Author: cheez
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Make Your Dream A Reality With A Home Exchange
In 1988, we did a home exchange with a Norwegian pastor and his family. It was a dream come true—well almost. My wife, Diane, and I actually dreamed of doing a home exchange with someone in a country where everyone spoke English. Six months before our family headed to Norway, we were all learning the…
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Pray, Floss, Travel: The Good Life With A Christian Home Exchange
Who you are determines how you live. Praying daily begins by being who you are in God’s eyes and spending time in God’s presence. As a child of God, I have a personal relationship with God. I grow in this relationship by taking time to pray and read the Bible daily. My relationship with God,…
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Cheer Up Church – Creativity and Home Exchange
Charlie Peacock sings, “Cheer up, Church, you’re worse off than you think.” Many churches are feeling a money crunch, due to the economy. Take our congregation, for example. There is no way our church could afford to provide a clergy sabbatical–apart from taking a creative approach to our life and our ministry together. In fact,…
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Getting Ready For Home Exchange — Closets, Drawers & Cabinets
Our next home exchange is scheduled for August 2012. We are doing a home exchange with a pastor and his family from England, as part of our 3-month ministry sabbatical. As I looked over our home exchange agreement, I saw one line in the agreement that was exciting and a blessing: “Sufficient closets, drawers and…
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Home Exchange Basics 101
What if something gets broken or soiled during the exchange? The simple rule is: replace it or have it cleaned–just as you would at your own home. If you or a member of your family is responsible for the damage, do not shirk your responsibility. If you were at home and your child broke a…
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International Driving Permit – International Home Exchange
Planning an international home exchange? Then, give some thought to securing an International Driving Permit (IDP). The International Driving Permit is valid in over 150 countries. Even if you do not plan to drive while visiting another country, the IDP can prove very useful to help with formal identification while you travel abroad. The IDP…
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Home Exchange Membership Discounts
We have loved the idea of staying in someone else's home for about 30 years. Back when we first started to look for a place to stay, it was called, "sublet." Dell was working on his doctorate (DMin. at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN) and we needed a place for our family to stay…
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Meaningful Travel With Vacation Home Swaps
Vacation home swaps can provide “the missing link” in many vacations. What is a vacation home swap? It is either using your vacation home for a home exchange or taking a vacation by doing a home swap. A vacation home (or second home) is an under-valued resource for most people. As a vacation home owner,…
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Life Stewardship and Home Exchanges
Recently, during a conversation, I mentioned the idea of using a home exchange for sabbatical time “off ” and the person responded, “What about my things?” My jaw dropped. “What about your things?” I thought. This person is a pastor, nearing burnout, needing a sabbatical, and their main concern is for their “things”? I guess…
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RSS Feed Begins For Clergy Sabbaticals Blog
Today, we have set up a news feed service. The URL for our news feed service is https://feeds.feedburner.com/ClergySabbaticals. We are committed to the goal of reaching the world so Christians learn about the value of home exchanges for affordable travel, sabbaticals, Christian fellowship, and outreach.