Getting dinner on the table faster and with less effort – that’s the dream, right? We want easy family dinners because dinner is something we need to do every day, one way or another. When it feels like we spend half the day dealing with food, it’s easy to think we must be doing something…
Ack! No milk! Off to the grocery store! Was there something else you needed? There was, wasn’t there? What was it? Oh, look, this is on sale. That isn’t, but I think I need some. Might as well wander down this aisle to shortcut to the other side. Oops – walked straight past the pasta,…
Getting organized isn’t everything. Staying organized is even harder. You want to know not only how to organize your life, but also how to keep it that way. Organization starts not with the closets, but with your attitude. Organization does not look like Pinterest images or Martha Stewart spreads. It simply means you are prepared…
A decluttered kitchen is one of the first projects to undertake when minimizing and simplifying your home life. If you’ve ever wondered how to organize your life, you’ve probably thought of your cluttered kitchen. A decluttered kitchen helps with an organized, prepared life. So let’s take a look at the steps to achieving the goal…
The best personality test can’t help you. Knowing your type only helps you if 1) it’s accurate and 2) you put your knowledge into action. Have you ever experienced habitual conflict with a loved one that seemed unavoidable and unsolvable? Have you ever gotten stuck in negativity from comparing yourself with others? Have you ever…
Does life slow down as we roll into the holidays because school is lighter or off and Christmas music is playing or is it more of a hubbub because of all the holiday extras? It’s hard to say Whether it’s because now we have some more head space to think about just what our problems…
Pursue hospitality, the Bible tells us; and so we open our hearts and our homes to others. First we extend hospitality – gracious service and welcoming love – to those who live in our home and then we extend it out to others God brings into our lives. But when we get our picture of…
by Tracy Grossmann Do you make freezer meals? Some people are masters at this. Armed with carefully crafted lists and ninja-like cooking skills, they fill their freezers with a month’s worth of dinners in just one day. However, though we love the results of this type of major freezer cooking day, traditional freezer cooking involves…
With laundry and dishes and messy floors and dust and clutter, homemaking can seem a daunting and thankless job. When we let Scripture determine our categories and definitions and mission, however, we realize that biblical homemaking is a service to God and His people, and so we can rejoice as stewards in the place God has put…
The year is winding down to a close. How are you doing? How is the state of your house? Illness strikes, an all-consuming project is due, guests come and go, daily life moves ever forward without stopping to clean up after itself. We all have periods where things slide and chaos takes over. #091: 6…