My word for 2016 has been JOY. Focusing on more joy within my life, within my homemaking, and in my relationship with the Lord. And for all of those areas, I’ve been working on cultivating more Joy in my life by drawing ever closer to the Lord. Making sure that my days, my life, and… Read More
By Marci Seither, Contributing Writer Help your kids stay curious one color at a time. ob·ser·va·tion (n) the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information. I remember my parents loading up the old green Suburban with musty smelling canvas tents, a wood box filled with pots and pans,… Read More
My mission here on my blog, podcast, and throughout my ministry has been to encourage, equip, and inspire Christian homemakers to live and work for God’s Glory! Throughout the last five years, we’ve provided some excellent resources for you through the blog, podcast, and my free course on finding joy in your home. And throughout… Read More
Developing a mission statement for your life, for your family, and for your home can be a powerful tool to help give you clarity and direction. It doesn’t have to be a long or complicated process, with just a few minutes, you can put some real thought and intentionality behind why you do what you… Read More
Each month of 2016 I have a new Scripture background image for your computer, phone, and/or tablet. I’m focusing on God’s Word more this year and want to have reminders throughout my day – so I thought creating a set of Scripture background images would be great. This month’s is a favorite because of the… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer “It’s odd,” I told my husband, as we lazed around the dining room table one night last week. Our older kids (ages 5 and 3) had been dismissed and were off busily playing in other parts of the house. There we sat, gathering our energy for the evening marathon while shaking a few more Cheerios from the box… Read More
Today is been one of those tough days. At least the morning was and things are slowly starting to calm down now as we head into the afternoon. You see – my energy stores (and thus my patience) are in pretty low supply lately. I’m currently 9 weeks pregnant and this third pregnancy has been… Read More
By Victoria Osborn, Contributing Writer Recently in a women’s discussion group we went around the circle as an ice breaking activity to get to know one another a bit better. The discussion prompt was to share the character trait that is both our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. Talk about a loaded discussion topic with… Read More
This post is brought to you by Boudreaux’s Butt Paste and The Motherhood. All opinions are my own. We just announced this week that we are expecting baby #5 (and maybe #6?) on Facebook via a fun family video we made. My sister is also due with her first in two months and so babies are… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer There are so many wonderful opportunities to get involved with ministry, and as Christ-followers, we are called to be about the Kingdom. However, sometimes, for a variety of reasons (in my case, lots of “little people” underfoot with plentiful needs and nap schedules and emotions), it’s just not very practical… Read More
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