By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. Christmas is a wonderful time of year. It provides an opportunity to experience and express gratitude to God for sending His Son Jesus to Earth, God with us. But we can also easily gloss over or completely miss that most central part of the holiday season in the hustle and bustle… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. In today’s idea-rich online world, it’s easy to get a hankering for a life and home that are “just-so.” I personally really enjoy home design and decorating. I’m not good at it, but I like to give it some serious thought and effort. And I recognize that this can be a blessing… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. Knowing how to best help an emotional child can be difficult. It’s hard to know what to do when they are genuinely that upset (not just putting on a show), despite the irrationality of their reaction to the situation. As my kids have gotten older, I’ve tried a few different things to help them… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer “It’s odd,” I told my husband, as we lazed around the dining room table one night last week. Our older kids (ages 5 and 3) had been dismissed and were off busily playing in other parts of the house. There we sat, gathering our energy for the evening marathon while shaking a few more Cheerios from the box… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer There are so many wonderful opportunities to get involved with ministry, and as Christ-followers, we are called to be about the Kingdom. However, sometimes, for a variety of reasons (in my case, lots of “little people” underfoot with plentiful needs and nap schedules and emotions), it’s just not very practical… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer When I had just one baby, I felt incapable of even running my home. Dizzying lIfe-change and lack of discipline left me feeling ineffective. Now I have three babies (ages 5, 3 and 1), and I’m running my home better than ever. I share my secrets to making that transition in… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. Are you a complainer? Don’t answer that yet. Sometimes, this is more subtle that we realize. A friend asks us how we’re doing, really. We don’t want to be “fake,” so we unload on her everything in our lives that’s not up to standard, and how put-out we feel by life’s injustices…. Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. Some women make running a home look effortless and easy! The only problem is, it’s not easy, and it does, in fact, take a lot of work, strategy and well-placed effort. As I ventured into my new-found role as a homemaker, I expected to be amazing at it –a true natural. Unfortunately,… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. I love date nights with my husband! They are a great time for us to have fun together and talk. Throughout my six and a half year marriage, I have valued date nights very highly. When our first child was born almost five years ago, these escalated to a marriage-survival-necessity in my book…. Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. The responsibility of running a home can overwhelm me at times. Especially now that I have three little children in the house, the work and mess of it are unending. I’ve given up on perfection and pride, because there is none of those to be had in my home in this season…. Read More
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