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The holidays are the most wonderful time of the year—and the most chaotic, too. On the show the week we’ll learn how to keep the holidays simple with some of the lovely contributors of Not Quite Amish, a new simple lifestyle blog headed up by best-selling and Amish author Tricia Goyer. The Not Quite Amish ladies will share their tips to keep things uncomplicated during the holiday season—simple gifts, simple food, simple ways to carve out time, simple ideas for family time—so you can focus on the real reason we celebrate. Be sure to tune in Thursday at 4 pm Central!

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More about today’s Not Quite Amish guests:

Carey Bailey — This fun-loving mother of two also has a passion for helping fellow women discover ways to create a powerful relationship with Christ. She is the author of Cravings, an innovative forty-day devotional for busy moms that allows them to draw closer to the Lord in the midst of busyness.

Vannetta Chapman — She has published more than one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather’s birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania.

Tricia Goyer — Tricia is the author of more than 30 books and has published more than 500 articles for national publications such as Focus on the Family, Today’s Christian Woman, and HomeLife Magazine. She is the host of Living Inspired and the founder of Not Quite Amish. Her most recent release is the first book in a new Amish series, The Memory Jar.

Amy Lillard — Amy Lillard is an award winning author who loves reading romance novels from Amish to contemporary. These two genres meet in her debut novel, Saving Gideon. Born and bred in Mississippi, she now lives in Oklahoma with her husband and their son.

Nancy Sleeth — She is the author of Go Green, Save Green, the first-ever practical guide for going green from a faith perspective. Nancy specializes in leading workshops on the nuts and bolts of stewardship practices at home, work, school, and church and facilitating women’s retreats on Sabbath practices, simplicity, and sustainability.

Caitlin Wilson — Caitlin Wilson is the founder and editor of Re-Mix-Her, a personal-style and fashion blog. She works at Litfuse Publicity Group as the Chick of All Trades (social media coordinator and publicity assistant).

Elizabeth Byler Younts — She is the author of an Amish memoir titled Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl. Seasons is the story of her grandmother Lydia Lee Coblentz who grew up in an impoverished Amish family through the Great Depression. Seasons was released in August 2011 and quickly became an Amazon bestseller in three categories.