Items tagged house

• Bean-counting and babysitting

  Spending an afternoon in a house that two families share reveals the benefits of an option more families should consider.

• Ain't nothin' noble about it

  A family finds a perfect home in a "changing" neighborhood.

• Taking a deep breath

  Creating a home that is right respite for yourself and others.

• Home on the road

  On the complex search for an earthly home.

• A home is not built in a day

  Practical advice for designing and building your own home.

• On home-building

  Building your own home can be a rewarding adventure when you apply your values.

• Needing home

  Will a place to lay my head ever materialize?

• Surrounded on all sides

  Home is where the heart is, for better and for worse.

• The sacrament of laundry

  Within the folds of clean clothes, a mother discovers something about her own mother.

• Piled up

  How our housekeeping tendencies can shape our identities in relation to others.

• Dorm daze in the animal house

  On the unique lifestyle of a family that lives in the dorms.

• Feels like home

  How art became a way to feel at home in many different homes.

• The Overflow Room

  The room in the corner becomes a multi-faceted symbol.

• Cleanliness is adjacent to godliness

  On finding God in the dish water, vacuum cleaner and toilet.

• Let us build a house

  A renovation project sparks ideas about the interplay of images and values embodied in bricks and mortar.

• Dream home

  A reflection on the purpose of a home and how to be attentive to the story it tells.