Of Strawberries and Rhythms: Learning to Appreciate Every Moment
Life is filled with mundane moments: chopping onions, folding laundry, putting gas in the tank. When we add them all up, we can find ourselves in a busy, run-around-all-day pattern…
Strong as a Feather: Creating a Peaceful Home, One Pillow at a Time
Creating a peaceful home environment is one of the greatest gifts we can give our families. Whether it’s cultivating a welcoming living room with natural light or putting throw pillows…
Cultivating a Servant’s Heart in the Home: The Importance of Engaging our Children in Chores
Do you ever feel like getting your children to do their chores well is an impossible task? It has taken years of fine tuning our chore charts and procedures to…
Let’s Have a Care Package Party!
The crisp, fall air brings to mind cozy days at home, time with family, and making memories. It’s also a time of year that brings change. The leaves turn from…
Adventure Awaits
I stepped out from the tipi we had rented for the night—an early-rising baby in my arms—and was met by a faint glow rising behind the red-orange monuments toward the…
Fair Weather Feasting
When you live at the base of the Eagle Cap Mountain Range in eastern Oregon, it can feel like summer defines the phrase “short and sweet.” The snow in our…
Mini Patriotic Fruit Pizzas
From festivals and backyard barbecues to community parades and fireworks shows, there is plenty to keep your family enjoying a fun 4th of July! And we’ve got the perfect way…
The Gift of Ugly
It was worse than I thought. But I suppose that’s what you get when you agree to buy a house you didn’t look at beforehand. It had been a frustrating…
Prioritizing the Heart of Family Mealtime
In the 1960s neighborhood of my elementary years, kids played outside. We had neither air conditioning nor video games to entice us inside, so neighborhood kids regularly organized games like…
The Beauty of the Home God Builds: Five Principles for a Fresh Perspective
I was the messy kid in a family who prized orderliness—forever leaving the kitchen cabinets open after taking out a glass or emptying my pockets onto the countertop, then wandering…
It’s Never Too Late To Build A Home
For nearly two decades, my family lived in a house—not a home. What’s the difference? A house is a roof over your head, a bed to sleep in, and the…
Warm Up Your Home with Sarah Joy
I have to admit, winter has never been my favorite season. Of course, the holidays are fun, but the day-to-day of the cold winter months tends to weigh on me.…