https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/rss.xml Woman's secondary channel Copyright https://www.crosswalk.com 2026, Crosswalk.com Mon, 25 May 2026 20:00:24 -0400 https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-defines-the-sneaky-sin-of-vanity.html https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-defines-the-sneaky-sin-of-vanity.html Linda Lyle https://www.crosswalk.com/author/linda-lyle/ What is vanity, and how do we avoid it? The Bible is a good place to start. Mon, 25 May 2026 14:01:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/32-beautiful-bible-verses-all-women-should-know.html https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/32-beautiful-bible-verses-all-women-should-know.html Pamela Palmer https://www.crosswalk.com/author/pamela-palmer/ The Bible is God’s living word that teaches, inspires, corrects, and builds up. When women of God approach Scripture, they can come with confidence that it will speak to every issue and worry they have and equip them to reflect the love of God. God’s word contains beautiful poetry, wisdom, and the truth women need to develop a strong faith.Here are 32 beautiful Bible verses that every woman should know.Photo credit: Unsplash/AlexandraFuller Fri, 22 May 2026 10:20:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/5-psalms-for-people-who-struggle-with-anxiety.html https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/5-psalms-for-people-who-struggle-with-anxiety.html Candace Crabtree https://www.crosswalk.com/author/candace-crabtree/ The Bible reminds you that you aren’t alone, you aren’t forsaken, and the God of the universe loves you. Tue, 19 May 2026 22:13:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/how-working-moms-can-overcome-the-pressure-to-prove-themselves.html https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/how-working-moms-can-overcome-the-pressure-to-prove-themselves.html Kelly Balarie https://www.crosswalk.com/author/kelly-balarie/ Working moms often return to the workplace carrying pressure to prove themselves, catch up, and manage the fear of other people’s opinions. This article examines the motherhood penalty through a Christian lens and encourages women and men to respond with faith, humility, grace, and love rather than bitterness or offense. Fri, 15 May 2026 10:05:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/6-ways-to-live-out-the-titus-2-woman.html https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/6-ways-to-live-out-the-titus-2-woman.html Heidi Vegh https://www.crosswalk.com/author/heidi-vegh/ "Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled." Titus 2:3-5As a woman in this modern world, living up to the standard God wants us to adhere to can be challenging. However, if we intimately know God, we understand He knows our weaknesses and doesn't expect us to try and move through life in our power, but that is what we are bombarded with at every turn in this fallen and broken world. The world says, "Follow your heart; you got this. Work harder, be better, do this, buy that, and be this way, and then you will be happy and fulfilled." The world is a liar.So, how do we live a life entirely devoted to Jesus amidst the constant barrage of information telling us we don't need God? How do we live set apart? How do we bring people to Jesus just by how we live? How do we live our lives entirely devoted to Jesus?Let's look at Titus 2 for some clear direction. My goal is to give some practical steps to help us get to where God wants us to be as His followers.Photo. credit: ©Getty Images/Jacob Wackerhausen Tue, 12 May 2026 10:23:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/14-tips-for-spring-gardening.html https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/14-tips-for-spring-gardening.html Kim Harms https://www.crosswalk.com/author/kim-harms/ We have a creative God who not only formed us but blessed us with stewardship over the vast vegetation he created.  Mon, 11 May 2026 14:10:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/slideshows/essential-factors-to-restore-female-friendships.html https://www.crosswalk.com/slideshows/essential-factors-to-restore-female-friendships.html Patrice Burrell Grant https://www.crosswalk.com/author/patrice-burrell/ Have you ever experienced a breach in a friendship you thought was unbreakable? Have you ever had a friend you regarded more like a sister and thought your bond could only grow stronger as the years went by, but instead, it ended abruptly? Have you ever been caught off guard by the sudden demise of a friendship you just knew would stand the test of time? Let us all tell the truth. At some point in life, along our friendship journey, the answer is YES! We have all known the unexpected reality of a friendship breakup. It does not matter how long you have been in fellowship with the Lord or how spiritually mature you may be. Our humanity ensures we will not get a pass on feeling the hurt, shock, pain, and even devastation that can accompany such an experience.What can be even more baffling is when both women are also sisters-in-Christ. After all, if we are all Christians, shouldn’t we be able to resolve conflict, respect differences, and love unconditionally? Well… yes, we should be able to do so. However, that is easier said than done, especially when offense, disappointments, and bitterness are at work within the relationship.As Christian marriages are under attack, so are Christian friendships. Give me two women who both love God and have connected in covenant, kingdom friendship, and I will show you a friendship targeted and despised by the devil. The enemy will stop at nothing to destroy anything that exists to reflect the light and love of God. 