![Making Home Your Happy Place–Book Review & Giveaway!]()
by Deb Kalmbach | Decluttering, home, Overwhelm
Making Home your Happy Place: a Real-Life Guide to Decluttering Without the Overwhelm by Katy Joy Wells is the book I’ve needed–maybe all my life! 🙂 The title immediately drew me in. Decluttering has never come easily to me, and I only wish I’d found this...
by Deb Kalmbach | burnout, faith-filled ambition, hustle
Many of us entrepreneurs hustle our way into burn-out without ever pausing to ask the Lord for His wisdom and guidance. Work harder and longer is our default method of operation. Author Erin Harrigan offers a better way, a framework for stepping back to seek...
![Introducing the NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible + Giveaway!]()
by Deb Kalmbach | Bible, Coloring, Giveaway
It’s a gray November day here in the Pacific Northwest—one of those “Big Dark” afternoons when the sun (what sun?) sets at 4:30. On days like this, good news is especially welcome, and I’m excited to share some with you: the new NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible is...
![A Lesson In Gratitude and Giving]()
by Deb Kalmbach | Thanksgiving
I had read the announcement in our church’s bulletin many times: Ministry at the Lee Hotel every Tuesday night. The Lee Hotel had been converted into a home for men and women who were one step away from homelessness. Local churches brought meals to encourage the...
by Deb Kalmbach | Book review, devotional, encouragement, faith
I enjoy sharing some of the gems I come across in my reading, and this book is no exception. The title, Gimme Some Sugar: 90 Devotions to Sweeten Your Day in a Godly Way, immediately drew me in. Author Linda Kozar, who hails from Texas, has written a delightful...
![“Let’s Be Friends” Book Giveaway!]()
by Deb Kalmbach | friendship, girls, tweens
A few weeks before Christmas, my husband Randy and I tuned in to a livestream to watch our 11-year-old granddaughter’s 6th grade choir concert. Despite a slightly fuzzy picture, there she was—what a gift to enjoy the concert from our living room over two hours...
![December Dash: Finding Christmas Simplicity and Joy]()
by Deb Kalmbach | Christmas, joy, over-commitment, simplicity
Once upon a time, I used to be the queen of over-commitment, especially during December as I prepared for Christmas. It felt like I stood at an imaginary starting line, and as soon as I flipped the calendar page, I was off and running — the December dash! I had...
![Summer Memories from Iowa’s Tall Corn Fields to Washington’s Peaks]()
by Deb Kalmbach | childhood memories, Iowa, summer memories
It’s the end of summer, and childhood memories from summers past fill my thoughts. I grew up in Iowa where the corn stretches out in neat patchwork fields as far as you can see. Plants are always knee high or higher by the 4th of July. Iowa is the land of black...
![The Gift of a Father’s Influence]()
by Deb Kalmbach | dads, daughters, Father's Day, fathers
With Father’s Day on the horizon, I think of my dad and how much I miss him. When I wrote this article for the Spokesman Review 20 years ago (really?), I realized my time with Dad had limits. I would have 12 more Father’s Day celebrations before Dad passed...
![God’s Rescue Plan for Our Marriage]()
by Deb Kalmbach | marriage, personal growth, relationships
A recent trip to Boise, Idaho got me thinking about God’s rescue plan for our marriage. Randy and I had traveled there for a friend’s wedding. I always enjoy road trips–and this was no exception! On our way home, we drove through the cute mountain...
