Teaching stewardship is one of the many lessons you, as a parent, have the privilege of imparting to your children. The phrase “more is caught rather than taught” may be overused, but it certainly applies in this case. As a homemaker, you have many opportunities to practice stewardship as you make sure the needs of [...]
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Raising Homemakers exists to encourage mothers and daughters to make home a priority. Let’s say it like it is–in our culture and even our Christian culture, homemaking is not valued very highly. It has been called a waste of your life, a selfish use of energy and demeaning among other things. As a mom [...]
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As a mother with small children, life can get very hectic, can’t it? Mine are older now so things run a little more smoothly with their help, but I still remember what it was like to have three under five after having an only child for eleven years. Let’s just say it was a real [...]
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Last time we covered the first two steps in organizing a room in your home, Evaluate and Arrange. You can find that article here. Today, let’s talk about steps three & four: Attack and Change. Let’s reference back to the bathroom. We determined the purpose and then mentally arranged what items should be a part [...]
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It’s that time of year–January always finds me ready to clean out closets, empty drawers, and get rid of the clutter. Here’s a four step, easy to remember, way to keep your house in order. 1. Evaluate each room 2. Arrange the room 3. Attack the clutter 4. Change the room Step one is to [...]
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With Christmas right around the corner, life can become hectic, can’t it? We are making Christmas memories for our families, reaching out to the needy around us, taking advantage of ministry opportunities and parties…..lots of great things to do. But when you think about it~life can get pretty busy as we seek to minister to [...]
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Today I’d like to cover some practical areas such as what hinders us and how we can be better prepared to open our homes on a regular basis. To become good at any skill requires practice. As I said before in my previous post, I have had to grow a lot in this area and [...]
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It is good to see hospitality reviving in the church. It was widely practiced in the Old Testament, as well as the New. Many times it was unplanned such as when Abraham and Sarah unknowingly invited angels to dine with them or planned as in the case of the Shunnamite woman preparing a room for [...]
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