How to Develop a Working Budget

I recently shared how our family started tithing, and even more recently, how God enabled us to begin giving a portion of what is left every month (a total miracle). In order to be responsible with our finances, I learned to look at our monthly financial picture and devise a budget.  It is the only […]

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Tithing and Hilarious Giving

The first ten years of marriage, my husband and I gave to the church, but we didn’t tithe. Tithing traces back to the Old Testament, when God commanded his people, the Israelites, to give ten percent of what He gave them back to Him.  This tithe provided for the tribe of the Levites who served […]

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Finding Funding for Missions in Unusual Places

The collection deadline for Samaritan’s Purse missional shoe boxes is fast approaching!  Our church collected the last of our donated boxes on Sunday.  My kids were SO excited to send ours on its way, and rightly so, because they played a big part in providing the funding to make it possible. A few months back, […]

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What to do When You Have Too Many Eggs!

When I saw the Daily Post listed “egg” as a word prompt on Sunday, it made me giggle, but then I actually have something to share! We used to have back yard chickens.  Since switching to a low carb diet, I use a lot more eggs, and I’ve been wishing I still have back yard […]

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The Best Thing We Gained at the Fair

Have you ever noticed how kids have a very accurate internal clock, like, from the get go? We took our oldest to the county fair when she was about three and the next summer, days before the fair was going to start, she started asking me about that place with lights and food and rides? […]

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