Grace at Home No. 362

Happy New Year, friends!

I'm so grateful you're here for the Grace at Home party. I started this link party years ago for a few reasons:

1) to allow other bloggers to share their posts;

2) to promote community in the blogosphere, hopefully introducing both bloggers and readers to some new folks; and

3) to celebrate all the ways we make our homes places of grace, thereby encouraging one another.

I wish I could tell you how much it has thrilled me over the years to hear stories of folks who are now online friends who met one another through this party.

Blogging has changed a lot in the last few years, but I still believe that it's best when folks interact with one another. I believe strongly that a strong sense of community is the cure for much of what ails us in society. Face-to-face community is the most important, but I think online community is possible, and that's what I hope to promote.

Now to a question: is this party still serving you? I'm delighted to keep hosting Grace at Home if you like it and still want to participate. Please let me know what you think!

Now for today's party! Here at the Grace at Home party, I invite you to link posts about

DIY projects
decorating
recipes
hospitality
homemaking tips
parenting
marriage
faith
self-care
soul care

Whatever you do to make your home a place of grace, I'd like to hear about it. Here's what I ask of you. Please include the permalink to your post, not your blog's home page. Please let people know that you've linked up. No more than three posts per person, please. Note that if you link a post here, you are giving me permission to share your post, including a photo. And visit at least one of the other party participants--that's what really makes it a party!