She Shall Be Praised

In this video, I reflect on a viral social media comment suggesting our grandmothers only stayed married because they had no other financial options. That sparked deeper thoughts: How have modern expectations of marriage shifted, and what are we wrongly asking our spouses to provide? Growing up in the mid-70s, I absorbed the cultural idea that a husband or wife should “complete” us—be our missing...

Have you ever wondered why we can truly love others? It all starts with God's perfect love for us. In this in-depth Bible study, we explore the powerful truth of 1 John 4:19: "We love because He first loved us" — and dive into the full context of 1 John 4:7 through chapter 5. We begin by unpacking why Jesus had to die for us: because of sin, we "missed the mark" of God's perfection and separated o...

In this live video, I share my personal testimony of coming to Christ as an adult — how I set out to test if the Bible was really true, dove deep into study (writing my own Bible studies and reading through the Bible yearly), and built a strong foundation of faith. But even after years of faithful study, I’ve struggled with feeling God distant at times. The closest I’ve ever felt to Him was during...

n this recorded video, I share my personal testimony of coming to Christ as an adult — how I set out to test if the Bible was really true, dove deep into study (writing my own Bible studies and reading through the Bible yearly), and built a strong foundation of faith. But even after years of faithful study, I’ve struggled with feeling God distant at times. The closest I’ve ever felt to Him was dur...

In this conversation, my dad tells stories about his childhood, young adulthood, work, and our family history.

In this video, I talk about the destructive influences that feminism has had on womanhood. While we have achieved much in the way of career, we have sacrificed some of the honor and dignity we enjoyed in pursuit of career equality and sexual libertinism.

When we say "love," we usually mean the emotion, but the action of love is so much greater, and makes all the difference in the world.

When I was a teen, I became aware of a darkness within me even though I was a good kid with good grades. In college, I decided to explore that darkness and I began to live a sort of double life: good girl during the daytime and bad girl at night. I began to understand that I wasn't alone and everyone had that darkness within... until one day, my darkness disappeared. This is my story.

This video includes a reading of my blog post, which you can find here: https://sheshallbepraised.com/the-written-word/f/abba%E2%80%99s-daughter It also includes details and conversation that expands upon the inspiration and circumstances which prompted the post.

This is the video of my podcast... which includes a reading of my blog with additional commentary.

I always found Athena to be the most unlikeable of all the Greek gods because she was so untouchable. It made her terrifying. Even though Zeus was more powerful, his lust for human women made him less frightening. God has the holiness of Athena, yet has love for people, without the lusty weakness of Zeus. 

In 2008, I was in the covergence of a perfect storm... financial trouble, managing a household and raising 4 young children all under the age of 8, and trying to become a better woman who would honor God with my word and actions. I wrote this because of my search for peace during this difficult time. That might be almost 2 decades ago, but it's so relevant for today! I hope you enjoy this episode!...

In 2008, I was in the covergence of a perfect storm... financial trouble, managing a household and raising 4 young children all under the age of 8, and trying to become a better woman who would honor God with my word and actions. I wrote this because of my search for peace during this difficult time. That might be almost 2 decades ago, but it's so relevant for today! I hope you enjoy this episode!...

In 2008, I was in the covergence of a perfect storm... financial trouble, managing a household and raising 4 young children all under the age of 8, and trying to become a better woman who would honor God with my word and actions. I wrote this because of my search for peace during this difficult time. That might be almost 2 decades ago, but it's so relevant for today! I hope you enjoy this episode!...

In 2008, I was in the covergence of a perfect storm... financial trouble, managing a household and raising 4 young children all under the age of 8, and trying to become a better woman who would honor God with my word and actions. I wrote this because of my search for peace during this difficult time. That might be almost 2 decades ago, but it's so relevant for today! I hope you enjoy this episode!...

She Shall Be Praised was born out of a desire to create and share the lessons I've learned as both a working and stay-at-home mother, woman of faith, and professional. I recently revisited a blog that I began writing years ago and decided to pick that banner back up and support women as we walk through this journey together. This podcast episode is my kick off on that endeavor.

In 2008, I was in the covergence of a perfect storm... financial trouble, managing a household and raising 4 young children all under the age of 8, and trying to become a better woman who would honor God with my word and actions. I wrote this because of my search for peace during this difficult time. That might be almost 2 decades ago, but it's so relevant for today! I hope you enjoy this episode!...

She Shall Be Praised was born out of a desire to create and share the lessons I've learned as both a working and stay-at-home mother, woman of faith, and professional. I recently revisited a blog that I began writing years ago and decided to pick that banner back up and support women as we walk through this journey together. This podcast episode is my kick off on that endeavor.