Cindi McMenamin
Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
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What Will Worship Look Like in Heaven?
When you think of worshipping God in heaven do you get excited and full of anticipation or are you in some ways dreading what might feel like a really long, boring church service?Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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3 Steps to Less Financial Stress with Your Spouse
It’s printed right there on our money: “In God We Trust.” But do we?Monday, January 10, 2022
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4 Ways Hardships Can Lead to Healing
It’s interesting how we often desire to grow closer to God, and others we love, but we avoid hardships at all costs. Avoidance, denial, blame, or closing off from others can happen when...Thursday, January 6, 2022
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15 Thanksgiving Dinner Prayers and Short Blessings to Use Before the Meal
Regardless of the Black Friday advertisements and focus on football, Thanksgiving is about getting together with family, sharing in a bountiful meal together, and expressing our gratitude to God...Friday, November 19, 2021
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How to Relieve the Shame from Past Sin and Start Anew
Are you holding on to some guilt that you can’t seem to let go of? Maybe that guilt has a grip on you and it simply won’t let you be.I know many women whose hearts still ache today from a decision...Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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7 Ways to Find and Eliminate the “Golden Calf” in Your Life
Of all the biblical examples of what not to do, the one that seems the most brainless might be the one we are most likely to imitate. It’s the story of the Israelites worshipping a golden calf...Friday, October 8, 2021
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12 Prayers for a Fresh Start Every New Month
With each new day, we have a reminder that we can try again, get another chance, make a clean start. And with each new month, we can recommit ourselves to God anew with a prayer for a fresh start.Monday, October 4, 2021
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What Does Reverence Mean, and How to Practice Daily Reverence
Reverence means to be light and to be set apart, revere God and His Word against the backdrop of a world that doesn’t. Shine brightly as you live carefully, blamelessly, and reverently for Jesus.Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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7 Ways to Biblically Empower Other Women
We live in a culture where it’s finally politically correct to empower women. But how we do it makes all the difference in the world. Neither men nor women get their power or strength from within...Monday, September 20, 2021
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6 Reasons to Compliment Your Spouse
Don’t be silent about the things you admire about your spouse. Let your husband or wife hear it. Let others hear it, too. Your love for your spouse should be evident to them – and to everyone else...Monday, September 13, 2021
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4 Detrimental Things Parents Say to Their Children - and What to Say Instead
Are our words building up our children? Are they providing the grace that they need and soothing their hearts, rather than accusing them? Careless, hurtful, accusatory, and angry words don’t give...Tuesday, September 7, 2021
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7 Ways Jesus Is the Perfect Husband
Jesus wants to more than make up for what you never had in a husband, or be the perfect husband that you have been unfairly expecting your spouse to be. Whether you’re single, married,...Friday, August 27, 2021
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3 Ways Apologizing to Your Children Is Important
If we don't take ownership of our faults and apologize to our children when we've wronged them or did something wrong that they witnessed or discovered, then we are teaching them to follow our...Thursday, August 19, 2021
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5 Prayers for College Students Heading Back to School
It’s a godless world out there. Secular campus or not, the world’s influence and the schemes of the devil are focused on taking down your loved ones’ values, confidence, and fear of God.Not only do...Thursday, August 12, 2021
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4 Ways to Know We Serve a God of Second Chances
Do you ever feel like you’ve completely blown it with God? As if He’s thinking I’ve had it. I’ve given you enough chances. I’m done with you.You don’t have to feel that way any longer. Scripture...Thursday, July 29, 2021
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What Is a Bible-Thumper — And Is it a Good Thing?
Picture someone trying to get a truth across to you by taking a huge King James Version of the Bible and hitting you over the head with it. Now, that would be a literal interpretation of a...Friday, July 16, 2021
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6 Productive Things to Do When Midlife Crisis Hits
Once you recognize the warning signs of a midlife crisis it will help if you have a plan so you don’t end up doing something that you will later regret. Whether you see the winds of restlessness...Friday, July 9, 2021
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6 Ways Starting Every Morning with Prayer Improves Your Whole Day
If you’re like me, you’d rather just sleep in every morning. But that doesn’t accomplish much.I remember days in my early 30s when I eagerly rose from bed at 5:30 a.m., spent some precious time in...Friday, June 25, 2021