“If enough of us would take time to live a simple, wholesome life, it would do more for the country than all the legislation in the world.”— Laura Ingalls Wilder There are moments when the noise of the world rises like a flood — headlines, …
Finding Meaning in a Simpler Time Dear Friends at The Biblical Homestead, Your recent blog post on Laura Ingalls Wilder and the grace of living on little stirred something in me I hadn’t felt in quite some time. As I sat with a warm cup …
From the Homestead Table Category: Old-Fashioned Favorites There are days in the kitchen when the scent of something baking pulls more than just your appetite to attention — it pulls your memory. This morning, as I slid a pan of old-fashioned sweet bread into the …
There’s a certain rhythm to spring on the homestead.It doesn’t arrive all at once.Not here. Not where the winters hold on a little longer, and the ground takes its sweet time waking up. We still have a few mounds of snow lingering in the shadows …
(From the Hearth) The story was passed on to me, not in a book or a museum — but over kitchen tables, worn photo albums, and memories shared with soft smiles. Jim and Marge were already well into their married life by the early 1920s.They …
(Journal from the Homestead) For decades now, we as people have been trying to fill a void that only Jesus can fill. We work harder.We decorate better.We schedule fuller.We perform, and impress, and strive — believing that if we just do enough, have enough, become …
🧹 Sweeping the Floor, Sweeping the Heart (Scripture in the Ordinary) There’s something about sweeping that has never lost its place in daily life. It’s one of the oldest tasks there is—gathering the dust, brushing away the crumbs, clearing the path with nothing but a …
📬 From Lorene B., Tennessee Submitted to The Biblical Homestead Dear friends, I’ve been meaning to write for some time now. I suppose part of me felt a little silly—sending a letter to folks I’ve never met in person. But after reading your blog and …