After getting all of my wood surfaces clean with the Orange Oil Wood Cleaner, I wanted to get some much-needed moisture into that wood with some conditioning oil. Like the first time I tried creating my own cleaner, my requirements were pretty simple. It needed to be effective at conditioning the wood, and it needed to smell good. To make the base of my Orange Oil Wood Conditioner, I chose Continue Reading >>
Make Your Own Orange Oil Cleaner and Conditioner for Wood Recipe
When my husband and I first got married we discovered this magic stuff for wood. Different than the waxy Pledge we both grew up using, this stuff was a little bit oily but not too much. And it smelled like orange. It might have even been called orange oil cleaner - I don't remember now. Anyway, we both fell in love with this new cleaner for our wood surfaces - and boy did we have a lot of wood in Continue Reading >>
How to Talk to Children About Life before Birth
Talking to kids about abortion is tricky. I've got six kids, and one day the subject of abortion came up. We had the chance to talk about life in the womb, how babies in the womb can wrestle, (Jacob and Esau), experience emotion (John the Baptist), suck their thumbs, respond to light, sound and external sources of pain, and more. And when my kids are older, we will talk very honestly about the Continue Reading >>
Cherishing the Elderly and Valuing Life
In this day and age, it is important to be proactive in teaching our kids to cherish the elderly and value all stages of life. The things happening to our elderly today in nursing homes and hospitals are reprehensible. Change begins now, in how we treat our own elderly family members under the observant eyes of our little ones. Are you cherishing the elderly God has placed in your Continue Reading >>
Teaching Kids About the Unique Value of Human Life
I taught Sunday School for a number of years. Every fall, I'd sit those wide-eyed four-year-olds down to explain the first chapter of Genesis: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1, ESV) It's an important theological truth: God made all things, even you! I'd go through the days of creation with the children, detailing how God created each part of the earth and Continue Reading >>
Understanding the True Value of Life
Today kicks off a series called Teaching Our Kids to Choose Life. We hope the entire series will really help you talk to your kids about key subjects like honoring the elderly, protecting the unborn, loving the unloved, and cherishing those born with anomalies. But all of these topics rest on one basic premise. The premise that all LIFE has inherent value. And to begin with that premise, you and Continue Reading >>
