Imagine a girl on a swing, leaning backward and easily pumping her legs back and forth, closing her eyes while the wind blows through her hair. She is safe, she is secure, she is free and forgiven.
Perhaps you find yourself thinking, I want to feel loved and safe and secure. I want to feel free. I want to turn my face toward heaven and experience God's smile. Did you know that girl can be you? Because God's love - a love not based upon your performance, but on Christ's - proclaims the truth that you are His and He is glad He chose you. This freedom in Christ is meant to become a part of you, something you relish every day. It's like learning how to swing: it can't ever be unlearned. So climb on...your time to soar has arrived!

Lipstick Grace:

Hmmm...Kissable Kiwi or Fire Engine Red? To hold your child tight like you desperately want to, or let him go like he needs? Every woman grapples with such life issues and intangibles as faith, mercy, grace, and hope, but few have the ability to dress theology in blue jeans and flip-flops like Nancy Kennedy.
A compilation of witty weekly columns written by Nancy for the Citrus County Chronicle in Florida, Lipstick Grace contains many musings-not all of which wrap up in nice, neat packages (because the important things in life rarely do!). In this reflective collection, you'll find the sufficiency of God holding you steady. It's big enough for all of you: your greatest fears, your deepest doubts, and your bathroom drawer full of all the wrong shades of lipstick.

When He Doesn't Believe:

If you love a man who does not share your commitment to Christ, you may feel frustrated, discouraged, and lonely. You likely worry about how your husband's beliefs - or lack of them - will affect your children. Perhaps you, like so many women, have tried to "help" your husband find or deepen his relationship with God - only to realize you have pushed him farther away. You may be wondering, "What do I do now?" Or perhaps you're even losing hope.
God is still in control.
Speaking from experience, Nancy Kennedy offers biblical truth, practical help, and comforting insight from women who have walked in your shoes - and who have come to better trust God and more fully understand what to do (and what not to do) When He Doesn't Believe.

Prayers God Always Answers:

"I have a secret prayer," confesses Nancy Kennedy. "Every night before I go to sleep, I pray that I will wake up with a body like Cindy Crawford's...that the pile of Hershey kisses I ate won't go directly to my thighs...that one day someone will push a refrigerator-size check in my face and say, "You've just won 11 million dollars!"
But Kennedy has also prayed for "nobler" things - like patience, strength, and a deeper trust in God. But, as she's found, prayers are not always answered in the way one expects. Like many others, she has wondered: "Why do I sometimes get immediate answers to my prayers, completely unexpected answers to others, and occasionally no answer at all? What can I legitimately pray for, according to the Bible? Will God respond to my prayers if I lack faith that He'll answer? Does God even need my prayers, since He must know what He wants to do already?"
With lighthearted humor and godly wisdom, Nancy Kennedy explores readers' most burning questions about prayer, solving a great deal of the mystery through an examination of those wonderful prayers God always answers: ones that lovingly conform us to the image of Christ.

Move Over, Victoria - I Know the Real Secret:

Image, food, busyness, possessions, achievement, approval, control, perfect relationships, perfectionism, attention, happiness, being right, independence,

revenge, self-pity, romance, self-righteousness.
Which everyday idols are holding you captive?
Like most women, you probably have a life filled with modern-day "idols" that attempt to steal your attention and affection from God. Innocent-seeming idols like chocolate, thighs of iron, and a home that rivals Martha Stewart's.
You know that Jesus is the answer to all your needs, but then you have a fight with your husband and that cheesecake in the fridge starts calling your name. You stay home from a women's retreat because you have nothing new to wear. You desperately wish that your house or hair or kids were as nice as your friend's (or anybody else's).
Most of all, you wish you could stop being a slave to these (and countless other) desires. Wonderfully, you can. Discover exactly how as, along with Nancy Kennedy, you laugh and learn your way to freedom from things that keep you from enjoying God's grace.
"Move Over, Victoria - I Know the Real Secret moved me!" writes Patsy Clairmont, one of the Women of Faith speakers and beloved author. "It moved me to laughter, insight, and ownership. Identification (and I certainly i.d. with Nancy) is a safe way to 'fess up to our humanity, allowing us to draw closer to God's divinity. Move over, girlfriends, because here comes Nancy Kennedy, a wacky and winsome woman!"

When Perfect Isn't Enough:

It's time to laugh away the myth of the "Perfect Woman." Women juggle endless responsibilities these days, from bringing home the bacon and frying it up in the pan to making sure husband and kids have a good supply of pork rinds-and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Whether we're creating (burnt) offerings in the kitchen, balancing listing checkbooks, or keeping romance alive and well (or at least breathing), women can quickly become burned out, stressed out, and just plain worn out.
In When Perfect Isn't Enough, humor writer Nancy Kennedy approaches this misperception with her trademark wit, describing a hilarious quest to become the Proverbs 31 Woman that will bring relief to your heart and tears of laughter to your eyes. Like Nancy, you will be profoundly changed by a life-transforming truth: God loves you just as you are and has given you all the grace and gifts you need to be exactly who he has called you to be.