Calling all writers, designers, and photographers!

Do you love to use your skills, learn new things, and encourage believers around the world?  Are you passionate about helping others along their journey towards Biblical womanhood?  Then we want you to prayerfully consider joining the volunteer staff of Bloom!.

As you've noticed, our posts on this blog have slowed down significantly over the past few months.  Due to various reasons, including college and such, Jessina has stepped down from the webzine (we'll definitely miss her inspirational writing and sweet presence here, though!).  Megan and Joanna have been busy juggling college classes, jobs, internships, mission trips and injuries.  While we still want to stay involved with this webzine, we've come to realize that we can't contribute to the same extent that we used to. We still have hundreds of readers, and we want to continue to use this platform and stay involved with this community that God has given us.

This is where you come in. We are looking for a few girls in their teens and twenties who would be interested in writing a thoughtful article every once in awhile for Bloom! (details to be arranged).  We are also looking for girls in their teens or twenties to help with the photography and design aspects of the webzine, especially anyone with prior experience in web designing.

If you are interested in applying for this one year commitment to serving with Bloom!, please email a cover letter (which is basically a letter of introduction and why you'd like to join our staff) and two writing/design/photography samples to bloommag@comcast.net. Please include your age, website/blog (if you have one), and salvation testimony.  If you have any questions, feel free to comment below or send us an email.

We look forward to hearing from you and can't wait to see what our God will do!

Blessings,
Megan and Joanna

(reposted from February 3, 2012)

what matters

“Come fire, cross, battling with wild beasts,

wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs,

crushing of my whole body,

cruel tortures of the devil –

only let me get to Jesus Christ!”

~ Ignatius, a pastor from Antioch and disciple of John, wrote
in AD 110 on being condemned to death for his faith

{update} Technical difficulties

{update}  The blog is now back and running!

We're currently having technical difficulties and hope to have the blog up and running soon!

a merry-go-round

Today we're sharing with you a merry-go-round of things that we thought are worth checking out...

~ The GirlTalkers have a great post on the New Year titled "Maybe This Year"

~ Wanna enter to win a free book?  Then head on over to my (Joanna) personal blog and comment soon (giveaway closes January 19th)!

~ Here's a tutorial on how to make those cute fabric flowers to wear in your hair by Emily Brookshire

~ Looking to be a better steward of the money God has given you and get some freebies, too?  Check out author Crystal Paine's amazing website, Money Saving Mom!

You Can't!

"That is what the gospel is all about - how to get the wrong man out, and the Right Man in - and to exchange the Lie for the Truth! On your own you cannot do it! But I have good news for you!

You can't!

But He can!"

~ Ian Thomas

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, girls!  May your day be filled with great joy - because Jesus came to rescue us out of darkness and bring us into His glorious light.  Now that is good news!  Hallelujah!

Celebrating Jesus with you!

Joanna, Megan, and Jessina

180 movie

The other day my family and I sat down to watch this "180" movie.  Friends had told me to watch it but I had never heard of it and I had no clue how truly astounding and good it would be.  It was better than good.  It showed Biblcial truth on abortion (aka murder) so powerfully and beautifully and brought tears to my eyes.  Not only that, but as people were interviewed and abortion was explained to them in a new light, they started changing their minds...

Pastor and author John Piper had this to say about "180":

“I give my unflinching, joyful, trembling Yes to ‘180’. Unflinching, because it's right. Joyful, because it's good. Trembling, because this our defeated enemy is still vicious.”

Please, take 33 minutes and sit down and watch "180".  It's so worth it!