I was playing through the hymn book today for a few minutes and "It Is Well With My Soul" came up. Years ago I read a book written by one of the daughters of Spafford. This daughter and her sister were born to him and his wife later in life. Most people know the story …
Author: mrsjschon
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I read an exceptionally good memoir of the Holocaust this week. Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs by Manny Steinberg. Manny tells the story of how he, his brother and his father survived the Holocaust and later came to start a new life in America. His father was a man of dignity and never let the degradation of …
Friday File 14
I am always looking for simple crafts that the children can make for gifts. I'm fairly picky though. I don't want to do something that the receiver won't use. That's setting the standard a little high because children are limited in their abilities. However, this craft is so cool, easy for the children to make …
What I’m Loving (3)
☼ running errands with my husband ☼ baby talk ☼ chatting with my sisters ☼ sunny days ☼ clean laundry ☼ quiet times in the morning ☼ reading the same books as my children ☼ decorating my home ☼ digital scrapbooking ☼ an organized basement ☼ reading my daughter's blogs ☼ reading my son's blog ☼ …
One-Month Menu
For quite a while I've thought about making a menu that would last a month. This would simplify my life in more ways than one - I would only have to get my cookbooks once a month, make a major shopping list once a month, look at my online recipe box once a month. You …
Arise, My Soul, Arise
I absolutely love this song. There is so much meaning in the words. I can just bask in this song. The music is gorgeous and majestic too. It gives me peace, encouragement, comfort, hope every time I listen to it. My hope is that it will bless you too. Charles Wesley's hymns are so rich …
Friday File 13
I've been really busy this week getting our basement organized. Honestly, it was so bad that I didn't even take a before picture to show you. Just trust me. Most of the time it looked like all the shelves and toy boxes and thrown up all over the floor. My solution - I bought twenty-two …
Virtue’s Reward
Last week we saw that Naomi had a plan for getting a husband for Ruth. We also saw Ruth trusting Naomi and agreeing to her plan. Now it all begins to happen. Ruth 3:6-13 6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. 7 And …
Baking Day
For the last several weeks I've been using Fridays to do a lot of baking all at once. I thought about doing it on Saturdays, but my husband's work schedule has changed, and we need to keep Saturdays open for family activities. I was hoping that by doing a lot of baking all at once …
Intentional Simplicity 