8 Ways to Bless Your Home
This October marked two years that I’ve lived in my current home. It felt like a significant marker, so I lit a candle to represent Christ with me, and carried it through each room of my home praying blessing. It was the first time I’ve done that, and I found it to be a worshipful […]
Discipline for Endurance’s Sake
“A cross that comes purely from God – and is cordially welcomed without any self-reflective acts – is both painful and peaceful. In contrast, if such a cross is unwillingly received and is repelled by the life of nature, it becomes doubly severe. In fact, our own internal resistance is harder to bear than the […]
Go Ahead … Invite Yourself Over
I like to think that I am quite the domestic woman, but I really struggled to find my creativity when I moved to SE Asia. I blocked myself from getting on Pinterest because I felt sad that Hobby Lobby was so far away and that the ingredients I was so used to using in comfort […]
How to Survive Without House Help
I know this “domestication” theme is supposed to be super spiritual, but I can’t get beyond practical with this one. So, I’m bringing you some real life “domestic” experience. I’ve had a house helper for eight straight years. That’s most of life with children. The last time I cleaned my own toilet (before August 2016) […]
The Grove Prompt: Domestication
I recently heard someone’s home described as a cross between a Ritz Carlton and a monastery. That tickled me and gave me a new aspiration for my own home. Ritz Carlton is laughably out of reach, but comfort and soul are nice guiding principles. This description is so attractive because it points to an intersection […]