Holy Homestead : A 6-Week Guide to Building a Faith-Filled, Sustainable Life

Turn your homesteading dreams into reality through six weeks of learning, strategy, biblical reflection, and prayer. In Holy Homestead, author Hannah Deurloo guides readers through a six-week journey to transform their homes, hearts, and habits through faith and stewardship. Whether you live in a city apartment or a rural farmhouse, this book offers practical advice and spiritual encouragement to help you cultivate a homestead that glorifies God. Rooted in biblical wisdom and inspired by the Proverbs 31 woman, Holy Homestead is more than a how-to—it’s a call to live simply, work diligently, and steward resources with purpose. Each week focuses on a core homesteading area, with daily readings that blend practical tips and spiritual insight. Week 1: Groundwork – Time management, soil identification, and resisting consumerism. Week 2: Gardening – Choosing crops, identifying weeds, and growing with intention. Week 3: Preserving – Canning, fermenting, freezing, and storing food. Week 4: Cooking – Scratch cooking, hospitality, composting, and using preserved foods. Week 5: Animals – Caring for bees, birds, chickens, goats, and more. Week 6: Monetizing – Cottage food laws, selling strategies, and honoring God with your harvest. Throughout, readers are encouraged to pause, pray, and refocus on God’s plan. With humor and heartfelt wisdom, Deurloo shares her journey of letting go of perfectionism and embracing purposeful living. Holy Homestead is about doing what matters most—faithfully and intentionally.