Visionary Homemaking

To Mary…or to Martha? The Pendulum Series Continues…

Filed in Pendulum Series, Visionary Homemaking by on December 20, 2011 5 Comments
To Mary…or to Martha? The Pendulum Series Continues…

A couple of months ago I wrote a post over at Keeper of the Home with tips on how to increase productivity.  The first tip I shared was the most important: spend time at the feet of Jesus each day.  To avail ourselves of the Wisdom of the Creator is always going to be the [...]

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When the Vision Gets Lost

Filed in Visionary Homemaking by on December 15, 2011 3 Comments
When the Vision Gets Lost

By Contributing Writer, Chelsey Hall Last year, Christmas day left my heart a little sad. All month long we, as a family, had been very intentional about focusing on what this time was set aside for…. a remembrance of the birth of Christ… the prophesies, the fulfillment, and what is yet to come. Each night, [...]

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Just My Opinion: Rice Cookers, E-Readers, Help for Varicosities, and a Winner of the Homemaking 101 DVD

Filed in Visionary Health, Visionary Homemaking by on December 7, 2011 7 Comments
Just My Opinion: Rice Cookers, E-Readers, Help for Varicosities, and a Winner of the Homemaking 101 DVD

This post is a bit of a smorgasbord.  (Don’t you just love smorgasbords?  I wish I had sat down to one for lunch.  We had frozen pizza instead.)   A Winner FIRST, I’d like to announce the winner of the Homemaking 101 DVD by Jennifer Ross.  Congrats to Stephanie in SC!  Stephanie…doing a jig down [...]

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Giveaway! Introducing New DVD: Homemaking 101~Encouragement and Instruction

Giveaway! Introducing New DVD: Homemaking 101~Encouragement and Instruction

By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18 Oh dear friends!  Over twenty years ago I was delighted to be launched into homemaking.  I was barely out of high school, newly married and expecting our first child.  It was all I ever wanted.   My hopes and dreams all throughout [...]

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Are You A Builder?

Filed in Visionary Homemaking by on November 29, 2011 5 Comments
Are You A Builder?

By Contributing Writer, Chelsey Hall We as women, think of ourselves as mothers, teachers, nurses and so on, but God says that we are builders. We usually relegate this role to the men, but we are building with something far greater than brick and timber. Nancy Campbell, The Power of Motherhood: What the Bible Says [...]

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Loving the Mess

Filed in Visionary Homemaking by on November 12, 2011 2 Comments
Loving the Mess

By Contributing Writer, Bria Crawford If you have a large family, particularly with several young children, you know what it’s like keeping organized and attempting to get everything done in a day. Sometimes it just gets crazy trying to keep the house clean, but you know you can’t spend all day cleaning, yet you can’t [...]

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Seven Strategies For Having More Productive Days

Filed in Visionary Homemaking by on November 11, 2011 0 Comments
Seven Strategies For Having More Productive Days

I hope you’ll join me today over at Keeper of the Home  where I’ll give you seven tried and true strategies to make your days as productive as possible!

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A Christ-Centered Thanksgiving

Filed in Visionary Homemaking by on November 6, 2011 1 Comment
A Christ-Centered Thanksgiving

By Contributing Writer, Chelsey Hall Turkey, pumpkin pie, fellowship and football. These are the things that immediately come to mind when someone says the word “Thanksgiving”. These are my childhood memories. As I’ve gotten older though, and had children of my own to make memories with, I’ve wanted more. More than just the food and [...]

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Gratitude is…

Gratitude is…

By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford “Gratitude… is meeting a mountain of dishes with a silent prayer of thanksgiving for the abundance of food on our table… it’s replacing the urge to be exasperated over the smeared windows (again) with a reminder that those little hand prints are growing quickly… it’s picking up my husband’s dirty [...]

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