Read below to meet our wonderful team of speakers:
Lynn Donovan
As an author and speaker, Lynn passes around some laughter, once in a while a tissue, and always, powerful truths from God’s Word. Her passion is to encourage women to thrive in marriage and motherhood. Through a few wacky, yet meaningful stories, she challenges her audience to discover truths and triumphs that lead to abundant living. She invites women to share a front row seat and watch as God reveals that a women’s journey is destined for joy, purpose, and fulfillment through the transforming power of Jesus Christ.
She is the founder of spirituallyunequalmarriage.com and the co-author of the book/Bible Study, Winning Him Without Words. Lynn serves on the Women’s Ministry staff and leads Bible study at her local church.
Married since 1992 to her best friend, Mike, she lives in Temecula, California. They have a son, a daughter and a zany dog named Peanut. She loves to laugh out loud, play Fantasy Football, and enjoy a strong cup of coffee, not necessarily in that order.
She lives each day in awe of God’s grace in the lives of ordinary women.
Lynn will be leading a session titled Out-Love Your Husband, as well as sitting on a Q&A Panel.
Betty Eisenhour
Betty is a Christian Homeschooling mom of six, proud to be married to a Kansas farmer for 13 yrs, both her and her husband are only children. She enjoys sewing, scrapbooking, blogging, designing blogs, gardening, horseback riding, baking, cooking, and reading. You can find her blogging about her family’s daily life at Peace Creek on the Prairie.
Betty will be leading a session titled Thriving Through the Financially Lean Times, as well as hosting a Q&A Panel.
Chelsey Hall
Chelsey is an almost 40 Texas Gal who’s been married to her sweetheart for 17 years. She is mamma to six beautiful children here on earth (toddler to young adult) and one sweet little girl playing at the feet of Jesus. Some days she’s climbing the mountain tops, on others you’ll find her trudging along in the valleys. No matter where her journey takes her, she know that the Father is guiding her steps. Besides Chelsey’s family, leading women towards a vision of Biblical Womanhood is her greatest passion! You can find her sharing this passion along with the joys and pitfalls of marriage, motherhood, homemaking and homeschooling her little corner of cyberspace at Sharing the Journey. She also shares her thoughts at Homemakers Challenge and Visionary Womanhood. Chelsey is the founder and co-owner of At the Well.
Chelsey will be leading a session titled From “I Do” to “I Can’t”… When Prince Charming Isn’t So Charming Anymore as well as sitting on a Q&A Panel.
Connie Hughes
Connie is a Christian homeschooling mom of 8 rowdy kids, and wife of one hunky dude for 26 years. She writes daily at Smockity Frocks about parenting, household management, homeschooling, crafts, recipes, and MORE, with a large dose of humor.
Connie will be leading a session titled Strategies for Surviving an Unexpected Layoff as well as Nurturing a Lifetime Marriage.
Tiana Krenz
Tiana is blessed to be wife and helpmeet to Christopher for almost 12 years. She is passionate about bringing up their four young children in the nurture and admonition of the LORD, through home education and discipleship. With God’s help, she is learning more about what it means to be a godly wife, mother, and homemaker each day. She lives in Wisconsin, but you can visit her at God Made, Home Grown. She is also a regular contributor to At the Well: In Pursuit of Titus 2 as well as Ladies Against Feminism.
Tiana will be leading a session titled Honoring Your Husband When He’s Not Home.
Rachel Martin
Rachel Martin lives in the almost half-a-year frozen land of Minnesota. She’s a Christian home schooling mother to seven wonderful children, and is the wife to an amazing cancer-surviving husband. In January 2011, her youngest son Samuel was diagnosed with Celiac Disease so she’s also passionate about gluten free living and Celiac Disease awareness. Between homeschooling, running her family, blogging, speaking, and of course, drinking coffee, you’ll find her driving her daughters to classical ballet or her boys to soccer. She’s purposeful about seeking joy and living a faith-filled, intentional life. She blogs at finding joy.
Rachel will be leading a session titled Finding Joy in the Wilderness of Sickness, as well as sitting on a Q&A Panel.
Joy McMillan
Joy McMillan is the love-struck bride to her best friend, proud mommy to their two wildly wonderful kids, and is, quite frankly, a recovering control-freak. Originally hailing from Southern Africa, she now makes her home in central Michigan. She likes to pretend she’s a professional designer and budding writer when she’s not changing diapers, clipping little toenails or sweeping up cheerios {for the 37th time in one day}, occasionally wears knee-high boots around the house, and drinks entirely too much tea while she’s at it. Between her desire to see women find freedom and discover their true identity, and her passion for seeing marriages thrive, she now finds herself navigating the {often overwhelming} waters of motherhood…and is determined to bloom where she’s planted, poop and all. She also happens to be fond of run-on sentences and speaking about herself in the third person. She blogs about her deliciously messy life at Simply Bloom {the blog}.
Joy will be leading a session titled Rediscovering Red Hot Monogamy, as well as sitting on a Q&A Panel.
Amy Roberts
Amy of RaisingArrows.net is the homeschooling mother of 6 living children and one precious little girl named Emily being held in the Lord’s arms. Her days are filled with giggly girls, rambunctious boys and sticky baby kisses. At night, she writes about it all. Amy is the author of Psalms for the Grieving Heart, a 30 day devotional ebook for those who grieve. It is her deepest desire that out of the overflow of her heart, her mouth should speak…and her fingers type.
Amy will be leading a session titled Why Us, Lord? When Tragedy Strikes Your Marriage, as well as sitting on a Q&A Panel.
Teri Lynne Underwood
Teri Lynne writes from her home in North Alabama where she resides with her incredible husband, adorable daughter (“the girl”) and her loveable but lazy basset hound, Buddy. She describes herself as a girl who longs to connect the hearts of women with the heart of God. She writes daily at Teri Lynne Underwood: Encouraging Lives Where the Sacred and Secular Collide. In May 2011 she released the eBook, Parenting from the Overflow, which inspires moms to parent out of the abundance of their relationship with God. You can find more information about her book on the Parenting from the Overflow website. And, of course, she’s on Twitter and Facebook!
Teri Lynne will be leading a session titled Fifteen Years and Counting: Making Happily Ever After Last, as well as sitting on a Q&A Panel.
Ashley Wells
Ashley is a 20-something year old seminary wife who lives in Louisville, KY with her husband, Michael, and their three cats. God willing, they are hoping to expand their family, through way of adoption, this year. She is passionate about encouraging women to live for the Lord in all aspects of their lives and blogs about it at Putting God First Place. Ashley recently published her first book, How My Soul Yearns, where she shares about her journey through infertility.
Ashley will be leading a session titled Getting the Most Out of the First Years of Marriage as well as Thriving Together in the Midst of Infertility, as well as hosting a Q&A Panel.
