stewardship

Can Coupons Be Used Responsibly?

January 18, 2012

Written by Courtney, Contributing Writer
As mothers raising families in a tough economy, we are always looking for ways to save money and make our dollars stretch a little further. Since the beginning of time, mothers have learned to be wise stewards of the limited resources available to them. More recently, many have turned to coupons [...]

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Book Review: The Money Saving Mom’s Budget (5 Copies to Win!)

January 10, 2012

If you want to learn something, one of the best ways is to learn from someone who has actually done it.
Do you want to learn to get your budget under control, cut your expenses drastically, simplify your life, and live both frugally and generously? My dear friend, Crystal Paine, is just the person to ask. Her story speaks for [...]

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Is Compassion International a Good Investment? A Husband’s Perspective.

June 6, 2011

**Many of you may have realized that I was blessed to have my husband, Ryan, come with me on my trip to the Philippines last week. Though we hadn't originally planned for him to join me in writing, he was so impressed by the answers to all of his questions (someone on our team referred [...]

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Frugality as a Means of Giving (and Meet Keeper of the Home’s New Sponsor Child!)

May 19, 2011

Why do you practice frugality?
It's such a hot topic these days, how to save money and do more with less. We read about it, talk to our friends about it, put great amounts of effort into living it. What's less common, though, is to examine exactly why we do it.
Perhaps it's because money is tight, [...]

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Waste Not, Want Not: Lessons in Frugality for Children

May 13, 2011

Written by Meg Dickey, Contributing Writer
As we seek to train our children well, one of our family's major learning points is to teach our children the art of frugality.  Frugality is making good choices with the resources God has given you - this includes your brain, as I am apt to remind my children. :-)
I [...]

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What It Means to Be Well

January 4, 2011

Written by Shannon, Contributing Writer
All year long we are inundated with advertisements, marketing campaigns, and articles that try to teach us how to be healthier. At the New Year this wellness parade reaches a fevered pitch with resolutions being made and everyone trying to undo the overindulgence of the past month.
And [...]

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Get Outdoors and Get in That Sunshine!

July 22, 2010

Guest Post by Kait Curran Palmer
Summer is upon most of the Northern Hemisphere at this point--minus the cloud-covered and still-chilly Pacific Northwest--but for the rest of you lovely people you are kicking off your flip flops and getting to have a grand ole time basking in the warmth of long and sun-filled days.
No bitterness here [...]

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The Value of Making Small Changes

June 30, 2010

Written by Emily McClements, Contributing Writer
If there's anything you should know about me, it's that I'm all about taking baby steps.  Most of the changes that we have made in our lives and around our home, have been made by making small changes that add up to much bigger overall change in our lives.
Sometimes I [...]

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Celebrating Earth Day: A Christian Perspective on Stewardship of the Environment

April 22, 2010
tree against blue sky and clouds

Today I want to celebrate Earth Day by sharing just a bit about why I, as a Christian, care about the environment and choose to put time, money and effort towards practicing mindful stewardship of God's glorious creation.
Here are some of the main reasons that our family has made environmental stewardship a priority as we [...]

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Cutting Down on Waste in the Kitchen: Tossing the Paper

March 10, 2010
cloth-napkin

Photo credit: Sklathill
This is our second contributing writer's post, from Beth Corcoran. I asked her to write on a topic related to cutting down on waste, which is one of the themes this month at Keeper of the Home. I love Beth's easy-going and relaxed approach to using cloth in her kitchen.
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The kitchen is [...]

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