Fabulous read. This is not your traditional “how to keep a home” book with cleaning tips and organizational advice. This book approaches homemaking from the perspective of God. The earth is His creation and is our true home. It’s our job to preserve its beauty in its entirety. And by being good stewards of His creation (via art, nature, limiting our consumption of nonessentials, etc., we are honoring Him.
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This book is so good! It's a little dated but regardless holds wonderful truths to how our lives can reflect God's beauty and art to others. Love it!
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Excellent book
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I read this book when I was newly married, in 1980, and this book has been a great inspiration for my life as a woman, a wife and a mother.Edith Shaffer is the wife of the well known Christian philosopher Francis Scaeffer, and they have together built up the L'Abri community in the Swiss Alps.Edith Shaeffer says herself about this book: I would define hidden art as the art found in the ordinary areas of everyday life. Each...
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I read this book many years ago. It summed up a beautiful philosophy of homemaking, one that needs to be heard in our day. I had been scoffed at for my choice of staying home with my children, but no one scoffs anymore. Now, after years of following my heart, I have four great children and a beautiful home. I started simply, with ideas including Mrs. Schaeffer's ideas, and the Lord has blessed our family. This book is...
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