When You Have No Idea What You’re Doing
As we face uncertainties, we can rest in the fact that the Lord goes before us. He will walk with those who trust in Him whether we feel like we have a clue … or we have no idea what we’re doing.
Author: Hilary
Hilary Bernstein is a Christ follower, wife, mom, and writer who helps women experience God's perfect peace in messy, imperfect life. She's happiest when she's hosting friends and family for dinner, going on date nights with her husband, singing along to the radio, traveling with her family, and spending cozy nights at home. The author of fifteen books, Hilary also is Women's Ministry Director at The Chapel in Green, Ohio.
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Make Christmas Feel Like Christmas Again
By reliving some of your favorite aspects of Christmases past, making time to have fun, intentionally leaving yourself some breathing room, enjoying Christmas lights and music, and turning your focus to Christ, you can make Christmas feel like Christmas again.
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20 Amazing Gift Ideas for the Haven Creators in Your Life
Wondering what to buy other home loving friends? You’ll love these 20 amazing gift ideas for haven creators! As you’re creating a haven this year, it’s a great opportunity to help others create havens, too. You can do this by sharing recipes, decorating ideas ……
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How to Create a Christ-Centered Christmas
This year, avoid a hectic holiday season and intentionally choose to create a Christ-centered Christmas. The Advent season is finally here! But have you felt the pull away from a focus on Christ? I’ve noticed it, from the wrapping paper in stores in October, to…
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How to Create a Haven This Christmas … And Why You Should
Create a haven this Christmas as a gift for yourself … and your loved ones. Right now, you might be hearing “We need a little Christmas” on the radio ten times a day. But what you really need is a haven to escape from Christmas…
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8 Merry Meals to Make for a Christmas Party
Hosting company this Christmas? Don’t worry about what food to serve. Use these 8 different meal ideas to make for guests at Christmas! Bringing people together at Christmas is so fun. It’s a great time of year to step back from everyday routines and celebrate…
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6 Easy Ways to Simplify Hosting at the Holidays
Planning to host holiday gatherings this year? The process doesn’t have to be tricky. Here are 6 easy ways to simplify hosting. Whether or not you’re a planner, it’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday season! Thanksgiving is two weeks away. Christmas is…
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10 Thoughtful, Affordable Hostess Gift Ideas
To bring a hostess gift? Or not to bring? That is the question. What once was a common practice has dropped in popularity. Whether people are more casual, concerned about a budget, forgetful, or unappreciative, hostess gifts have stopped being the norm. Even if they’re…
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10 Essential Items You Need Before You Host Guests
Whether you’ve invited guests over for a spur-of-the-moment gathering or have set a date and have been planning for weeks, these ten essential elements will help when it comes time to host guests.
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Let’s Practice Hospitality Together!
To help you experience how easy hospitality can be, let’s host a get-together over the next week! With these seven simple steps, you’ll be able to host company in a very low-key, non-threatening way.
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Time to Go Shopping … in Your Home!
Before you start an online shopping order or head out the door to a store, what if you would choose to stay home, browse what you already have? What if you would shop your home?
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3 Steps to Finding Peace when Life is Messy
Has life thrown you for a loop? Find peace today … even when life is messy When God created the world, it was good. In fact, absolutely everything was ideal. Perhaps because that is how all of life started–perfectly, according to God’s masterful design–we’re left…
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How to Maintain a Tidy Home
If you’ve done the hard work of purging and decluttering, the following five tips will help you maintain a tidy home. So many books, blogs, and podcasts help audiences declutter their homes. It’s for good reason –too many people have too much stuff. But clutter…
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5 Helpful Steps to Get Work Done Around Your House
As real as obstacles are, the truth is the work around your home needs to be started and finished. Here are five helpful steps to help you get work done.
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Ready to Create a Haven? Here’s the Important First Step!
If, deep down, everyone longs for a haven (and I truly believe they do!), how can you start transforming your home into a haven? What’s the first step in to create a haven?
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Appreciating God’s Provision
Looking for a reminder or reassurance that God steps in to protect and provide? Let’s consider how His provision is amazing.
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Enjoying the Victory of Retreat
I couldn’t take any more. After a particularly exhausting season of busyness and burnout, overcommitment and overwhelm, I hit my breaking point. For a while I sensed it was coming, but kept pressing on anyway, determined to juggle all the balls thrown into my life:…
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Getting Caught Up with All You Need to Do
Feel like you can never get caught up on all that you need to do in life? I’m right there with you. If I focus on these continual demands (and many days I do), pressure begins to build and I start to tense up, feeling…
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Welcoming The Tension of Tidy into the World!
When my kids were young, each summer my parents treated my family to a week at the beach. And every time, the adults would spend our late nights working on large jigsaw puzzles after the kids were tucked into bed. One year, we started building…
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Becoming Content with Reality in Your Home
Just once in my life, for a few short months, I actually caught up on all of my projects around my home. Every last to-do on my ongoing list was finished. All my photos were organized. All belongings were culled, sorted, and in their proper…
