Robin’s Blog

Our Need to Feel Loved, Valued, and Accepted

I believe the new explosion in blogging is a portrait of people needing to be heard, to be understood to be accepted.
How is it that we fret over the number of pages read in our Bible and count the number of minutes on our knees but ignore our brothers and [...]

16Mar2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Going Gluten Free

Last month I was diagnosed with celiac disease a digestive disorder due to severe gluten sensitivity. I can not eat any gluten.
Thanks to genetic engineering the wheat products we eat today has 4 times the amount of gluten of grandparents ate. i.e. we are not eating the wheat God intended [...]

15Mar2010 | | admin | 7 comments | Continued

Fruitcake and Ice Cream

I am at Belinda’s house (my oldest daughter) sobbing over a DVD we watched together by Louie Gigglio titled FruitCake and Ice Cream.
Watch a clip by clicking the preview button below:

That’s the story of Ashley, a somewhat typical college senior–loving life, partying hard and trying to balance it all with success in the classroom.
Disengaged from God [...]

13Mar2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Meet My Girls: Homeschooling the Next Generation

I wanted to show off this photo of my sweet girls. This is three of my daughters and three granddaughters taken yesterday.

7Mar2010 | | admin | 7 comments | Continued

A Scrapbook for Grandbaby #14

My son Danny and his wife Ashley are expecting their second child. It will my 14th gandbaby! I made this scrapbook for baby shower. Once he is born I’ll fill in the photos.
Ashley decorated the baby’s room with monkeys so I used Noah Scrapbook Kit from StudioGraphics.com and had the little monkey hanging around each [...]

5Mar2010 | | admin | 4 comments | Continued

His Eye is on the Sparrow

Jesus taught lessons with items from Creation. Light, salt, lilies, seeds, sparrows, all take on new significance. Bread and wine take on new significance because he made them symbols of his death.

5Mar2010 | | admin | 1 comment | Continued

Three Little Words

“Christ in you” – three of the most powerful and earth-shattering little words ever conceived and transacted in all the created universe. Three little words that most churches and supposed teachers negate by their practice, if not their teaching. Three little words that mark that immeasurable and eternal chasm between heaven and hell, truth and the lie, Christ and anti-christ, holy and reprobate, heresy and light, doing and being, religion and the hope of glory.

3Mar2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Digital Scrapbooking to Learn

Scrapbooking methods are a super creative outlet for school work. Scrapbooking is incredibly rewarding, Students show enthusiasm about almost any subject if there are able to scrapbook.
Scrapbook Max 2.0 software offers a user-friendly drag-and-drop workspace that makes digital scrapbooking fast, fun and easy for everyone.
Even computer novices can make great looking scrapbooks in little [...]

3Mar2010 | | admin | 4 comments | Continued

Jesus, Our Shepherd

He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.

2Mar2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Is “The Shack” Heresy?

I received a few comments of concern because I promote The Shack and Wayne Jacobson’s books on this blog. The Shack by William Paul Young is a popular Christian fiction that has been a best seller for over 70 weeks. Wayne Jacobsen worked on the book and helped get it published.
The people concerned should be [...]

1Mar2010 | | admin | 39 comments | Continued

Can We Control Spiritual Growth & Emotional Healing

Darin Hufford author of The Misunderstood God: The Lies Religion Tells About God discusses the topic of Involuntary Spirituality on his blog and podcast.
This topic really made me think and question myself.
Darin explains spiritual growth and emotional healing is involuntary like physical growth and physical healing. We don’t control it.
He uses the term involuntary [...]

26Feb2010 | | admin | 5 comments | Continued

What if We Just Started Loving People?

What if we just started loving the people God puts before us each day, can you imagine what would spill out of that in terms of opportunity, ministry and even growing fellowship? –Wayne Jacobsen
The following is adapted from articles from BodyLife
Love is often considered an emotion, but for God, it’s a commitment and a [...]

