This is The Homemaking Foundation's podcast with Jamie Balmay, episode number 276.

Welcome to the Homemaking Foundation's podcast, where we give you the tools, inspiration,

and encouragement you need to craft a gospel-centered home. And now your host from youngwifesguide.com,

Jamie Belmay. Hey, ladies, welcome back to the podcast.

Today we're going to be talking just a little bit about reading.

I know so many of us are at home a whole lot more right now because of all the

quarantine and COVID stuff going around.

And so many of us have been looking for other things to do.

I've loved seeing all over Instagram people who are doing bread baking and cooking more at home,

looking for fun activities to do with their kids, working on a business from home.

We've talked a lot about those things in the last few episodes.

You can head back and listen to those.

But one of the things that I would love to encourage everyone on, which is what I'm trying to do

with my time as well, is to read more during this time. And I know it can be hard when you're

feeling exhausted and tired and the days just kind of drag on.

But spending some time reading can be so helpful and so life-giving and so encouraging.

And so today we're just going to talk a little bit about reading. I'm going to share my favorite books that I've read

in 2020 so far and just share some good resources with you guys. So I'm excited for that.

And first we're going to hear from our sponsor for today's episode, which is Minow. And this is a

perfect time to be talking about this, because a lot of us are watching a whole lot more TV right now. Our kids are watching a lot more TV. We're looking for good things to do

with them. And Minow is my number one recommendation for shows and things for kids. So Minow is

basically like a Christian Netflix for kids. They used to be called

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