This episode covers another popular summer activity--decluttering! Join Allie and Sarah as they discuss why it's important to make sure that the items in your house are not drawing your mind's eye too much. And in the introduction, Sarah shares a Welsh uprising impacted by NOT Haley's comet.

Our website is theshirehouse.com

In this episode we discuss Victor Hugo's Les Mis, how scripture calls us to hospitality, and the unique landscape that summertime provides for all sorts of hospitality.

On this lengthier summer chat, we discuss what it means to reflect the glory of God, how much fun it is to travel as a family unit, and recent discoveries we have made about alpacas! :)

The song mentioned in the episode is here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0hyQx3w15NupxtTcirzaKQ?si=mUdfJxVUQF2aiPey-SnOUg&nd=1&dlsi=7ad07401ccf24a58

In this episode we discuss Anne from Iowa's comment that she has started "I Wonder" journals with her kids so that they make sure to pursue the things that catch their interest. For most of the episode, though, we discuss Allie's great passion: homeopathy. She fills us in on what that is, how she got into it, and how it points her mind and heart to the Lord!

The first of our "Long Summer" episodes, this week's podcast delves into a listener's question about Richard III and exposes one of Sarah's great passions. Let us know what you think really happened in the comments section!

This week we have a special guest on our podcast: Master Gardener Kerri Rehn! Kerri chats with us on her love of gardening, how her garden impacts all aspects of her life, and the spiritual reflections from the life of a gardener.

Kerri's website may be found here: https://sunnywrengardens.com/

She also has two websites she recommended on the podcast:

https://relentless-creator-1271.kit.com/companionplants

https://sunnywrengardens.com/using-companion-plants/

In this episode, we pick up where we left off in our conversation about wonder--specifically, how to seek wonder in our own lives and ways we have seen wonder being kindled in our children's lives. Leave us a message of how you have seen wonder in your own life!

This week is the first of a two part conversation where we explore the idea of wonder--what it is, where it comes from, and how we can cultivate it in our lives.