20Feb2010 | | admin | 13 comments | Continued

3 Free Books by Wayne Jacobsen

Free Life Changing Books by Wayne Jacobsen from LifeStream.org publishers of The Shack

17Feb2010 | | admin | 2 comments | Continued

God’s Sacred Name

YHWH is God’s Hebrew name. Y’shua is Jesus’ Hebrew name. God and Jesus are just two of the many, many titles English-speaking people use.
The Name (Audio Teaching)
If you have ever had ANY question about using theName of God, LISTEN TO THIS AUDIO by Joseph Viel!
It is a excellent explanation on Sacred Names. [...]

15Feb2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Bring the Rain!

This song is a long time favorite because my life has had much more rain than sunshine. But ya know what? God is restoring the years the locust ate! The storms were worth it because I am closer to my savior.

14Feb2010 | | admin | 2 comments | Continued

The More I Seek You

In Amos 5:4 God tells us to seek Him. The command to seek the Lord meant to turn to Him, not in ritual worship, but by doing good and hating evil.

12Feb2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Was it Child Abuse?

What would you do if you saw a woman beating a child screaming in horrible pain?

8Feb2010 | | admin | 3 comments | Continued

Home from Blissdom 10

I had wonderful fun packed weekend at Blissdom with 499 other mom bloggers at Opryland Hotel. It was amazing. It was terrific getting to hug my bloggy friends and I learned a lot in the class sessions.

8Feb2010 | | admin | 5 comments | Continued

Organize Your Family Online with Cozi

I found this terrific program for organizing your family. Cozi is a , stay in communication and share memories—all in one place. Its super-duper easy to use and quick and FREE! Here is a video to show you how it works.

7Feb2010 | | admin | 1 comment | Continued

Homeschool Warning and Blog Contest

I am at Blissdom Conference with other mom bloggers. While I’m gone I leave you with this audio and a contest.
This 27 minute audio includes what I feel is the most important advice I could share with Christian homeschoolers.
Click Here to Download Homeschool Danger Audio
THREE WILL WIN!

I will choose three winners for The [...]

5Feb2010 | | admin | 15 comments | Continued

I Desire to Do Good, But

I make hundreds of little decisions a day, and many times I get them wrong. These are the things I don’t want exposed – things I prefer never to admit. But I must be open about how I have failed, because only then can God forgive me, cleanse me and use me.
The words in Romans [...]

31Jan2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Blissdom Pocket Planner

I will be attending the Blissdom conference Feb 4-6 in Nashville.

I made this Blissdom pocket planner for the Blissdom ladies. You can easily folded into quarters and slipped into a jeans pocket. Extra space is provided for your personal notes.

29Jan2010 | | admin | 1 comment | Continued

My Top 10 Blogging Tips for Beginners

My best top blogging tips and recommended blogging resources.

28Jan2010 | | admin | 4 comments | Continued

The 9 Paradoxes Concerning Christ

The very life and ministry of Jesus Christ was itself a divine paradox.

27Jan2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Do You Wear a Mask?

Do yourself a favor, the next time you go to a ladies fellowship (church, Blissdom, etc) leave your mask at home.
We wear masks because we want people to accept and like us. We wear many different masks, not only to make ourselves look good, but often motivated by a sincere desire to make God look [...]

24Jan2010 | | admin | 3 comments | Continued

Faith is the First Step: But Whose Step?

Free Martin Luter King Lapbook!

Martin Luther King, Jr. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”I’ve often thought “Its a good thing God only gives the Light for a few steps at a time because if I saw any further down the road I’m not sure I would take the next step.”

18Jan2010 | | admin | 9 comments | Continued

2010 Blissdom Conference!

Blissfully Domestic is hosting the Blissdom Conference in Nashville on February 4-6 2010. I hope to attend.
Sponsorship Opportunity
I have transportation and accommodations but no ticket. I’m praying God will provide a sponsor to pay the $299 registration fee.
HeartofWisdom.com receives over 20,000 unique visitors each month. See Heart of Wisdom Stats. Normally I don’t advertise on [...]

