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3 Fun & Frugal Back to School Traditions for the Whole Family

August 17, 2015 By Emily McClements
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Looking for some creative ideas for celebrating going back to school? Check out these 3 Fun & Frugal Back-to-School Traditions for the Whole Family that will start your kids off right this school year!

*This post was originally posted on Aug. 16, 2011, but I love these ideas so much and with my kids heading back-to-school tomorrow, I wanted to share them with you again today! I'm still catching up from being on vacation, so here's another great guest post for you! I love the idea of the time capsule, since this is my daughter's first year in school, it would be a great time to start that tradition! Guest Post by Stacey at A GOOD and SIMPLE Life: Back to school is just around the … [Read more...]

4 CommentsFiled Under: Family & Children, Popular Posts, Simple Living Tagged With: children, encouragement, family, home, inspiration, parenting

To be called Mommy

August 5, 2014 By Emily McClements
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What a privilege it is to be called mama at LiveRenewed.com

Mom. Mom. Mom. Mama! Mama!! MOOOOMMMMYYYY!!! We were driving back from our family vacation in Northern Michigan, and while the older two kiddos were watching a movie the youngest babe wasn't interested and instead wanted my undivided attention for about two hours straight. Jer and I were trying to have a meaningful conversation, which was pretty much impossible because we kept being interrupted every 5 seconds by her yelling, "Mama, Mama, MAMA!!!!" I'd say, "Yes, Blair?" and she'd rattle … [Read more...]

3 CommentsFiled Under: Family & Children, Renew Your Life, Thoughts on Faith Tagged With: children, encouragement, faith, family, inspiration

5 Ways Clearing Off My Kitchen Counters Changed My Life

June 24, 2014 By Emily McClements
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How to completely clear off your kitchen counters at LiveRenewed.com

Around this time last year, I completely cleared off my counters. As in, I removed everything from my counters except for soap by the sink and a small aloe plant. It was AMAZING. One night when my hubs and I were taking a walk after dinner, I told him that I thought completely clearing off the counters had changed my life. He chuckled and told me I was being a little dramatic. But I was serious. It really did change a lot of things about my life that were causing me stress and making me … [Read more...]

26 CommentsFiled Under: Around The House, In The Kitchen, Renew Your Life, Simple Living Tagged With: cleaning, encouragement, frugal cooking, simplify, stuff

Babies Don’t Keep: Some Thoughts on Being Done with Babies and Breastfeeding

June 11, 2014 By Emily McClements
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Babies Don't Keep: Some Thoughts on Being Done with Babies & Breastfeeding at LiveRenewed.com

My baby turned two years old on Sunday. Deep breath. When did that happen?! I can still remember giving birth to her at home, in our bedroom. Like it was yesterday. And the newborn snuggles! Oh, the newborn snuggles. I just cannot get enough. Those newborn days are so fleeting. You're so exhausted, and yet trying to just drink in every moment. The days just seem to fly by too fast. And you blink and she's not a baby anymore. She's two, and she's running and talking and growing into … [Read more...]

11 CommentsFiled Under: Family & Children, Renew Your Life Tagged With: baby, breastfeeding, children, encouragement, family

What I’m Learning About Moving From Fear to Freedom in Christ

May 23, 2014 By Emily McClements
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I have been on such a rewarding journey of faith over the past few years! What I'm learning about moving from fear to Freedom in Christ.

A theme in my life recently has been the Freedom that I have in Christ. It's been showing up in so many places: my Bible study, personal reading, conversations with close friends, interactions with people I don't even know online, sermons, our church small group, and the list goes on. This is, of course, what often happens when the Spirit is trying to teach me something. He makes it pretty hard to miss, or avoid. Fortunately this time around, this is a lesson I have no desire to avoid, and am … [Read more...]

2 CommentsFiled Under: Impact Your World, Renew Your Life, Thoughts on Faith Tagged With: encouragement, faith, loving God loving people

Why I Accept Climate Change and Follow Jesus

May 9, 2014 By Emily McClements
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The statistics say that only 44% of us as evangelical Christians accept that climate change is real, and if you fall into the other 56% there could be several reasons why you may not believe in global warming or climate change. Maybe you embrace a more conservative political ideology and think global warming is a liberal agenda. Or maybe you believe that God wouldn't let climate change happen, or that the world is going to end anyway so it doesn't really matter. I want you to know I … [Read more...]

35 CommentsFiled Under: Green Living, Impact Your World, Thoughts on Faith Tagged With: creation care, encouragement, faith, green living, loving God loving people

Beauty from ashes. That’s what He does.

April 21, 2014 By Emily McClements
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Beauty from ashes. That's what He does. A story about grief, healing, and Jesus at LiveRenewed.com

I have to share this story with you because it's such an important part of who I am, and I cannot stop talking here about what Jesus has done in my heart and my life. (Acts 4:20 - One of my Dad's favorite verses.) Today is the second anniversary of my dad's passing from this world to his eternal home in Heaven. It still hurts every day. The experience of grief has been suffocating and probably the most painful and difficult thing I have ever walked through.  But I am walking through it - … [Read more...]

5 CommentsFiled Under: Renew Your Life, Thoughts on Faith Tagged With: encouragement, faith, family, grief, personal stories

Finding Motivation for Health & Spirituality {Embracing Self Care}

April 9, 2014 By Emily McClements
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Finding Motivation for Health & Spirituality: Embracing Self-Care at LiveRenewed.com

Woah, so this is a big topic, huh? Where do we even begin talking about Health & Spirituality as a form of self-care? Of course, it's important for us to make time in our lives for both, and they are both things that can easily fall through the cracks and get lost in the mundane day-to-day duties of being a wife, mom, home-manager, and more. But, we always feel better after we do them, don't we? We can always feel good about the time we've set aside to focus on our own health or … [Read more...]

4 CommentsFiled Under: Natural Health, Renew Your Life, Thoughts on Faith Tagged With: embracing self-care series, encouragement, faith, follow Jesus, healthy living

Knowing Yourself: Grace for Today {Embracing Self-Care}

April 3, 2014 By Emily McClements
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Knowing Yourself: Grace for Today {Embracing Self Care} at LiveRenewed.com

As I sat down to write this first post in the Embracing Self-Care series about truly knowing yourself, I found it just a little ironic that that I am in a season where I'm being forced to slow down and listen to myself, to know myself. It's been a little quiet around here lately - not too many new posts. And honestly, it's not just because I'm busy in other areas of life (although that is true), but mostly it's just because I've been feeling really dry, worn-out, unmotivated, and just kinda … [Read more...]

8 CommentsFiled Under: Renew Your Life Tagged With: embracing self-care series, encouragement, faith, inspiration

Feeling Overwhelmed? Get Ready for the Embracing Self-Care Series!

March 31, 2014 By Emily McClements
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Embracing Self-Care: A Community Blogging Project at LiveRenewed.com

I'm sure that many of us are familiar with burnout. That feeling of stress and overwhelm that you just can't shake off. The exhaustion that creeps in throughout the day and overtakes you by eight o'clock in the evening. The thought that you would do anything to have just 10 minutes of alone time to do something that's just for you, and not for anyone else. Not because you're selfish, just because you give everything of yourself to everyone else and then there's nothing left to fill your … [Read more...]

8 CommentsFiled Under: Renew Your Life Tagged With: embracing self-care series, encouragement, faith, inspiration, renew your life

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