Merry Christmas!


Last Monday at 5:00AM, we headed out from Unity CRC in Prinsburg, MN, and drove the 11 hours to Stevensville, Michigan, for the Solid Rock Youth Group Mission Trip. Why our hometown? Because of the short amount of time we have been here and because most organizations need applications in at least by March, we…
If you’re anything like me, I tend to pump the breaks HARD when I see something “new” on the market. I often think it’s just another ploy marketers are using to try and convince me to buy something, with no lasting value. That’s what I thought when it came to red light therapy; until I…
I enjoy scrolling through Instagram. I follow all sorts of people, really. I’m not even sure quite why, but seeing how others live has always intrigued me. I see celebrities living it up at their next event, wearing dresses that probably cost more than we make in a year, and who just seem to have…
This is where it all began: The 100 Days Of Less Series. When I began my organizing website Organizing Life With Less, I didn’t necessarily expect it to have the impact it did on my life. I guess I didn’t know what to expect, but all I knew was that I wanted to live my…
One thing that we really wanted in our new home when we moved from Minnesota, was to have two bathrooms. They did not have to be full bathrooms, but we learned from only having one bathroom in our first two homes, having another would be nice. Not a requirement and definitely a luxury, but something…
From the world of Wonder, which sparked a movement to “choose kind,” comes the inspirational next chapter: WHITE BIRD. Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian (Bryce Gheisar) is visited by his grandmother (Helen Mirren) and is transformed by the compassionate and heroic story of her…