18Jan2010 | | admin | 1 comment | Continued

New Heart of Wisdom Store

NEW STORE: NEW PRODUCTS: NEW DISCOUNT PRICES!!!
The NEW Amazon Homeschool Store. Is is now open.
Books, Videos, Charts, Games, Software all listed by Unit Study Theme1

All download products and Ebooks will remain at Homeschool-books.com.
You can design your oun packages with Amazon discount prices based on the books you need for your family using the bookstore [...]

16Jan2010 | | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Dehydration: As Serious as a Heart Attack

I had a really scary experience yesterday I want to share to prevent someone else from learning the hard way.
Our family has a flu bug. I didn’t think it was too bad. My son was vomiting and had a headache one day and the next morning I awaoke feeling achy with a headache. By mid [...]

15Jan2010 | | admin | 6 comments | Continued

Prevent Sexual Abuse in Children

The sexual victimization of children is in my opinion the most insidious thing on this planet.
In as many as 93 percent of child sexual cases, the child knows the person that commits the abuse.
Abusers will spend months and years planing and orchestrating insidious steps to control victims. Abusers set up this path of [...]

14Jan2010 | | admin | 1 comment | Continued

7 Issues for World of Warcraft Players

A few months back I wrote a post titled “One Christian’s View of World of Warcraft” In the last two days it received 56 comments that I had to delete. This post is to address seven issues with those who have commented or watched the dialogs.

13Jan2010 | | admin | 9 comments | Continued

The Invisible Woman

Nicole’s sketch “The Invisible Woman” brings a powerful message of hope to every taken-for-granted woman in today’s world.

God never expects usto parent alone. The Holy Spirit will assist us in faithfully shepherding our children according to scriptural principles. All we need to do is ask and be willing to follow His lead.
In Proverbs 31, God [...]

11Jan2010 | | admin | 5 comments | Continued

Workbox Inspired Menu Planner: Dinner Tags

I’ve been doing so much with Homeschool Workbox tags and lamination that it has spilled over into the rest of life.
I tried meal planning charts and index cards and computer generated Excel worksheets, etc. I love this idea because I can see all the meals we usually have at a glance.
Step 1: Make a list [...]

9Jan2010 | | admin | 8 comments | Continued

My Resolution & Top 10 Posts in 2009

My New Year’s resolution is to be kinder. I was convicted by a Bible study on Micah 6. What Does God Require of You?

Sometimes I feel like I’m always the stern boss Mommy. I want my children to remember their mother showing kindness more than discipline.

31Dec2009 | | admin | 10 comments | Continued

Read the Bible in 90 Days Bible Challenge

Raising Olives challenged everyone to read the Bible in 90 days.

You mean read the Bible cover to cover in 90 Days?! Yes. Its not hard to do. Did you know you can read the Bible in 90 days in less time than it takes to listen to an hour of TV each day? OUCH!

29Dec2009 | | admin | 13 comments | Continued

What Does God Require of You?

What God requires of us is not a great mystery. God tells us what He requires of us He made it very clear in Micah 6:8.

Father requires three things. That we:

act justly – be fair in dealings with others
love mercy and kindness – meet others needs

walk humbly with . . . God [...]

29Dec2009 | | admin | 18 comments | Continued

10 Super Index Card Ideas for Homeschool

Index cards are low-tech but super handy teaching tools. The cards are small (3×5, 4×6, 5×8) and easy to carry around in your purse or pocket.

23Dec2009 | | admin | 19 comments | Continued

Lapbook and Scrapbook Folder Differences

What’s the difference between a Lapbook and a Scrapbook Folder?
Lapbooks (also called Pocket Folders, File Folder Games, shutterfold books, Take it to Your Seat, and other names) are a fun and exciting projects to organize, present, and record information.
I started using the term scrapbook folders because we use a lot of scrapbooking techniques in [...]

22Dec2009 | | admin | 3 comments | Continued

Birth of Christ & Feast of Tabernacle

Many scholars believe Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles.The Hebrew word “stable” is called a sukkoth (Gen. 33:17).

In John 1:14, the word “dwelled” is literally “tabernacled” in the Greek – and this comes as the climax to John’s “version” of the story of Christ’s incarnation.