Healthy Family
Reading Time: 5 minutes When we put our focus on discipling our children to know Jesus, we invest something in them that will last beyond this life. By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer The best thing we could invest into our children’s lives is not a love for sports, or reading, or the outdoors. No, the best thing we could invest in our […]
Healthy YouMamas: You Need Sabbath Rest More Than You Think You Do
Reading Time: 4 minutes Taking a Sabbath rest is important … especially for moms. By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer I was worn down. At this time last year, life felt busy and complicated. Between my home, the many needs of my young children, my husband’s long days and weeks at work and a discontent baby, I felt fatigued and discouraged. Because […]
A Few Ways to Live Out the Gospel in Your Homemaking
Reading Time: 5 minutes There is nothing more powerful in home than for us to live out the gospel in our homemaking. This means we must examine our goals, anchor our homes in truth, live love and take joy every day! By Katie, Contributing Writer I like to think about the end goals of my homemaking. In the midst of […]
Family FinancesMore Than Just Making It: Experiencing God’s Unexpected Gifts in a Season of Less
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes a season of not getting or having everything we want is what’s needed to produce the good fruit of contentment, gratitude and trust in God. During these seasons of less, you may experience God’s unexpected gifts and realize you’re more than just making it. By Katie, Contributing Writer. During my young life I never worried about money. I […]
Healthy Home4 Ways to Make Your Home Feel Better Right Now (When It’s Overwhelming You)
Reading Time: 4 minutes Does your home feel overwhelming? If so, here are a few simple, quick things you can do to make your home feel better right now! By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer Running a home has not always come naturally to me. At first it wasn’t so bad. When I got married, I moved into an apartment […]
How Our Family Keeps Gift-Giving Sacred and Simple at Christmas
Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you longing for a more meaningful Christmas? How you give gifts can make a big difference! Here’s how my family keeps Christmas gift-giving sacred and simple. By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer I love Christmastime! It is festive and exciting and worshipful. It makes me happy and fills my cup for so many reasons. One of those […]
6 Reasons Why I Let My Preschool-Aged Kid Dress Herself
Reading Time: 4 minutes Moms have different reasons for allowing their young children to choose their own clothes or not. I don’t believe there’s a right or wrong answer, but I have thoughtfully chosen to let my preschool-aged kid dress herself with creative license. By Katie, Contributing Writer My daughter is “into fashion.” At age three, she became very involved with her daily outfit selection. […]
Why We’ve Made Too Big of a Deal over the Phrase “Looks Like You Have Your Hands Full!”
Reading Time: 3 minutes Too many mothers have banded together to take offense at the phrase “Looks like you have got your hands full.” Let’s start a new movement. By Katie, Contributing Writer Today at Target I strode up to the dressing room with a 4-week-old baby strapped to my body, a 2-year-old strapped in the cart whining, and a […]
