Declutter with Kathi and Discover 10 Books for Children This Christmas

Declutter with Kathi and Discover 10 Books for Children This Christmas

by | Dec 10, 2021 | Blog, Books, Clutter Free, Clutter Free Home, Hard Stuff, Overwhelmed | 0 comments

Decluttering with Kathi and Discover

10 Books for Kids This Christmas

 

 

Is too many books really a thing?

From time to time it’s necessary to declutter even our beloved books, and deciding which ones to keep is hard! This week on Declutter with Kathi, my friend Kathleen Kerr will help us in the area of children’s books. She will share her list of 10 Books to Buy for Kids at Christmas, and you will not want to miss it!

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The Clutter-Free Home

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The Abundant Place 

Nope, by Drew Sheneman  

Saturday, by Oge Mora 

Nobody Likes a Goblin, by Ben Hatke 

See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog, by David LaRochelle 

I’m Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups, by Chris Harris 

The Secret of Platform 13, by Eva Ibbotson 

Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon, by Steve Sheinkin

Dragon Hoops, by Gene Yang 

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, by Jeanne Birdsall 

 

 

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Meet The Guest

Kathleen Kerr

Kathleen Kerr is an acquisitions editor at Harvest House Publishers. Previously, she acquired books for tweens at Zondervan Publishing House. She has also worked at an independent children’s bookstore, where she learned there are few greater joys than introducing kids to the books that will shape their own stories.

 This is your invitation…

 

…to quiet your heart and mind

…to focus on God and His Word

…to create a spacious place for yourself

…to refresh your soul

…to experience greater peace and joy

Each devotion includes spiritual insight from authors Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory, helpful prompts that encourage reflection and growth, and room for you to write down what God is teaching you.

Let each of these devotional mini-retreats provide a momentary refuge from your busy world and take you to a more abundant place.

      

 

 

ORDER THE ABUNDANT PLACE

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by | Dec 7, 2021 | Clutter Free, Clutter Free For Life, Hard Stuff, Podcast | 11 comments

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490: How to Make the Hard Decisions in Life

with Author Nicki Koziarz 

Flooded

Kathi is here with long awaited guest: three time best selling author, Nicki Koziarz to talk about how to make challenging decisions. So much of the clutter in our lives is caused by avoiding decision. As the clutter continues to build, we are flooded with choices, and that can leave us feeling overwhelmed. Even though many of the decisions we are faced with on a daily basis are small decisions, they can seem very daunting causing us to continue to avoid them. Listen in as Kathi and Nicki give us some hard truths that can help us develop our decision muscle, including:

 

  • None of us are exempt from hard things
  • How to deal with the emotion attached to the clutter 
  • How to make hard decisions when it seems contrary to what’s expected

Flooded: The 5 Best Decisions to Make When Life is Hard and Doubt is Rising

 

Through the painful loss of her mom to a brain tumor and her brother to suicide, Nicki Koziarz has learned that if doubt is left undealt with, it can cause the presence of unbelief to flood our lives, to the point that faith becomes unrecognizable. Hard circumstances often stir something so destructive in a soul: doubt.  In the midst of her pain, Nicki looked through the lens of the biblical account of Noah and discovered five decisions a person can make to help deflect the destruction of doubt.

When you are wrestling with doubt and fighting back hopelessness, Flooded will help you:

  • Quiet the fear that God won’t come through by discovering the difference between wishful thinking and biblical hope.
  • Resist the urge to control the uncontrollable by finding peace in between the problem and the promise.
  • Find the familiar faithfulness of God in His Word when it feels like nothing is normal and everything is falling apart.

The reality of hard times holds a decision for each of us to find hope. And the decision to find it is yours. But you don’t have to do it alone. It’s time to rise above doubt, together.

 

 

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The Clutter-Free Home

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Flooded

Ready for Anything

Connect with Nicki

Giveaway: For a chance to win a copy of Flooded, answer this question in the comments below:

Tell me a time that God met you in a decision and gave you the strength to make it OR tell me something that you are working through right now? 

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Meet Our Guest 

 

Nicki Koziarz

Nicki Koziarz is a three-time best selling author with Proverbs 31 Ministries. She and her husband own a small farm just outside of Charlotte, NC where they are raising their twenty children, but only three are human.

Connect with Nicki on her website, on Facebook, and on Instagram. 

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Decluttering with Kathi and Join the Launch Team for

The Abundant Place

 

 

Hey there- it’s time to start the decluttering for the holidays, plus, find out how to join Kathi’s launch team for her book “An Abundant Place”. You will NOT want to miss this

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The Abundant Place 

Join the Launch Team!

 

 

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Meet The Co-Author

Cheri Gregory

Cheri Gregory delights in helping women draw closer to Jesus: the Strength of every tender heart.

Cheri is the co-author of four books, co-host of the Grit ‘n’ Grace podcast, co-leader of the Sensitive and Strong Community Café, and founder of Write Beside You communicator coaching.

Cheri and her college sweetheart, Daniel, have been married for 32 years and live in California near their two adult children.

