Lansing HEART

Have you read this book?

YES and YES!

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This challenge looks fun. Has anyone completed it?

Some great suggestions for the holiday break or starting the new year

This quiet pause between Christmas and New Year’s is one of my favorites ☺️ I love the sacred space to consider all that the year has held and to reflect on how I want to show up intentionally in the year to come.

I find certain books are especially good companions as I cultivate my vision for homeschooling and motherhood, quieting my heart to listen to God’s leading for my family and sharpening my focus to lay hold of all God has for me in the coming year.

Here are the ones I turn to over and over. I’d love to know what you would add to this list!

✨The Bible of course is our best source of guidance and wisdom. I find myself turning to Proverbs and Psalms more and more these days.

✨Own Your Life by Sally Clarkson

✨Beyond Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins-Writer

✨The Unhurried Homeschooler by Durenda Wilson

✨Habits of the Household by Justin Whitemel Earley (and I just started reading his new book, The Body Teaches the Soul. It is excellent so far and would be a wonderful resource to bring with you into the New Year as you best think about how to steward the body God has given you)

✨Reclaiming Quiet by Sarah Clarkson

✨The Nature of Rest by Eryn Lynum Author & Speaker

✨Habits for a Sacred Home by Jennifer Pepito

✨Homegrown by Heritage Mom - Homeschooling Children With Mirrors and Windows with contributions from a rockstar lineup of wise home educators

✨Holy Hygge by The Unlikely Homeschool with Jamie Erickson

✨The Convivial Homeschool by Mystie Winckler

✨The Whole and Healthy Family by Jodi Mockabee

✨Come On Home by Jessica Smartt, author

✨Teaching from Rest by Read-Aloud Revival with Sarah Mackenzie