We start and end our days in our homes. And for many of us, it’s where we spend most of our days.  It’s where we dream and rest.  It’s where we work and play.  It’s where we entertain in and where we retreat to.  Our homes often need to be many things for many people. … Read More Make Your Home Work for You (My 4 Favorite Resources)

Have you ever visited somewhere and found everything to be fascinating?  I can think back to a family vacation to Arizona. We went for Thanksgiving in 2005. I’d never been to Arizona before or another state where grass didn’t cover the ground. We visited rock formations, Native American historical sites, and the Grand Canyon (which… Read More I Hate This Place (And Other Things I Used to Say)

“I like the bookshelves, mom,” my daughter said as she walked out of the room.  The day before I had taken every book off the shelf and reorganized. I cleaned, purged, and sorted. I moved the books and shuffled around the decor.  The last time I truly organized the bookshelves was three years ago when… Read More 3 Ways to Create a Meaningful Home (And Why It Matters)

With two kids ages two and under, I had a choice to make.  When my son joined our family a few years ago, I was working full time, we had an infant and a toddler, and we had just moved. Multiply that by household chores, sleeping, working, and family commitments and there’s not much time… Read More Why Finding Time for Yourself May Be the Most Selfless Thing You Do All Day

Every time I wrote an email my computer gave me an error message.  My laptop was full and I didn’t know how to empty it. Thousands of emails, thousands of files. In my field of work, details count. Is the comma in the right place? Is that picture high-resolution? What information goes on that flier?… Read More Little Known Ways to Reduce Stress (And Be More Like Jerry Gergich)

“What do you think is the hardest part of being a freshman in college?” Packed in with around 300 college students, I turned to my neighbors to answer the ice-breaker question at the on-campus group I attended. The students around me gave their answers. “Getting used to the classwork.”  “Learning where things are around campus.”… Read More Are We Being Discipled into Loneliness?