How Do You make Your home Into A Haven?

A kind, wise friend, Christie Purifoy is one incredibly eloquent writer and an avid gardener but she will be the first to tell you that her most distinguished title would be “placemaker.” From her Victorian farmhouse in southeastern Pennsylvania, where I’ve had the joy of several times experiencing her welcoming hospitality, Christie digs in the dirt, putters around on her porch, savors sips of tea, and witnesses God’s everyday miracles—both big and small. It’s this sacred work that makes her home special. I’m delighted to welcome Christie to the farm table today as she shares reflections on how to make a house a home. Guest Post by Christie Purifoy You are welcome in this place.  Those were the words I seemed to hear whispered between two rows of sentinel maple trees when Jonathan and I first drove down the long driveway toward the comforting redbrick face of the house called Maplehurst. Of course, I did not speak the language of trees then, and I am only a novice now, but I was aware from the beginning that here was a house we could call home. Despite the summer heat wave and the heaviness of my unborn daughter, the dim, un-air-conditioned […]