Homemaking for Beginners

To begin thinking about how to feed a family we need to go back to a home before the 1880s when food was almost a full-time job: She gardened and perhaps did some backyard butchering, made soap and candles, preserved the fruits and vegetables, salted and pickled the meat, … [Read more...] about ‘Food for her household’: How to Feed A Family

Today I'm returning to the ancient poem in the Bible about a wife and mother who "works with willing hands" (Proverbs 31:13). I will be looking at what it means in our own lives and in our culture to do our home-based work with willing hands today. This can bring us joy and give … [Read more...] about Willing Hands: The Heart behind a Happy Home

How do you sum up years of homemaking? Babies and houses and dinner guests? Coffee cups, changing nappies, and candlelit evenings? Spills and baking and dreaming? There's so much life bursting out of every inch of these years. Homemaking is like a boat at sea. There are … [Read more...] about The Homemaking Life: An Introduction