Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

By Kailey Mentink

The longest winter I ever survived was the one where I caught a cold about every two to three weeks. I would sneeze and cough through one bout just to catch another a few weeks after the previous one had cleared up. It seemed like my immune system was acting much like a guard who is supposed to be watching a house but is instead greeting the “bad guys” at the door and welcoming them inside. Something obviously was wrong. Lots of people catch the common cold in the winter, but this was insane.

Involving children in the work of the house, teaching them new skills, and helping them to learn about healthy meal preparation from an early age will benefit the family and even more importantly the child in the long run.

This picture of Annika cooking eggs was taken last summer. I had been out milking and was feeling really behind because the milk cows had escaped during the storm in the night and chores had taken a long time. I was surprised to find Annika (age 7) with breakfast almost ready when I walked in the door with milk buckets in hand. That was a huge blessing and relief that morning.

For Every Pest There are 1700 beneficials. Imagine what would happen if we started encouraging more beneficials?

They’ve destroyed so much of our food supply, and when you eat cheap, nutrition-deficient processed food laced with synthetic chemicals and agricultural poisons, there’s simply no way you’re going to be able to maintain good health.
For decades, the processed food industry has defended sugar as a harmless substance that provides crucial energy (calories). All calories are the same, they claim, despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary. But as harmful as excess sugar is, I am firmly convinced that processed seed oils are exponentially worse — in my estimation a 10 times greater driver of chronic disease than sugar is.

Dr. Mercola