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The heart of operations as a family should reflect a core belief. Every small effort to make the home a safe and welcome place where relationships happen is con-nected to what one thinks about the Earth. God's Green Home presents one's home through the lense of sustainability, helping design and maintain the home for the sake of those being nurtured within it. Greener choices, from construction to dinnertime conversation, improve the green quotient of a household and create a healthier environment for the life of the family.
I cannot express how deeply excited I am to be the executive director of God's Green Home! Welcome aboard, friend. Chuck Swindoll said years ago something I love, "Home, where life makes up it's mind." That's what we're all about. Home is indeed a place where we grow and change...where our longings of comfort and care are satisfied. Home is a place we leave from and come back to. A place where we belong, a place of teaching and loving, a taste of heaven.
Now did that sound like YOUR home? I had to laugh out loud when I typed that because, let me tell you, I was a mother of four kids under five years old at one point and that didn't sound like my home at all! All of us have seasons when we feel our home is anything but beautiful, green and lifegiving. A number of people though the years have come into my home and commented on the peace, order and life they sense there. I stand there amazed because I was just yelling (loudly) at the kids to throw the dirty underwear under the coffee table into the laundry room and grab the escaped birds (whom the dog was chasing) and put them back in their cage!" You get the picture -- not exactly perfect peace and order.
Yet it's in those chaotic moments we choose to start simply but simply start. We choose to let go of what we can't control and embrace what we can. We choose to focus on the potential of life, joy and the beauty that surrounds us. We choose to live life from the ground up. Perhaps you are new at "the green thing" and tempted to think "If I can't do it perfectly I won't do anything at all or I don't even know where to start?" Well, friend, you are in great company. Here is the wonderful news. A green home is just a healthy home that gives life, and it starts with one simply thing, taking the next step in the right direction. I'm glad you're on this journey with us! We're all here to start simply, but simply start. There is courage and boldness to just beginning.
- Tammy Maltby
My nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids! We have an internationally adopted crew! It is a blessing to all...
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