A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink
Cozy and Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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I first published Merry Christmas, Darling in 2005 when I was a brand new blogger. I bumped it up from time to time on my previous blog (2009 and 2013). It wasn’t on this website and it is a story I want to share my readers. Interestingly, just a few weeks after I first wrote …
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For those who wish to include a faith component in their Creating Your Cozy Life Planner, I’ve put together these lovely free printable prayer journal pages. There are twelve different designs that highlight praise, answered prayers, and prayer requests. These could be used during your personal quiet time, family worship, or Bible time with your …
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One of the often searched for posts on my site is “Who Am I?” Sung by the Altar of Praise Chorale. I was listening to it this evening while doing some work here and thought it would be nice to put together a collection of peaceful hymns sung by this acapella chorale and some others. …
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This was originally written in June 2009 at the height of the “homeschool or you are a terrible Christian and will lose your children forever” movement in Christian homeschool blogging. I was thinking about this topic again and found this post to republish. I have rewritten it a bit because the post I linked to …
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Lately I’ve noticed a trend among some Christians to call their husband or wife their “partner” instead of what that person really is – a husband or wife. I’m over fifty and no one ever – ever – called their husband or wife their “partner” in Christian circles until the past few years. Why the change? I …
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A regular quiet time can be a significant part of a growing spiritual life. But do you struggle to maintain a consistent quiet time? Many Christians do. I’ve had periods in my life with a rich quiet time routine and other times when I really struggled or it even became non-existent. There are a number …
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Please enjoy downloading something from this free desktop backgrounds wallpaper collection I’ve created. Each desktop wallpaper consists of a beautiful picture and an encouraging or thought-provoking quote. In order to use your favorite, right click on the picture and choose “Save image as…” Save it to wherever you keep your desktop photos or photos in …
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The Christian walk of faith is not without trials. Christians believe that God allows difficulties in the life of a believer for many purposes. As these great quotes about trusting God illustrate, Christians believe that they can walk with trust in God in spite of circumstances. And as each of these quotes teaches, trusting God …
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I believe we are each created by God with gifts, responsibilities, and circles of influence. We can only be effective in each area of our life when we carefully consider what is truly important and make decisions accordingly. Sometimes those decisions necessitate that we clearly say “no.” Do you already know and exercise the freedom …