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV) warns us, “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” He hates anything that points to the goodness and glory of our God. This is why he attempts to wreak havoc in our lives and relationships. Once we are dealt what might feel like a deadly friendship blow, the devil is counting on us cutting our ties and counting them as losses never to be regained.Photo Credit: ©iStock/Getty Images Plus/fizkes Fri, 08 May 2026 11:35:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/plus/featured-plus-pdfs/women-of-the-bible-powerful-stories-of-faith.html https://www.crosswalk.com/plus/featured-plus-pdfs/women-of-the-bible-powerful-stories-of-faith.html Compiled & Edited by Crosswalk Editorial Staff https://www.crosswalk.com/author/compiled-and-edited-by-crosswalk-editorial-staff/ This study invites you to explore the lives of 14 women of Scripture, each with a unique story that reveals God’s character, faithfulness, and redemptive work. From well-known figures like Mary, Esther, and Ruth to often-overlooked women like Tamar and Rahab, this study highlights how God works through every season of life—joy, hardship, obedience, and waiting. Together, these stories form a powerful reminder that no life is insignificant in God’s plan and that He continues to use ordinary people for extraordinary purposes. Each section follows a consistent, easy-to-use format designed to guide personal reflection. You’ll begin with Scripture readings, followed by thoughtful reflection questions and prompts that help you engage deeply with the text and apply it to your own life. Complete the study on your own, or with a group of women!Related:5 Powerful Lessons from Biblical MothersExperiencing God's Wonder: An 8-Week StudyPhoto and PDF credit: ©SWN/CanvaPro Mon, 04 May 2026 16:01:02 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/-reasons-to-start-journaling-today.html https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/women/-reasons-to-start-journaling-today.html Cindi McMenamin https://www.crosswalk.com/author/cindi-mcmenamin/ When you take the time to record, type, or write out your thoughts or prayers, it takes a little longer, slowing you down, making you more intentional about what you pray, and in the process, it quiets your heart so you can begin to listen. Mon, 04 May 2026 13:01:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00 https://www.crosswalk.com/family/parenting/5-laments-for-the-childless-this-mothers-day.html https://www.crosswalk.com/family/parenting/5-laments-for-the-childless-this-mothers-day.html Annie Yorty https://www.crosswalk.com/author/annie-yorty/ My friend, Elisa, still tears up after thirty-five years when she recalls nearly two decades of living on the knife’s edge of emptiness and desire for a child. Each month, a bud of hope that flourished was crushed under the heel of her menstrual cycle. Guilt wracked her mind and heart at the frustration, anger, and envy she felt when her friends announced their pregnancies. She struggled to come up with an adequate defense against the accusing finger of her failure to reproduce.“What’s wrong with me?” she cried out to God. “Why won’t you give me a child? Don’t you love me?” Her laments joined prominent women of the Bible and countless others who have endured the affliction of the label “barren.”The inability to have children is a terrible effect of sin passed to every generation from Adam and Eve. Knowing this truth doesn’t stop the childless woman from asking, “Why me?”Hannah, whose story we find in First Samuel, may have wondered the same thing. She lamented her childless state for years. “Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord” (1 Samuel 1:10 NLT).Like Hannah, the childless woman today has no easy answers. Sometimes, the best we can do in our anguish is wail and pray. If you’re childless today, remember El Roi, God Who Sees, has His eye on you. He hears your laments—pages of the Word overflow with compassion for His beloved daughter whose life has been tainted by childlessness.Your loving Father wrote messages in His Word to soothe your laments. Personalize the following fifteen verses to cry out to Him today and receive His comfort.Five Laments for the Childless Woman:Photo credit: ©GettyImages/Rawpixel Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 2026-05-25T20:00:24-04:00