Archive | September, 2008

My Favorite Natural Sweeteners

by on Sep 30, 2008 in health & nutrition, recipes & kitchen tips

What would life be like without a little sugar to make the medicine go down? Okay, I admit. I have a sweet tooth! I have greatly enjoyed exploring the world of natural sweeteners to replace the abundant processed and bleached sugar that is in most recipes and kitchens. Did you know that the average American [...]

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Mission of Motherhood: Servant Leaders

by on Sep 29, 2008 in building the family

“…I’ve come to appreciate the importance of the many thousands of routaine moments in a mother’s life, for it is in these moments that real greatness tends to be taught and caught…It’s the way I respond to my children in everyday moments that gives me the best chance of winning their hearts. If I have [...]

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Menu Plan – Sept 29-Oct 4

by on Sep 28, 2008 in recipes & kitchen tips

Praise the Lord for a relaxing and enjoyable weekend! Aaron and I went out to see Fireproof on Friday evening and were delighted to see a packed theater. It was an excellent movie and greatly blessed and strengthened our marriage. I would definitely recommend getting out there and supporting this film. It was refreshing to [...]

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Simple Saturdays: Simplifying Canning!

by on Sep 26, 2008 in frugal & simple

Welcome to Simple Living Saturdays, where we are all seeking to encourage one another in purposefully simplicity for the glory of God! Today of which I am honored to host this carnival for the second time due to Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home’s absence. Next Saturday it will be back over at her blog! [...]

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Home Learning this Week

by on Sep 26, 2008 in learning at home

Karis is practicing clapping her hands like the seal! Learning with Karis is such a joy! This week has been full of canning produce for the winter, and thus not a whole lot of time to devote to our beginning learning projects, but I have been amazed how much she can learn without a whole [...]

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Fireproof: The Movie

by on Sep 24, 2008 in building the family

The movie “Fireproof” is opening this weekend, September 26. For a preview and more information, visit here or click on the link above. This appears to be an excellent movie by the same producers of “Facing the Giants”. Their goal in making this movie was to be a change agent in our culture and save [...]

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Christ Centered Childraising

by on Sep 24, 2008 in building the family

Laura at Joshua’s House honored me with a request to write an article for her ministry on why we have a vision for keeping our child training Christ centered and how we are seeking to go about this. We are always in need of further growth and maturity in our own parenting, but I pray [...]

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Simplifying Your Wardrobe – Part 2

by on Sep 23, 2008 in frugal & simple

Welcome back for part 2 with further tips on Simplifying your Wardrobe! For part 1, visit here. In part 1, we discussed how to build a simple wardrobe through evaluating how much clothing you really need and how to build a selected color scheme. Now on to other ideas…above all, remember that the reason we [...]

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Variety in Your Grains

by on Sep 23, 2008 in health & nutrition, recipes & kitchen tips

There is such a variety of grains out there ready for our use…why limit ourselves to whole wheat? My recommendation for beginning on the pathway to more nutritious eating is to try and eliminate white flour and replace with whole wheat (read more here). This is a huge step in the right direction! As you [...]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

by on Sep 22, 2008 in recipes & kitchen tips

If you are anything like me, you love homemade ice cream! But not just any homemade ice cream…but a healthy and naturally sweetened dessert! Our family absolutely loves homemade ice cream from our Cuisinart maker that we purchased awhile back (highly recommended by the way!). In a matter of 30 minutes we have a fresh [...]

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