The Christian Home Magazine Issue #131

Happy Friday!

Hope you enjoy this week's issue of The Christian Home Magazine.

Have a beautiful weekend!

Stewardship and Finances

Stewardship and Finances writer, Laura Lane, shares her Simple Potato Soup recipe in an encouraging post on Filling Tummies in Hard Times.

Homekeeping

Homekeeping contributor, Sarah Coller, talks about homemaking priorities in Managing My Home as a Form of Worship to God.

Young Ladies at Home

Young Ladies at Home Columnist, Lynzie Coller, talks about life with Eight Siblings.

Entertainment

Entertainment contributor, Laura from Harvest Lane Cottage, has a review up of Shannon Popkin's Control Girl. Hmm...I think this one might hit close to home!

Family Time

Sarah Coller shares a recent fun family night in which her family took turns presenting things they'd been learning lately. Check out Our Family Biography Share.

Would you like to be featured on The Christian Home Magazine? We are looking for writers! Send your submissions for our consideration to sarah@classicalhomemaking.com.

The Christian Home Magazine Issue #130

Hello Readers!

I'm so excited to announce The Christian Home Magazine is back in print! Several years ago, The Christian Home Magazine was hosted by Mrs. White from The Legacy of Home. It featured encouraging articles by homemakers, for homemakers. With Mrs. White's blessing, we've revived it here at Classical Homemaking and I think you're really going to be blessed!

Each Friday, you'll be treated to several encouraging articles from Christian homemakers and young women at home. As you visit the blog of each contributor, please be sure to comment as well as pin and save articles from their sites, rather than this main magazine page. That way, you'll have easier access to the articles you want to reference in the future and those writers will have the blessing of repeat traffic from your pins.

Let us know how you like the new magazine!

Blessings,
The Christian Home Magazine Team

Homesteading and Healthy Living

Our homesteading and healthy living contributor, Heather from Marine Corps Nomads, shares a delicious recipe for Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies.

Pretty Thrifty

Emily, our Pretty Thrifty contributor, shares an article that blessed me so much! Check out Pretty Thrifty: Missing Out at Teen For the Lord.

Stewardship and Finances

Stewardship and Finances writer, Laura Lane, is back with some great thrifty tips for Saving Money on Clothes by Mending. 

Young Ladies at Home

Young Ladies at Home Columnist, Lynzie Coller, shares her thoughts on decorating her future home in Future Home Inspirations.

Entertainment

Entertainment contributor, Laura from Harvest Lane Cottage, has written a great review of the Pureflix film, Faith of Our Fathers.

Homekeeping

Homekeeping blogger, Sarah Coller of Classical Homemaking, has an easy recipe for Cranberry Tea Bread and features photos of her reading room update.

Would you like to be featured on The Christian Home Magazine? We are looking for writers! Send your submissions for our consideration to sarah@classicalhomemaking.com.

The Homemaking Party: Our Valentine Celebration and Homeschool Biography Share

Welcome to The Homemaking Party! 

Our family had such a sweet celebration last night. We started by exchanging Valentines and ended with the six oldest reading the biography essays they'd been working on for a month!

Brenna was the first to pass out her Valentine cards. She had one envelope in front of her at the table. When Daddy called on her to hand it out, she started hysterically cracking up and said, "I made one for myself!" Ha!!! We all got a really good laugh and enjoyed watching her open her present to herself!

Cainan made each of us a neat pop-up card.

The kids all pitched in and made this sweet gift basket for me. I love it! They made the rosebud stems with Hershey's Kisses.

The kids made this gift basket for Jamie. So special!

The three older boys surprised Lynzie with a bouquet of Kisses roses stuck in a Parmesan cheese can. Sweet brothers!

My oldest son, Michael, bought me this festive mug and chocolate rose.

Daughter Selah made me this special craft. If you look closely, you can see a little face made with beads inside the bow.

Jamie bought me this pretty box of chocolates.Whitman's are my favorite!

After all the kids handed out their Valentines, Daddy had a special treat for them too! Each year, he picks out something for each of them. This year they each got their own pretty box of chocolates. 

My mom sent special cards, too. This was mine. I used to collect frogs in high school so she sent me a cute frog button.

After we exchanged gifts, the six oldest kids read their biographical essays that they'd been working on for the last few weeks. They all did really well! Michael talked about Amelia Earhart, Avalon---L. Frank Baum, Cainan---Harry Houdini, Lynzie---Albert Einstein, Selah---Steve Jobs, and Elisha talked about Mohammed Ali.

We run our school year differently from most. We usually start mid-January and school until mid-October, so the kids are just getting started. I'm planning to have a presentation night once a week where the kids can read essays or book reports or present other projects they've completed. Looking forward to a great year ahead!

This article was featured in Issue #131 of The Christian Home Magazine.