family

“Pawpaw’s Rich”

by Sharon Patterson February 7, 2010
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It was one of those rare naturally teachable moments, not just for our grandson, but for our entire family. We were all in the kitchen preparing to serve lunch. Both our daughters-in-law were busy doing all the little things it takes to get our five grandchildren ready to sit down to eat Christmas lunch. The [...]

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Juggling Work and Family When You Work at Home

by Jill Hart May 5, 2009
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Q: I have been having my home based business for three years now and I still am struggling with how to juggle business and being a mom, wife and housekeeper. How do you juggle these? I want to make this a success, but so far it’s only been frustration. My children are four and two [...]

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Get Your Priorities Straight in Business and at Home

by Jill Hart March 1, 2009

Operating a successful home-based business is a time-consuming endeavor. This is doubly true as work-at-home moms in that we are responsible not only for the success of our business, but for our family as well. We must be self-reliant, self-motivated, and discipline ourselves in order to attain success in both areas. When running a business [...]

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Who’s Watching the House?

by Susan Sikes January 9, 2009
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She watches over the affairs of her household. —Proverbs 31:27a Have you ever experienced “Women’s Intuition,” either as a wife or mother, or perhaps as a child—wondering how your mother knew? I believe the Lord does give us special abilities to interpret what might be really going on. However, I also believe that the biggest [...]

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A Family Mission—Do You Have One?

by Maren Stowman October 5, 2008
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For my parents, sisters, and me, it started when we made it a family project to put together a CarePack of school supplies destined for the Former Soviet Union several years ago. Though still a young teen, I read the mailings carefully and wanted to be a bigger part of the ministry. While I dreamed [...]

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Two Generations

by Constance Gilbert May 18, 2008
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My mother was very much like her mother. And as often happens when two people are alike, they battled constantly, which led to my mother running away and getting married. At least that was the story. Actually, my parents never married, but my arrival was their initial reason for staying together. Grandma Jan moved quite [...]

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The Service Challenge of Being a Homemaker

by Susan Sikes May 14, 2007
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Unloading groceries, filing paperwork, and setting the table! Do you ever get tired of jobs that seem to be monotonous? I have noticed that sometimes it is the little jobs that bother me the most. I would like for you to take a challenge with me. I am going to try my best to look [...]

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