You can connect with Cheri at CheriGregory.com, SensitiveAndStrong.com, GritNGraceThePodcast.com, and WriteBesideYou.com

 This is your invitation…

 

…to quiet your heart and mind

…to focus on God and His Word

…to create a spacious place for yourself

…to refresh your soul

…to experience greater peace and joy

Each devotion includes spiritual insight from authors Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory, helpful prompts that encourage reflection and growth, and room for you to write down what God is teaching you.

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Part 2

Kathi Lipp and her partner in decluttering and everything else, Roger Lipp, are back to continue their great discussion on to how to celebrate the holiday season without sabotaging your Clutter Free journey.  Are you unsure of how to approach the holidays without adding to your or your loved ones’ clutter? Kathi has 10 incredibly helpful tips just for that. She and Roger shared the first five suggestions in part 1. Listen in now as they share the last half of their insightful list of suggestions for celebrating the season clutter-free. Kathi explains the value in:

 

The Christmas Project Planner: Super Simple Steps to Organize the Holidays

 

Christmas—whether you really love it, secretly dread it, or fall somewhere in between—shows up the same time every year, as unavoidable as your aunt’s fruitcake.

But this season, don’t stress your “elf” out. Be ready with this amazing planner designed to help you get a handle on the holidays. Stay organized (and sane) when you put expectations aside and choose to focus on the things you truly want to do during Christmas.

You’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish with just a little more organization and less obligation. The simple projects in this book will help you stay on schedule so you can spend more time enjoying your friends and family instead of frantically trying to cobble Christmas together at the last minute (again).

You can do this! Let clutter-free queen Kathi Lipp show you how. Order your copy of The Christmas Project Planner here.

 

 

 

Links Mentioned:

The Clutter-Free Home

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To share your thoughts:

Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one.

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Meet Our Guest 

 

Roger Lipp

Roger is a productivity and quality engineer for a Fortune 50 company.

Roger helps teams reach their full productivity potential by teaching them the practical and simple steps to reach their goals. Roger and his wife, author Kathi Lipp, teach communicators how to share their message through social media and email marketing.

He and Kathi coauthored Happy Habits for Every Couple with Harvest House Publishers.

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Decluttering with Kathi and Start Your Journey of 25 Days of Jesus 

 with Special Guest Jennifer Bryant

We have an extra-special Declutter with Kathi this week! My friend Jenn Bryant will join me to talk about holiday recipes. She’ll also share with us how her new devotional can help families create meaningful moments this Christmas season.

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The Clutter-Free Home

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Practical Family 

 

 

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Meet Our Guest 

Jennifer Bryant

Jennifer Bryant is a writer, speaker, and host of the Practical Family Podcast. She gently guides moms through their homeschooling and motherhood journeys and develops practical tools to help them get through their difficult days. She holds a B.A. in Bible theology, with an emphasis in philosophy and apologetics. She and her husband Bruce have been married 15 years and live in Honolulu, Hawaii and are raising two precious pre-teens and enjoying homeschooling in Hawaii and on the road as often as they can travel. Follow her on her website, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

 

25 Days of Jesus 

An Advent Journey Through the Gospel of Luke  

Busy families need concise, quality resources to lead their family through meaningful holiday moments while keeping Christ at the center. This 100-page devotional is perfect for the Christian family who wants a simple family devotional with a strong foundation of scripture.

Special Features
25-Day Advent Calendar with scripture
12 Holiday-inspired recipes (sweet, savory, breakfast lunch, or dinner options)
12 Classic Christmas Songs with a Biblical message (scripture references included)
Family Memory pages in the back to record favorite events

 

 

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Part 1

 

Kathi Lipp is here with her partner in decluttering and everything else, Roger Lipp, to talk about how to celebrate the holiday season without sabotaging your Clutter Free journey. Are you unsure of how to approach the holidays without adding to your or your loved ones’ clutter? Kathi and Roger give five insightful suggestions to celebrating the season clutter-free, including:

 

 

Be sure to catch next week’s episode when Kathi and Roger will share the last half of their advice for a Clutter-Free holiday.

The Christmas Project Planner: Super Simple Steps to Organize the Holidays

 

Christmas—whether you really love it, secretly dread it, or fall somewhere in between—shows up the same time every year, as unavoidable as your aunt’s fruitcake.

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You’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish with just a little more organization and less obligation. The simple projects in this book will help you stay on schedule so you can spend more time enjoying your friends and family instead of frantically trying to cobble Christmas together at the last minute (again).

You can do this! Let clutter-free queen Kathi Lipp show you how. Order your copy of The Christmas Project Planner here.

 

 

 

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Let’s stay connected

To share your thoughts:

Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one.

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Meet Our Guest 

 

Roger Lipp

Roger is a productivity and quality engineer for a Fortune 50 company.

Roger helps teams reach their full productivity potential by teaching them the practical and simple steps to reach their goals. Roger and his wife, author Kathi Lipp, teach communicators how to share their message through social media and email marketing.

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