Last year at this time, we had just moved into our new doublewide on an undeveloped lot in my in-law’s trailer part in Alabama. Jeremy had had to leave almost as soon as we arrived to go back and finish getting our house in NY on the market. I was happy as a lark, settling…
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Harvest Season (a pictoral update)
I have so few words this week. Mostly pictures. We are working like crazy to be good stewards of the bountiful fruit harvest God blessed us with this year. The branches in the orchard are literally snapping under the weight of our largest harvest yet. We’ve been blessed by friends willing to come labor with…
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Introducing: The Real {Fast} Food Cooking Class!
This has been a dream of mine for over a year. This month, it’s finally happening. I’m teaming up with my friend-and-mentor-in-all-things-nourishing, Claire, to teach you what we’ve learned about nourishing our families with real food, in the comfy, friendly atmosphere of my own, vintage-blue kitchen. And YOU are invited… Where: My home in Ovid,…
Continue ReadingThe Woman Next Door
Do you know the woman next door? photo source “It was when we left our first home and the trailer park we’d lived in for 3 years that I became convicted that I had not been a good steward of the relationships that had—literally—been right in my backyard. Part of my delinquency was due to…
Continue ReadingYou’re Invited…
One of the best things about the Relevant Conference I attended last fall (now Allume Social) was the fellowship with other passionate, believing women. Imagine my excitement when they closed out the conference with the announcement of an idea to bring the fun and fellowship of a women’s conference to your own town – even…
Continue ReadingBest of 2011 – Hospitality
Here it is, in case you missed it – a run down of the best content (gauged by number of comments) that appeared on the blog this year! If you’re new here, I hope you’ll enjoy getting to know me and my blog a little better with this glimpse into the archives. If you’ve been…
Continue ReadingA Hospitality Network: Candle In the Window
Ever thought it would be cool if believers across the country (or the world!) were somehow connected to each other to offer and receive Biblical hospitality in the way God intended? What if your next vacation you were able to stay in other believer’s homes rather than strange hotels? What if you were able to…
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