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 [...]

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. 
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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 [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

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.

The 9 Paradoxes Concerning Christ

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

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.”

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]