I believe in preparedness. I know. It’s shocking coming from a preparedness author who runs a preparedness blog. But I think that sometimes Christians fall into onto of two categories. One group believes that being prepared is lacking faith. The other group understands that preparedness flows out of their Christianity. […]
Preparing Ourselves
It’s so easy to think about all of the STUFF that we have to prepare, that we forget that we need to be preparing ourselves too. How do we go about doing that? You can find that in this blog category.
Don’t Waste This Quarantine
These last two weeks I’ve been blogging more, but other than that, I’ve been doing a whole lot of nothing. I’ve been watching through Survivor, which has been a lot of fun, but I’ve not really DONE a lot. But something about the quarantine really really hit me today. We […]
8 Lessons I Learned in 2019 – and a Teaser on What’s Coming Next
The great thing about getting to the end of a year is that we get a real chance to stop and look back at the year that we’re just finishing. So much has changed this year, and I wanted to take some time and reflect and share some of the […]
Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – Our Source of Ultimate Comfort
So last week, I wrote an article called Are TEOTWAWKI and Comfort Incompatible? In that article, I mentioned that that spiritual comfort is a real aspect of comfort during an end of the world scenario. The truth is, spiritual comfort is probably the most real aspect of comfort any time, […]
When Life and Preparedness Don’t Mix
Life right now is BUSY!! I’ve mentioned recently that I’ve been walking two miles a day. Besides the time to actually walk, it takes time to get changed and ready. It takes time to get cleaned up afterwards – especially since I’ve been mostly walking outside in the mornings or […]
The Hardest Part of Prepping – And NOBODY Talks About It!
I wanted to have an honest conversation with you guys (I hope you will join up in the comments) today about the hardest thing about prepping. So much of prepping is “relatively” easy. I’ve seen James Wesley Rawles call it the 3 B’s – beans, bullets, and bandages. Food and […]
The Cure for a Boring Life
Do you easily get bored with normal life? What about “preparedness” calls your name? If you’re like me, yes, you want to take care of your family. You want to “Murphy-proof” your life. Yep! Me too! You want to build up your skills so that you’re able to contribute to […]
Are You Stuck?
Life Throws Us Curveballs And curveballs can make us feel stuck. While January of 2018 started with frozen pipes. In January of this year, we lost $1,000 in income each month. We knew that it was coming. We understood the reasons behind it. While we weren’t thrilled, we were okay […]
How to Fix This Year’s Crumbling New Year’s Resolutions by Setting Goals Instead
So almost two months ago, many of us just KNEW that this year was going to be different and this year was the year that we were going to………fill in the blank. I getcha. Each year, we have all of these grand ambitions as to how we are going to […]
What Is Your Ultimate Goal – Simplicity or Convenience?
You get up in the morning and throw a breakfast sandwich in the microwave, and you wash it down with the coffee that brewed automatically at 7:00 am. After breakfast, you hop in a hot shower. You use a blow dryer and curling iron to fix your hair, and head […]