Archive | August, 2010

Contentment in All Circumstances

by on Aug 30, 2010 in faith & womanhood

Pure exhaustion. That would describe me right now. Having found little sleep last night leaves me feeling pretty drained. Fear has been attacking me lately at the thought of trying to sleep. I was up folding laundry, reading, and simply crying out to the Lord. Can I possibly joyfully serve my family today when I [...]

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True Woman 2010

by on Aug 28, 2010 in faith & womanhood

My sisters, mother, and I will be heading to Fort Worth, Texas on October 14-16 for True Woman 2010! We would love for any of you lovely ladies to join us as we are challenged in understanding our position and value in Christ. I am eager to hear the truth shared from Nancy Leigh Demoss, [...]

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Healthy Lemon Bars

by on Aug 27, 2010 in recipes & kitchen tips

I am a huge fan of lemon bars! In fact, I think it just might be my favorite sweet. I love the combination of sweetness and tartness that they provide for my palate. I have been on the search for a means of making my own lemon bars in a more natural fashion. I found [...]

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Finding Time to Read as a Homemaker

by on Aug 24, 2010 in building the family, faith & womanhood

We took an impromptu beach trip over the first part of this week, thus the delay for my next post. Aaron received some extra time off work this week, so we are enjoying some rest as a family! Photo Credit Every month that I post my reading list, I get the question: how do you [...]

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Simple Real Food Meals for Summer and Busy Seasons

by on Aug 20, 2010 in recipes & kitchen tips

Photo Credit Busy seasons will come and go. There will be  seasons of life with greater suffering and trials to endure. Babies, morning sickness, moving, and the like. How can we pursue feeding our families nutritionally during these times? I honestly have been struggling with maintaining a real food from scratch diet in our home [...]

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When Homemaking Gets In The Way of Mothering

by on Aug 18, 2010 in making a home

This post is brought to you by Passionate Homemaking’s Monthly Contributor, Vina Barham. So at one point in my very short homemaking career, I got this idea in my head that I should learn to bake bread if I was going to be an awesome homemaker. And for a few months, I was baking bread [...]

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Homemade Natural Postpartum Care Kit

by on Aug 16, 2010 in bellies & babies

There is no doubt that postpartum healing can be painful and challenging, but there are several natural methods for restoring your body in a peaceful and refreshing manner. It is important to realize and be prepared that dealing with a large range of emotions after birth is very common. There are extreme changes happening in [...]

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Simple Steps to Declutter Your Home

by on Aug 13, 2010 in frugal & simple, making a home

Stuff, stuff, stuff! Are you struggling to keep your head above water in maintaining your home in a simple and peaceful manner? It takes a bit of persistent effort to maintain a simple home, but it is well worth it, as you can turn your focus towards the more important things in life – relationships [...]

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July at Our Home

by on Aug 11, 2010 in news & giveaways

Last week was an intense week of preparation for a local outreach over the weekend (Compassion Vancouver) that we were helping coordinate, so I am finally getting around to posting our monthly update. July was a month of seeing the hand of the Lord open up some neat doors for us. After releasing my desires [...]

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Simplify Conference – September 25

by on Aug 10, 2010 in faith & womanhood

I am excited to announce that I have been invited to speak at the Selah conference, which is an annual seminar for women held at George Fox University in Newberg, OR. It is coming up on Saturday, September 25th, from 9-5pm. This year the topic is: Simplify – Discover the biblical truth that less is [...]

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