Greek vs Hebrew Thought

What we now consider “The Church” is almost nothing like the Early New Testament Church. Think of an archeologist digging through layers to find out what life was like in ancient times.
To understand the Early Church we must dig through layers of a mountain of man’s influences shoveling off and discarding man’s traditions, theories, interpretations, [...]

A Harvest of Thanksgiving

Our cat, Shiloh, relaxing in the middle of my dining room sidebar. She will need to find a new napping place tomorrow.

A Harvest of Thanksgiving

Be present at our table, Lord;
Be here and everywhere adored.
These mercies bless, and grant that we
May feast in fellowship with thee.
- A Table Grace
Steamy hot dishes, traditional and new recipes, laughter, [...]

One Week to Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Ideas and Links for Christian Educators

Click for the Thanksgiving Preparation Countdown Check List
What a great time of year to teach! Take a walk with a leaf identification guide, visit an apple orchard (we provide the lesson plan!).
Go on a Nature Walk: Take the Leaf Identification Guide and see how many leaves you can identify. [...]

Thanksgiving: A Time To Remember

Reading this book and listening to the audio book each year is a super family tradition! Perfect for long car rides or family reading time.
Thanksgiving: A Time To Remember
Thanksgiving is both distinctly Christian and exclusively American—a holiday for celebrating faith, family, and freedom. But all too often the true purpose of this special day is [...]

Why Homeschoolers Should Have an MP3 Player!

Why Homeschoolers Should Have an mp3 Player

Free Books: Overdrive and NetLibrary offer free books online. These are simply the best resources I’ve seen in twenty years of homeschooling! All you need is a library card number and computer to open the door to the world of classics. But to really take advantage you should have [...]

Erev Yom Kippur

Tonight at dusk is the beginning of Yom Kippur. The proper greeting for this holiday is, “May you have an easy fast.” Today is known as Erev Yom Kippur, representing a person’s last opportunity to seek forgiveness from other people before Yom Kippur begins.
In the Bible, Yom Kippur bears three names: the Day of Atonement, [...]

Spiritual Roots of Diseases (Fear)

Last week I went to a conference on the spiritual roots of diseases. It should be no surprise that there are spiritual roots to many diseases.  Christians have  same statistics in the areas of cancer, heart disease, depression, divorce, diabetes, etc.  as unbelievers. Diseases are choking the church!
I mentioned I would write about the theories [...]

Think on These Things

Fruit of the Spirit Friday: Loving Others

The other night Precious (one of our Great Pyrenees) tore up my laundry room. She ate through a wicker basket, left a pound of sand on the floor (from the dried mud after the rain), ate a shoe, tore open a package of paper plates, ripped an Amazon packing [...]

Darwin or Design? The Privileged Planet

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Darwin or Design?
The Privileged Planet explores a startling connection between our capacity to survive and our ability to observe and understand the universe. Is this correlation merely a coincidence? Or does it point to a deeper truth about purpose and intelligent design within the cosmos?
The Privileged Planet (Book)
Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez and philosopher/theologian Jay [...]

Birthday Blog Break

Its my b-day. I’m taking the day off. See you soon.