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Even the Bug Man Can Tell

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Have you ever noticed that you don’t have to teach your children what you really believe in? They see it in your actions and in your heart. In the deep South, football is a way of life. Children come out of the womb …

About Page Hughes

Page Hughes is a Jesus loving party girl who is always ready to have fun! She has been married to Dr. Les Hughes for almost 40 years and they reside in Alabaster, Alabama. Les and Page have been blessed with 4 amazing children and 11 fabulous grand children who are the source of many great illustrations. Page loves people well through ministering to their hurts, cooking delicious meals, and partying with the purpose of leading others to a deeper relationship with Jesus. Page’s goal in life is to go to heaven when she dies and take as many people as she can with her.

It’s Just Cleaning

by Kellie Renfroe

Nowadays it seems we need how-to books, vlogs, blogs, and even devotionals to tell us how to clean our houses. Entire industries have sprung up catering to how-to-clean your house. My great-grandmother would have thumped my head or said her favorite line while holding out …

About Kellie Renfroe

Kellie and her husband Greg have been married 32 years and have four children ranging in age from 18 to 28. She co-founded Mentoring Moments for Christian Women in 2005. Kellie is a homeschooling mom who enjoys reading, studying the Bible, writing, photography, and learning how to cook.

My House is too Small..Why be Hospitable?

by Jan

My house is too small. They won’t have a place to park. The carpets are always dirty. Sit on the floor? Are you kidding me? I can’t cook. What if I run out of things to say…… Why be hospitable? Do people even need your …

About Jan Nellis

Jan Nellis is a happily married mom of five children, three of whom are still at home. She spends her free time rediscovering the lost domestic arts with an emphasis on health issues. An avid quilter, crocheter, hand-spinner and cook, her desire is to rekindle the ways of her grandmothers, blessing her friends and family. She has spoken at women’s groups on forgiveness, following God's plan for your life and the joys of living with God. She currently blogs at www.atinylittleripple.blogspot.com.

Show Me How: The Culinary Trinity

by Jan

Since much of the great foods I know about contain this famous trinity, I’ll mention them first. As a base for great sauces, roux or as a general flavoring, the onion, bell pepper and celery add depth and richness to anything they touch. Onions Onions …

About Jan Nellis

Weekly Planning that Works…For Me

by Kellie Renfroe

Over the years I’ve tried a myriad of planners and planning styles: online, on my phone, a day timer, calendar on the fridge, and even a notebook filled with pages of lists. Once I used a software program called “Bob.” Bob was a talking dog …

About Kellie Renfroe

Jewelry Organization: Untangling the Mess

by Kellie Renfroe

Do you have a drawer filled with tangled jewelry? I used to… Some prefer using a hanging system for jewelry organization such as Carla shared with us last year. She taught us how to use a bulletin board to create a fun and functional system here. …

About Kellie Renfroe

Show Me How: Dehydrating 101–A is for Apple, B is for Breadcrumbs

by Jan

People dehydrate for lots of reasons–to prepare for a rainy day, to preserve a harvest from the garden, to create a gift from their kitchen or to store large amounts of food in a small place. All of those reasons apply to me. That little …

About Jan Nellis

7 Minute Icing to the Rescue

by Kellie Renfroe

For his sixth birthday party last weekend my youngest requested chocolate cupcakes with white icing. My mother was the baker and happily obliged. That is until we had a mini-crisis–she could not find her special buttercream icing recipe. Only an hour from party time, Mother …

About Kellie Renfroe

God’s Signature Dishes

by Guest

God has signed His name on my dishes. Really. At first glance you will not be able to see it, but after I tell you my story, I believe you will agree with me that God’s signature is truly there. You see, God is interested …

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The H-E-A-R-T of Hospitality

by Laura Leathers

Do you remember the following melody and song lyrics? “Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell you brother, you can’t have one without the other.” Have you ever considered how hospitality and love go together like …

About Laura Leathers

Laura is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She is the founder of Tea Time Treasures, a ministry promoting Biblical Hospitality (www.teatimetreasures.net). Currently she is employed as an administrative assistant within a detention center—ministry in the marketplace. Laura received her Women's Ministry Certificate Advanced Degree from New Orleans Theological Seminary. She is a graduate of Speak Up with Confidence Seminars (Basic and Advanced) and CLASS (Christian Leaders, Authors, and Speaker Services). Over the years she has served as a Bible teacher, conference speaker and a free-lance writer.