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How to Get Free Babysitting and a Mom’s Night Out.

by on Feb 21, 2011 in building the family

Photo Credit Written by monthly contributor, Kat. Cheers to another great idea for maintaining dates nights! We all know that spending one on one time with our husbands is vital to the health of our marriages, but how do we do that when funds are limited and family lives far away? Our all time favorite [...]

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Keeping Your Marriage Strong

by on Feb 16, 2011 in building the family

Photo Credit A strong marriage forms the foundation of our society. But in our current culture, “till death do we part” has been replaced with “till I don’t love you anymore”, “till you stop meeting my needs”, or “till when I’m not happy anymore.” Divorce has ransacked every portion of our society, with the church [...]

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Q & A’s for Mission-Minded Families: MARRIAGE

by on Feb 14, 2011 in building the family, faith & womanhood

by Passionate Homemaking’s monthly contributor, Ann Dunagan. Ann’s monthly contributions will be in a Q & A style format, as we hear her heart (balancing raising 7 children while also being passionately involved in missions). Q. LINDSAY @ PASSIONATE HOMEMAKING: What practical ideas do you have to strengthen your marriage? A. ANN @ MISSION-MINDED FAMILIES: [...]

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12 Ways to Love Your Hubby Without Saying a Word

by on Feb 09, 2011 in building the family

Republished from the Archives… Did you know that there are many ways you can love your man without even saying a word? This is one list of creative ideas to get you going, but certainly don’t be limited to these suggestions. Use your creativity and love on that man! Clean Laundry – clean socks, clean [...]

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Resources for Maintaining a Simple & Organized Home

by on Feb 02, 2011 in building the family

In conclusion to our little series on organization and simplifying our lives, I wanted to share some great resources that I have found helpful in the process of organization. These books have been both inspiring and practical! I have also included a list of previous posts on the topic of simplifying in every room of [...]

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Q & A’s for Mission-Minded Families: SIMPLICITY

by on Jan 17, 2011 in building the family, missions & ministry

by Passionate Homemaking’s monthly contributor, Ann Dunagan. Ann’s monthly contributions will be in a Q & A style format, as we hear her heart (balancing raising 7 children while also being passionately involved in missions). Q. LINDSAY @ PASSIONATE HOMEMAKING: How do you keep your heart free of clutter? A. ANN @ MISSION-MINDED FAMILIES: We [...]

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Picture Perfect Families?

by on Dec 20, 2010 in building the family

Written by monthly contributor, Ann Dunagan (with the lovely Dunagan family pictured at left). Are you putting a family photo in this year’s Christmas cards? If so, I’m curious if you have an “inside” story behind your happy-looking picture? Have you ever had a bad picture day? I’m referring to one of those photo-effort-extravaganzas which [...]

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Balancing Nutrition with Priorities -Part 2

by on Dec 16, 2010 in building the family, health & nutrition

Photo credit Welcome back for Part 2 of our discussion on balancing nutrition and priorities. Read Part 1 here. This past week I was preparing burritos for dinner. I was frustrated and fretting about the need to prepare my own homemade tortillas. I wanted to…but energy was seriously lacking. So I went to the store. [...]

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Balancing Nutrition And Priorities – Part 1

by on Dec 14, 2010 in building the family, health & nutrition

Photo Credit With the bombardment of choices for us mothers to make in regard to our health and nutrition at the table and in our lifestyle, it is becoming more and more difficult to keep a proper balance between our pursuit of nutrition for the health and wholeness of our family and the reality of what we [...]

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Loving Our Children With the Written Word

by on Dec 06, 2010 in building the family

There I sat amidst a pile of cards that I had received over the years from my parents, siblings, and close friends. I was packing up my closet and came upon this treasured envelope of keep sakes. I had kept these cards for a reason. There were welcome home cards from my siblings, valentine’s cards [...]

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