Jennifer Ross
Jennifer is the cherished wife of a visionary man, and a homeschooling mother to almost a dozen children. Her deepest desire is to consistently love her husband and children, and to be a diligent and joyful keeper at home, all for the glory of God. Her favorite past-time is to encourage fellow housewives in their highest calling of wife and mother. When she’s not creating Homemaking DVDs she can be found blogging at Renewing Housewives. She also has a newly released ebook, Encouraging Challenges.
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Helping Your Husband Through Trials
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross It was our anniversary, and I was about to receive the only thing I really wanted. Six days prior, our daughter had been air lifted to Children’s Hospital three hours away from our home. Her runny nose had quickly turned into pneumonia, and she was suddenly very ill. The stress of a [...]
Meaningful Family Traditions
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross Not too long ago craftsmen would build homes with attention to detail. Think of the beautiful Victorian homes with all that intricate woodwork. Just a few little touches made all the difference. Traditions in our lives are similar to detailed woodworking on a simple home. It just adds that something special. Tradition. [...]
Blessing Our Husbands with Prayer
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross Contemplating this month’s theme got me thinking. ”What is the best way to bless our husbands?” There are so many good ways! So many potential areas to focus on. With my passion for homemaking, my default is to express the importance of being a brilliant help meet as one of the best ways to bless our husbands. [...]
Preparing Our Children for Marriage
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross If we are preparing children for adulthood, it would behoove us to prepare them for marriage. Plain and simple. In Scripture, marriage is normative and even expected. A man is to leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, that they be one (Genesis 2:24) in order for a godly offspring to [...]
Managing the Multiples: Home Schooling a Large Family of All Different Ages
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross We have 11 children, 2 have graduated, 6 are “doing school,” and 3 are just babies still. What’s a home educating Mother to do? Hint: Enlist help from the older ones. Well actually, our oldest son is on his own now, but our oldest (and graduated) daughter is here at home, training [...]
The Superiority of Biblical Education over Schooling
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross Do you send your children to school, or do you home school? Perhaps you home educate instead? And if you do home educate, is it a Biblical education? What’s the big deal? What’s the difference? Plenty! Schooling vs. Education I need to confess; I’m a word junkie. So naturally when comparing definitions, I [...]
Sharing the Love of Jesus as a Stay At Home Mom
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross “How do I share the love of Jesus with others, if all I do is stay home with my children?” Asked a young mother of three small children, with tears streaming down her face. Her distress was evident and her concern was real. She truly believed that her children were [...]
Watching Over the Affairs of our Homes
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross One of my favorite verses in the Bible is 1 Timothy 5:14 where Paul says, among other things, that wives are to: guide the house KJV manage their households ESV manage their homes NIV rule the household ASV There is such beauty in this! What an amazing task of dominion [...]
A Vision of Loveliness, of Femininity
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross The “vision” most of us were given as young ladies about to blossom into womanhood was that of distinct feminism. Few of our own parents sought to purposely ingrain into our hearts and minds such confusion. No, it was by default that we unknowingly adopted this anti-God ideology that [...]
THAT’S Entertainment!
By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross Where does one begin with a post like this? There is much to say, and all of it needs to be said. If you were to desire to be adopted into the Hollywood family and accepted into their culture, fret no more, it’s freely yours. Hollywood will not only grant you [...]
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