“The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life’s basic lessons are taught; and a kind of church where God is honored; a place where wholesome recreation and simple pleasures are enjoyed.” --Billy Graham

“Home is eating cold watermelon together on a hot day in the backyard and building a snow man six months later in the same spot. Home is where I discover wonder and learn to dream. It is where I find joy.” --Bill and Nancie Carmichael

“You know what’s helped in the Swindoll home? To think of where we live as a training place, not a showplace. The home is a laboratory where experiments are tried out. It is a place where life makes up its mind. The home is a place where a child is free to think, to talk, to try out ideas. In a scene like that, God fits very comfortably into the entire conversation. And at any place where His name is inserted, it fits.” --Charles Swindoll

“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” --Robert Frost

“Home to me is not just a roof over my head, but a dream. If I lost my home it would be like losing all my thoughts, dreams, and memories. I love everything about it, from the north of the house to the south of the house. From the east of the house to the west of the house. If a fire burned down my house, the tears would roll down my face like the water down dirty windows.” --Allison Slater, age nine

“Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is useless.” --Psalm 127:1

“When home is ruled according to God’s Word, angels might be asked to stay with us, and they would not find themselves out of their element.” --Charles H. Spurgeon

Home and Family