I wrote a post a while back for The Humbled Homemaker called “Make Your Home a Sanctuary: 5 Questions to Get You There.” It was popular on her site and was met with a gracious and affirming reception. Recently, however, it was picked up and shared by a large Facebook site with no Christian ties. The negative reaction was truly… Read more
A Glimpse Into Life Lately If you’re on my email list, you probably know that my daughter and I celebrated our birthdays together earlier this month! (If you don’t get my emails and you’d like to, sign up here). I turned 29 and she turned 5, so you can guess who’s birthday took centerstage this year! 🙂 Here is my favorite picture from… Read more
I’m not sure of its exact origins, but I believe it was my father-in-law who heard a pastor share about a nightly ritual he had with his children. My father-in-law liked it, and so he shared the idea with us. My husband liked it too, which lead him to fold it into our own family culture. It goes like this… Father: Do I love… Read more
I feel that God is calling me to a deeper life. (And you!) This is a shift that’s happened subtly over the past several months. Somewhere along the line I began surrendering my expectations about my life to God. These were expectations of things like comfort, help, control, sleep, breaks, entertainment, pampering, “me time,” goals, date-nights and personal pursuits. I began letting go of… Read more
My oldest daughter is turning five in just two months’ time. (How is that even possible??) And as she has gotten older and closer to starting Kindergarten, her future schooling has become the natural course of polite conversation with the adults in her life. Each time it’s brought up, I cautiously help her relay that we will be homeschooling her next year,… Read more
In light of eternity, we can learn how to find hope in suffering. If there’s one thing that keeps me up at night, it’s suffering. I’m not necessarily even talking about the suffering of my loved ones. They’re fine at the present moment. I’m mostly talking about the oppression, terrorism, abuse, illness and poverty worldwide –the stories of unimaginable evil, pain and tragedy happening at… Read more
When my first daughter was old enough to use a sippy cup, it was easy enough to keep track of it. Because the cups we used did not leak, and because she wasn’t a good drinker (which created issues), she was allowed to carry her cup around the house with her throughout the day, and usually slept with a cup… Read more
Would you like to figure out how to enjoy housework? Here’s what worked for me! You guys. I figured out how to make myself look forward to housework and enjoy it! This has been such a breakthrough! How I started to enjoy housework It all started when I decided I should read books by Christian thinkers and influencers (you know, since I’m a… Read more
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