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JUMP TO SHOW NOTES In this episode, I'm chatting with Emily Steiger, a New Hampshire native, writer, and busy homemaker who is two years into marriage with her husband Sam. They’re raising a one-year-old and are also expecting baby number two later this fall. Emily’s story is a beautiful reminder that you don’t have to wait for a wedding day or a set of house keys to begin cultivating homemaking skills. Emily started practicing long before she had a home of her own—meal plann

JUMP TO SHOW NOTES On this episode of The Art of Home, I’m chatting with Lerize Jansen van Rensburg, an in-the-trenches homemaker living with her husband and two daughters on a grain farm in the Free State of South Africa. Larise shares how God has shaped her view of homemaking through motherhood, farm life, hospitality, and the faithful examples of the women who came before her. We talk about her journey from ambitious career woman to a woman surprised by her love for home,

Join us for a special Creator Spotlight conversation with author and homemaker, Christie Purifoy. We chat about home, beauty, comfort, and the slow, hopeful work of placemaking. In this episode, Christie shares how her love of beauty has shaped her homemaking, what gardening has taught her about seasons of chaos, death, and renewal, and why “comfort” is much more than ease or escape. We also talk about Maplehurst, her beloved Victorian farmhouse in southeastern Pennsylvania,

JUMP TO RESOURCES In this homemaker portrait, you'll meet seasoned homemaker, Rhonda Wax, a pastor’s wife, mother of four, grandmother of fourteen, business owner, and faithful homemaker of 46 years. Rhonda’s story is full of wisdom, and practical encouragement for cultivating a home where people feel known, nourished, and welcomed. She shares about building hospitality into the ordinary rhythms of family life, loosening the grip of perfectionism, inviting children into the w

JUMP TO SHOW NOTES For over 5 years now, I have sat on the interviewers side of the microphone bringing you over 100 homemaker stories. Many of you have asked to hear my answers to these questions, and today you get your wish. Hannah Stewart of the Sugar & Spice Mom Life Podcast approached me a few months ago with the idea to interview me for her show using my Homemaker Portrait questions, and I agreed! This is a crossover episode featuring an introduction and some AoH news

JUMP TO SHOW NOTES In this Homemaker Portrait episode, I’m joined by Kara Garis, an “in the trenches” homemaking mama and homeschooler. Kara and her husband, Jeff, have been married 17 years and are raising five kids (ages 14 down to 6) in central Oklahoma. In the trenches of a life full of homeschool, church, ministry, soccer practices, violin lessons, and all the daily work that keeps a family fed, clothed, and cared for, Kara has learned something beautiful: home can be bo

Jump to Episode Notes In this Homemaker Portrait, I’m joined by Kristin Park, a wife, mom, quilter, sourdough baker, and newly full-time homemaker who has just stepped away from a ten-year career as a speech language pathologist. After years of carrying both her career and homemaking responsibilities, she and her husband made the careful, prayerful decision for her to come home full time. In our conversation, she shares what that process looked like, including the financial p

If you need a little shot of summertime encouragement—and a reminder that the small, steady work of home matters—this episode is for you. In this ramble, Jessica and I chat about the rhythms of summer homemaking: what we’re cooking, what we’re watching, what we’re planning, and what we’re learning as we get older. We also end with a thoughtful conversation about limiting beliefs—the stories we tell ourselves that keep us stuck—and how renewing our minds in Christ helps us mo