“Do everything, anything, however menial, measuring not by hours or by dollars, but by love.” Amy Carmichael
10 Ways To Be Cozy At Home
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100 Encouraging Quotes for Christian Homemakers
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“The tasks connected with the home are the fundamental tasks of humanity.” Theodore Roosevelt
Simple Living This Week No. 41
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It’s the last day of August. Where did the summer go? I know we always ask that question each year, but this year I’m asking it in a different way as I’m sure you are as well. This will be our fourth week of homeschooling. We are off to a good start and I’m thankful. …
Merry Christmas, Darling – Singleness at Christmas
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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 …
The Cozy Life In America (and Why I Prefer It To the Danish Hygge)
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Do you live and love the American cozy life? I do and I’ll let you in on a secret. I think it’s way better than the Danish hygge that everyone is talking about. I recently read a short anecdote written by an American man with an extensive English heritage. He expected to eventually move to …
Gathered Around the Hearth
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We’ve been blessed with a cool spring that is only very slowly moving toward anything resembling warmer weather. I don’t mind because it affords us more time to enjoy the blessings of cooler weather – warm meals, the fireplace, and general coziness. I’ve found that I’m really happiest when I have my little family gathered …
Blessed With a Small Life
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Is it a blessing to live a small life? My answer is a resounding, “Yes!” if that is where God has placed you. I’ve been reflecting lately on the joy and freedom of living a small life. A quiet, simple life. It is so contrary to everything around us. Our culture both in and out …
Now I Have a Name For It: Dwelling
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Call it cocooning, hunkering down, being a homebody, or whatever. It is me. And it especially describes my life over the past ten years or so. Now I’ve discovered it has yet another name: dwelling. From What consumers do in a downturn: Roughly speaking, consumers have two modalities: surging and dwelling. In the surging modality, …
Contentment in Fully Embracing Our Choices
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Over the past couple of years, there have been times I’ve been frustrated because circumstances were not what I wanted them to be, especially as it relates to our business and finances. One of the things that is challenging for me about having our own business is feeling quite out of control regarding the amount …
Living Simply By Only Buying What You Truly Need in a House
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I have a fever. It is the “I really want to move and have more space” fever. Have you ever had it? Fortunately, there is no way on earth we are going to move right now so I can look at houses online all I want and there is no temptation to actually act. Short …
Does Your Life Reflect What You Say Is Important?
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Does your life reflect what you say is important? Three years ago, I posted this entry on my blog. The parts in bold I have bolded today. One of the most interesting experiences in my early study of simplicity was participating in The Pierce Simplicity Study. Linda Breen Pierce was doing research for a book …
Crazy Busy or the Quiet of Home?
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I noticed a number of years ago that if I run into people I haven’t talked to recently and asked them how they were doing I almost always got the same answer: “Oh, I’m so busy!” Now, however, it isn’t enough to be busy. Now the answer is crazy busy. You have to be crazy …
Living the Life I Used to Read About
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The tension I feel in writing about a topic such as this is that some people might be quick to be offended. They will think I am criticizing them and their life choices. Or they will think I don’t understand their situation and so they write off everything that is said rather than pondering whether …
Living a Quiet Life
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My favorite books have usually centered around living a quiet life at home. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Grace Livingston Hill, Grace Richmond, Sydney Taylor (author of the All-of-a-Kind Family books) and Maud Heart Lovelace (author of the Betsy-Tacy books) all write stories about home life and the relationships of the home. While the characters may go …
Cultivating Contentment
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“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” Philippians 4:11
Content at Home Amid the Tyranny of Change
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I’m a homebody. Although I was a go-go-go person when I was college-aged and just out of college, I’m most happy now when I am at home. I do need to get out from time to time and once in awhile I even get in the mood to go to the mall. But for the …