Archive | November, 2007

Diaper Rash Salve & Other Products

by on Nov 30, 2007 in bellies & babies

Northern Essence is a wonderful online store for all your natural body care needs, including facial, scrubs, soaps, baby products, pregnant mommy items, etc. Northern Essence is re-opening their doors today after a two month transition while moving. I have been anticipating this greatly as I am completely out of my products! They make the [...]

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Movie Review: Bella

by on Nov 29, 2007 in building the family

Wow! If you have not seen this movie yet, you need to support this film! My husband and I along with some friends went to see this last night, and it is definitely worth our time and money (movies are not cheap these days). I do not give recommendations lightly for movies, but this film [...]

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More Soup!

by on Nov 28, 2007 in recipes & kitchen tips

Lylah over at Money Making Mamas shares this highly recommended soup recipe from Nourishing Traditions. I like hearing her review and will definitely be trying it now. The recipe and her notes are included below. Squash and Sun Dried Tomato Soup serves 6 1 butternut squash 2 medium onions, peeled and chopped 3 TB butter [...]

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Book Review: Simplify Your Spiritual Life by Donald Whitney

by on Nov 28, 2007 in faith & womanhood

Simplify Your Spiritual Life by Donald Whitney-  I think I would say this has been my top favorite read for the year 2007, for it contains such valuable encouragement and advice on simplifying your spiritual life, of strengthening your walk with the Lord through simple and practical ways. He does not mean simplify in the [...]

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Recipes Gallore!

by on Nov 27, 2007 in recipes & kitchen tips

Allrecipes.com is my favorite resource for finding great recipes for all kinds of meals. This is a free resource with an abundance if reviews and comments on all recipes. Now I will not guarantee the healthiness of every recipe, but I have found most recipes are easily changed to replace with better quality ingredients. Allrecipes [...]

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Health Booster: Garlic!

by on Nov 27, 2007 in recipes & kitchen tips

Garlic! Upon our recent discovery that my husband may have high cholesterol levels, I have been doing research on how to solve the problem. I came across the valuable addition of garlic into our diet for lowering cholesterol. A month previous to this I had purchased a garlic press, and now I am going to [...]

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Woman and Ministry

by on Nov 26, 2007 in missions & ministry

If you haven’t read Crystal’s post and all the lovely comments on the topic of woman doing ministry, check it out here. I think it is so important to see the value of our role as wives and mothers, and that this is a season for us to focus in our training up our children [...]

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Growing in Christ Together: Prayer

by on Nov 26, 2007 in missions & ministry

This is my final post in the Growing in Christ Together series. To view part 2 click here, part 1 click here. Acts 2:41-46 “So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles teaching and to [...]

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Blessing Others: Gift to Jesus

by on Nov 23, 2007 in missions & ministry

Several years ago, my family decided to renew our heart for giving and the true meaning of Christmas during the holiday season by giving a special gift to a needy family. There was a family suffering in the church at that time with a newborn girl that had several serious physical problems and therefore, they [...]

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One Awful Dinner

by on Nov 21, 2007 in recipes & kitchen tips

Have you ever made a dinner that you couldn’t even eat? Now, I have made some very healthy meals that I would not necessarily enjoy but because I knew their health benefits, I would force myself to enjoy it and encourage my husband likewise. Well my dinner last night was far worse. I am actually [...]

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