Children change every day … sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Parents can learn the secret to surviving your child’s stages. As a parent, it can be an amazing gift to watch your baby grow and change right before your eyes. First coos change to…
Memorizing Scripture is important, but it can be difficult to do. These 3 ways will help as you try to memorize Scripture! The Bible is so very important. As God’s Word and His communication to us, it’s vital to read it, study it … and…
Reading the Bible is important … and so is studying it. But do you know HOW to study the Bible? Just as it’s important to read the Bible every day, it’s also vital to actually study the Bible. What’s the difference between reading and studying? Reading…
Wonder how you can show kindness and respect to your husband? Trying these 8 everyday suggestions may help a lot … Wives, showing kindness and respect to your husbands every day can be a challenge. Even if and when you love them. But let’s be honest with each other….
If you’re spending time with the Lord, how are you getting the most out of reading the Bible? If you’re trying to cultivate a relationship with the Lord, one of the best things to do is as easy as reading the Bible. The Bible is…
Have you been working at carving out time to spend with God? These 5 suggestions can help your walk with the Lord. The situation may seem all too familiar to you: you know you should spend time each day with God. And you want to….
What does life after Easter look like for you? What could it look like? As an adult, Easter’s become my favorite holiday. As many of my loved ones have passed away, I absolutely love the hope and promise of heaven that Easter gives to every…
God is calling to each of us. How are you answering God’s call? I can’t remember a time in my life when God wasn’t calling me to Himself. When I was a young girl – even before I was in school – I remember feeling…
Raised in the Christian church, I had no idea about Jewish holidays. Granted, I was vaguely familiar with the names that I saw on my calendar each year. I knew Passover was close to Easter and Hanukkah was close to Christmas … but Rosh Hashanah,…
Sometimes, you just need to remember that you’re beautiful. On the morning of St. Patrick’s Day, my 6-year-old daughter called me to her room first thing in the morning. She had been sick with a fever the day before, so I fully expected to open…
Got too much stuff? If you feel like you have too many belongings – or clutter – you can start to unstuff your life with Ruth Soukup’s new book, Unstuffed. Clutter in your home has such a way of choking out freedom: Clutter complicates every…
Have you ever stopped to think about what difference self-control could make in your life? Why does self-control seem so difficult? And why, in some aspects of life, does it almost seem like a bad thing? If you’ve ever memorized the fruit of the Spirit in…
Learning the art of dusting isn’t difficult – and it can help you keep your home clean! Dusting isn’t a difficult chore. Tedious, yes, but not difficult. Yet there is a bit of an art of dusting. For example, it’s always good to start at…
Parents know time flies. It’s hard to miss when your baby is growing up right before your eyes. I remember a freezing February Thursday eight years ago, when my husband and I brought our firstborn home from the hospital. We had no clue what we were…
Stay-at-home moms, have you ever wondered what to do before your husband gets home? Stay-at-home moms, you know the situation all-too well. You’re home with your children all day long and life just happens. You change diapers. You get breakfast and lunch. You get the…
If you work, you already know it can be incredibly difficult to manage a home and a job. Here’s how to do it! Reader question: I am a full-time teacher and a young wife. My husband and I don’t have children yet but we are hoping to…
Do you have a mess of a home and have been wondering how to start decluttering? Let these stress-free steps guide your process! Tired of the clutter you see as you look around your home? When you finally get to the point that know you…
Organizing my home and family doesn’t come naturally to me … but with some helpful insight, I can get on the right track! For years, I fooled my husband into thinking I was an organized wife. For the record, I am more organized than he is….
Ever wondered how to change your sheets? Here’s an easy step-by-step tutorial! My very first homemaking chore I do every single morning is to make my bed. I think it starts my day off right – and I make sure to make my bed as…
Trying to manage your home? Here are 3 cleaning chores you should try to do every single day… When it comes to your home, you may feel like it’s in one of three states: Neat and organized, with homemaking routines and systems running smoothly. Messy…