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      • Conquering the Little Boy Bathroom Smell
      • For the ADD Housewife — The Trick of 13
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      • 6 Packing Tips for Long Road Trips
      • Married to a Messy
      • The Best Shower Cleaning Tip Ever
      • 5 Household Cleaning Products I Make Myself
      • 5 Cleaning Tools Every Woman Needs
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      • George Washington Carver and the Holt Family Peanut Experiment
      • Container Gardening for the Horticulturally Challenged
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My New Kentucky Home

A blog about faith and family, home and homeschooling.

Homemade Bible Characters for Church, Class, and Homeschool

May 14, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

Homemade Bible Characters for Church, Class, and Homeschool

No matter how old you are, visual aids make any story more memorable.   When it comes to Bible storytelling, people make fun of the old flannelgraphs.  I realize the technology is pretty antiquated, but as a kid I loved a story told with visuals of almost any kind!  Now more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Children's Ministry, Christianity, Homeschool, homeschooling, visual aids Tagged With: Bible, children, children's ministry, Homeschool, kids, kids ministry, storytelling, Sunday school, teaching, visual aids

My Life is Harder Than Yours

April 12, 2018 by My New Kentucky Home

  Note:  It's been nearly four years since I wrote this post, but I notice this little human tendency has not changed...   I heard about Gwyneth's comments and I couldn't help but chuckle to myself. Actress-and-mother Gwyneth Paltrow sent moms all over the country into an absolute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christian character, Christian love, Christianity, Gwyneth Paltrow, housewife, moms, Motherhood, stay-at-home moms, Uncategorized, wife, working moms

5 Reasons You Should Go to a Homeschool Convention

March 6, 2018 by My New Kentucky Home

5 Reasons You Should Go to a Homeschool Convention

There's no question about it: you can have a happy, fully successful homeschool year without ever attending a homeschooling convention.  You can provide your children with a solid education and be a positive, focused, contented homeschooling mom or dad, all without ever setting one foot into a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bible, Christian homeschooling, Christianity, Homeschool, homeschool convention, homeschool curricula, homeschooling, Nashville, Teach Them Diligently, Teach Them Diligently Convention, teaching, Uncategorized

Why “Xmas” Shouldn’t Offend You

December 14, 2017 by My New Kentucky Home

Why Xmas Shouldn't Offend You

  There are some Christians to whom there are few sins greater than use of the word "Xmas".  Because obviously the abbreviation is designed to remove Christ from the day, to X out any reminder of the whole reason we celebrate Christmas. Well, except that it isn't. Hang on for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christianity, Christians, Christmas, Happy Holidays, political correctness, politically correct, Uncategorized, Xmas

But There’s Grace

March 28, 2017 by My New Kentucky Home

Grace

  I haven't been here in a long time.   I haven't forgotten my blog.  I haven't meant to forsake it.  In fact, I've been meaning to return for a very long time.  I just kept thinking, "When this is done, I'll blog again.  When we reach that point, I'll start … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christ, Christianity, devotions, grace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christ, Christianity, devotions, grace

Because There Are More Important Things Than Your Happiness

June 30, 2016 by My New Kentucky Home

happiness

Your happiness really is not the most important thing.   Ouch.  I think most of us read that and something within us bristles a little.     Because we want to be happy.  I mean, we really want it.  All of us.  And it's human nature to seek out our own … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christianity, contentment, emotion, happiness, marriage, Motherhood

Why Christian Symbols in the Home are Important

June 9, 2016 by My New Kentucky Home

Christian symbols

It's something I don't see as often anymore, but as a child I remember many of my Christian friends having giant family Bibles on display in their homes. Now these were hardly practical, easy-to-use Bibles.  We had one ourselves that we displayed atop our massive 1970s stereo cabinet -- the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christ, Christian, Christian home, Christian living, Christian mom, Christian symbols, Christianity

Five Ways to Make Visitors to Your Church Feel Welcome

January 14, 2016 by My New Kentucky Home

  Have you ever wondered what it would be like if they did online reviews of churches in the same way they do of restaurants and shops? Scour the internet and you'll actually find a few, but reviews of this type tend to be emotionally or politically-charged rants more often than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christ, Christianity, Church, church growth, kindness, Uncategorized

7 Tips for Raising Kids to Reject the Christian Faith

October 22, 2015 by My New Kentucky Home

Yeah, I'm a Christian and, yes, you read that title right. You see, aside from what the Bible tells us clearly, I can't offer great insight into what it takes to raise devoted, lifelong followers of Christ.  I don't even have my own kids raised yet, so fool-proof advice from me on how to bring … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christian parenting, Christianity, Christians, discipling, homeschooling, parenting, Uncategorized

To the Kind Stranger Who Praised My Little Family

October 16, 2014 by My New Kentucky Home

 Dear Sir: I'm afraid I'm a little slow to say thank you, but that doesn't mean I haven't been incredibly grateful for your kind words from the day you spoke them!  What a blessing you were to me, and to all of us! And what a blessing your words have been every time I've thought of them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christianity, encouraging others, encouraging words, family, homeschooling, kindness, mom, mother, Motherhood, Uncategorized

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