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Noël Piper

Noël Piper is wife of John Piper, mother of five, and grandmother of thirteen. She is also the author of Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God, Treasuring God in Our Traditions, and two children’s books.

She Sailed with Christ to China: Esther Nelson (1890–1974)

She Sailed with Christ to China

Esther Nelson (1890–1974)

Esther Nelson could have chosen to get married. She could have chosen to be a mom. She could have chosen to settle down. Instead, she chose China.

The Bride of the Reformation: Wibrandis Rosenblatt (1504–1564)

The Bride of the Reformation

Wibrandis Rosenblatt (1504–1564)

She was wife to four husbands, mother to eleven children, and disciple to one Lord who never left her side.

Will You Cleave and Leave Your Man?

Will You Cleave and Leave Your Man?

Letter to a Would-Be Adulteress

There are two ways for a woman to cleave in marriage: one clings to Christ, the other clings to self.

When Grandma and Grandpa Don’t Celebrate Like We Do

When Grandma and Grandpa Don’t Celebrate Like We Do

You don’t want to cause disruption in the family, but you don’t want your children to be confused or hindered in their growing faith. You’re trying to help them understand as much about God as they can at whatever age they are...

Thanksgiving: Gateway to the Holidays

Thanksgiving: Gateway to the Holidays

Many nations have special days for giving thanks. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is always the fourth Thursday in November. Wherever we are in the world, there are at least two requirements for any sort of thanksgiving to happen…

Conference Message

Latecomer to Narnia

Small Talk — 2013 National Conference

C.S. Lewis takes us in through stories, allegories, and illustrations in order to teach us along the way to a world that will one day be perfect.

Conference Message

Faithful Women. Faithful God.

The command “Be still and know that I am God” can include physical rest, but most importantly it is a stillness of heart that knows God is God and we are not.

If Not Santa, What?

How will our home look if our celebration is a picture of anticipation and waiting for God’s plan to be completed, a picture of our joy in the salvation he has begun for us? What visible things will fill our…

Thinking About Santa

Over the years, we have chosen not to include Santa Claus in our Christmas stories and decorations. There are several reasons First, fairy tales are fun and we enjoy them, but we don’t ask our children to believe them. Second…

Jesus Tree

Talitha: “Mom, I have a tiny disco ball to hang on the Jesus Tree!” Me: “Before you do that, you need to tell me how that disco ball relates to Jesus.” Talitha: “Mmm…well…Jesus is the light of the world…and he…

Looking Forward: Preparing to Meet Jesus Face to Face

Advent is a time of looking back, remembering the faithful people who were waiting for the salvation God had promised, as 1 Peter 1:10-12 tells us Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be…

Looking Back: Advent Candles

Advent Candles probably are the most common Advent symbolism of looking back to the days of waiting for the Messiah God had promised Various helpful schemes of symbolism can be attached to Advent candles, their number, and color. But here…

Advent: Standing in the Middle

During Advent, it’s as if we are re-enacting the thousands of years God’s people were anticipating and longing for the coming of God’s salvation, for Jesus. Then at the end of the four weeks of Advent, Christmas is a heartfelt…

What Is Advent?

We are a people of promise. For centuries, God prepared people for the coming of his Son, our only hope for life. At Christmas we celebrate the fulfillment of the promises God made—that he would give a way to draw…

It's My Pleasure

When I came home from running errands yesterday, I found a florist’s delivery on my back porch—rich, red long-stemmed roses. The gift card had no words, only numbers: 6-6-66 Yesterday, 6-6-09, was the 43rd anniversary of the day I met…

Do You Want a Friend?

A sweet story that helps children recognize that potential friends are all around them, while reinforcing that Jesus is the best friend of all.

Choose! Life or Limbs?

If you have two functional legs, imagine life without them.... Imagine life without them.... Imagine that your legs are gone so that you can have life That’s the story of my cousin, Mal. He was in a coma, almost dead…

Dreaming of a White Christmas

There are good reasons to dream of a white Christmas For one, God created crystal, blinding-white new snow to help us understand the contrast between our sinful old selves and the new persons he has made us into: “though your…

Burping Baby Jesus

“The little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.” Really? Let’s not forget that the Lord Jesus was also the human newborn baby Jesus, as we’re reminded in one of the best Christmas books ever—The Best Christmas Pageant Ever …

A Season to Look Back and Ahead

We are a people of promise. For centuries, God prepared people for the coming of his Son, our only hope for life. At Christmas we celebrate the fulfillment of the promises God made—that he would give a way to draw…

A Giant In My Life

Annie Lou Henry May 23, 1898 – November 9, 1980 Twenty-eight years ago today—five months after we began at Bethlehem—my father’s mother died down in Georgia. For a couple of years she had been having small strokes that kept her…

Happy Birthday, Mother!

Today is the 87th birthday of my mother, Pamela Henry A couple of years ago, our Bethlehem M.O.M.S asked me to tell them what I learned by being my mother’s daughter. Only God knows all I’ve learned and am…

Lilias Trotter: Following God's Call

Last Wednesday marked the eightieth anniversary of the death of Lilias Trotter. She died August 27, 1928, forty years and five months after following God’s call to leave her comfortable English home and move to Algeria According to the…

Surrendering Our Children

Our grandson, Orison, is three years old. Judging by his interests during our Sunday afternoon backyard picnic, I would have said he was aspiring to stardom as an ace batter or as a trumpet player in a marching band (using…

Deep Waters—Swim or Sink?

One verse leapt to my memory as we listened to Psalm 69 in the service this weekend: “I have come into deep waters.” It reminded me of a memorable passage from Lilias Trotter, 19th century artist, author, and…

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