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Sunday Scripture

“How beautiful you are, my darling. How very beautiful!” {Song of Songs 4:1} How Beautiful You Are The other day I asked my husband to come out to our backyard so I could show him a project I needed...

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Fall in Love with Home Making

I love fall. As the leaves are turning colors outside, my heart is turning back inside our home. Fall is a season when I feel like I enjoy homemaking the most. After a summer of playing, working, and...

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How to Pull Your Home Together for Christmas

Let’s just take a deep breath for a moment here. It’s been a crazy few weeks, but it’s time to turn our attention to Christmas. We’ve only got five weeks to pull our home together, give or take a few...

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The Gift in the Unraveling

As much as I love Christmas, I always keep it pretty simple. My goal is always to do as little as possible, while still keeping the ambience festive and joyful in our home. It’s easy to be a scrooge...

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5 Tips to Create a Happier Winter Home

Just this week I really started to get spring fever. Anyone else? The house feels so dark and the days are still so short! A mid-winter slump can be hard to get out of if you don’t live in a summery...

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Sunday Scripture

 “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2 When Faith and Fears Collide The last...

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5 Ways to Have a Peaceful Home

Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you look around your home? Do you sometimes just want to cry when you see the piles of dishes in the sink, the clutter and bills on the desk, the ever growing to-do...

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Eighteen Summers

My son’s birthday is always on the first day of summer, June 21. He is our third and last child, our first boy. He was our straggler child, joining the family nine summers after his sisters. But he was...

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Sunday Scripture

The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Psalm 126:3 NIV How to Make Your Home Your Happy Place I’m a homebody at heart. Are you? I love being at home more than any place on...

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Letting Go of Now So You Can Show Up Well

The dishes piled high in the sink. The laundry basket overflowing. The careless word from his tongue. The blog post that hasn’t been written. The “what if” and “how am I going to” worries drowning out...

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The Beauty of Simple Gatherings

I was running around feeling frazzled just moments before opening my door. Dogs were barking and my family was frantically trying to get dressed and out the door. The kitchen still felt disheveled from...

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You Belong at the Table

One of my favorite Thanksgiving dinners I’ve hosted in my home was for my sister and her fiancé. They were getting married the next day and the week had been crazy with preparations. Even though the...

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5 Ways to Build a Beautiful Home

Proverbs 14:1 says, “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.” I love that verse, but it is sure convicting at times! So what does it really take to...

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6 Ways to Cultivate Happiness at Home

I’m not always diligent in keeping up with all the good habits and routines I should practice every day. Sometimes I just have a hard time getting started with a new habit, but more often I seem to...

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The Real Way to Find Balance

My girls are now young women, but I still love to talk with them about their life goals and offer advice now and then. A mother is always a mom, right? One thing we’ve been talking about quite a bit is...

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5 Ways to Love Your Right-Now Home

Do you ever find yourself discouraged or even overwhelmed by the state of your home? I know I have found myself in that place more than I would like to admit! The messy rooms, the imperfect decor, the...

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