in the Word
Becoming deeply saturated in the word changed my relationship with God forever. I spent too many years full of misunderstanding and carrying legalistic burdens because I didn’t have an accurate understanding of the Bible and didn’t really know God for myself. My superficial relationship with His word had stunted my spiritual growth. I had missed so […]
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August 5, 2018
5 Last Minute Methods to be Ready for Homeschool this year
Are you ready for homeschool? If you’re anything like me summer lasted about five minutes and all of a sudden, it was back to school. And I was not ready. Wasn’t it just last week I had such grand plans for all I would accomplish this summer? I’ve barely started my summer projects, but tomorrow […]
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August 2, 2018
What Every Christian should know about Voice of the Martyrs
What should you know about Voice of the Martyrs? I had heard of Voice of the Martyrs, but had never really gotten involved. Even though I donated and joined their mailing list, I hadn’t taken real steps to personally be involved in their ministry, but that changed when I realized that their ministry is the entire […]
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July 16, 2018
Community Matters when there are Sharks in the Water!
Community matters for many reasons, but this week, I saw firsthand the importance of community during our beach vacation. We woke up early, packed our stuff and selves into the van, and drove to Florida. We really enjoy this one military beach because we’re always reminded that being part of the military community matters. There’s […]
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