The Sacred Flame of your Home

You can partake in this simple ritual easily. Many places around the world use the concept of an eternal, sacred flame to honor special spirits. You can honor the spirit of your home/your ancestors/a goddess of the hearth or home/a saint associated with home matters in the same manner.
You will simply need a stock of 7 day candles and some incense. 7 day candles are INSANELY cheap and so very useful. They can even be found in the international foods aisles of many food stores like Kroger-these typically have saints on them, but those are simple to remove if you do not like the image...just peel it and use soap and water for anything that gets stuck

Light the tip of the incense. I always use the stove to start this ritual since it is the modern day hearth and so much of my magic is home centered. Use the incense to light the candle (I always use white, but as always I invite you to pick the color that feels most relevant to you). I then place the candle on the stove and then walk the incense through the home, purifying the air and asking the goddess for blessings and protection. When the candle is burning low I use another stick to transfer the flame to a new candle and repeat walking through the home. This way, each week I am doing a small and simple home purification, and by transfering the flame to a new candle, the sacred flame of the home never goes out.
These candles can generally be burned safely unattended, however, use your reason and caution. If you are going on vacation for a week, it might make more sense to extinguish the flame for this period of time and relight it upon your return. And obviously, use your candle logic. Do not place an open flame near anything that could set fire.

Daily Rituals

Because my spirituality is so important to my day to day existence, I've been thinking about ways of including ritual in the every day.
I already try to express my spirituality through my decor...all the colors on my walls and in my home are picked with a spiritual intent in mind. The placement of crystals and plants are intentional, the pictures on my walls have meaning, and just the symbolism of the knick-knacks I pick out are meaningful to me.
But what I am looking for is an actual ritual I can do every day to connect myself to that which is greater than me. And I have to admit, even as a devout Christian, I wasn't much on daily prayer. I just get busy, I get distracted, or I just get plain ol' tired. I always have been deeply spiritual, but I openly admit to struggling with the daily application.
So simple would be good, huh?
I just bought a wall sconce that is just one big spiral pattern with an amber colored tea-light holder in the middle. I hung this in my kitchen, and I'm thinking, "how simple would it be to just light a little candle each morning and thank the Goddess for being with me?". Just to come up with some words, just a sentence or two memorized to lend a sense of ritual to the act. I can do that!
How about you...do you have any simple daily rituals that renew your sense of spirituality? I'd love to hear about them!