From the archive. It’s that time of year again. Vampires, ghouls, ghosts and skeletons will be haunting our doorways. American retailers celebrate a 7 billion dollar a year candy, card and costume business ($1.5 billion in Canada). I was driving in Madison (outskirts of Nashville, TN) and saw two Halloween stores within a few blocks. [...]
Some of you are wondering why I’m not using a “Christian history” curriculum. I used several Christian history text with our first homeschool generation (our children ages range from 9 to 37). I later found out they had several flaws. Now we use a variety of sources and verify facts as we learn (as we do with all studies especially Bible). I plan on using the book as follows
I started reading Rob Bell’s book “Love Wins” to see what the fuss is about. He asks great questions about who God is, the Trinity, salvation, heaven, hell & God’s desire to save. I don’t agree with his conclusions on hell.
Which iPhone and iPad apps can make you smarter and better informed? Here are 35+ educational apps–many are free others cost a few dollars.
With the new low price of a Kindle and all the free ebooks available the Kindle (now $139 & $189) can easily pay for itself in a few months (depending on how many books you read). Free or Under $3 Christian Ebooks You can read on these ebooks on Kindle, your computer, or Kindle app [...]
The occult has always focused on gory images of violence, death and destruction. We see it in today’s media, music, and movies. As people become desensitized to occult violence and horror, the images in popular entertainment grow increasingly and indescribably evil. Yet, this is old news. Thousands of years ago, God warned us, ‘All those [...]
I assumed even baby Christian had enough discernment to stay away from books and movies full of lust and witchcraft, titled “Horror Romance” in the bookstore–then my boys ages 9 and 11 came home from Sunday school with stories of the Youth group kids raving about the Twilight books. (and I thought Harry Potter was bad).
Here are my selection of the best Christian fiction books I’ve read in the last few months (listed in order I read them, most recent first). Update: Since posting this I have read everyone of Robiert Whitlow’s books. I recommend them all. He is my new favorite author. Mountain Top was my favorite. I also [...]
Do your children know the Ten Commandments? Do you? According to Kelton Research and 10 Commandments Commission only 14% can accurately name all Ten Commandments. No, 80 percent of 1,000 respondents could name the burger’s primary ingredient — two all-beef patties — but less than six in 10 knew the commandment “thou shalt not kill.” [...]
Fran, a 35 year old homeschool mom died Wednesday morning. She found out she had breast cancer November 2, 2005.
Her blog “Welcome to the World of Cancer” documents her journey through the world of cancer.
Her last post was written May 16 . She was too weak to write again.
We moved to Tennessee three years ago and started attending a local church. The people are sweet. kind, and loving. But after three years I still feel like I don’t really know anyone. I taught Sunday school, children’s church, VBS, camp, etc. I got to know some of the other workers but …I still felt [...]
I have come a long way baby! I used to listen to audio Bible on cassette tapes then went to CDs then to MP3 and now I use an iPhone app. I love it.
I was in Nashville the week of the catastrophic Nashville Flood but my friends and family weren’t aware there was a problem. Why? Because most Media Ignored it. The down-pouring rain flooded the Nashville lifting the Cumberland River 13 feet above flood stage, causing an estimated $1 billion in damage, and killing more than 30 [...]
We are stuck in Nashville. We live in Shelbyville (1.5 hour from Nashville). I was visiting my daughter on Friday with plans to go home Saturday morning via Highway 24. At the last minute we decided to go to a community play at 2:00 and then go home. The flood water started. We went back [...]
Do you use Nutrisweet, Equal or Splenda? Almost every food listed as sugar free: diet colas, diet teas, sugar free gum, popsicles. etc. contain this dangerous ingredient.
Filmmaker and writer Terry Jones discovered a colony of penguins which are unlike any other penguins in the world. Ostensibly filmed for a documentary, the video shows a colony of Adélie penguins suddenly taking to the skies as the astonished presenter, Terry Jones, looks on. The TV spot was filmed on King George’s Island, 1,000 [...]
I love reading books on my iPhone! At first I thought it would be too small but I got used to it very quickly. I read every night in bed—no book light needed! You can read Heart of Wisdom publications on your iPhone or iTouch! I received an email question about reading ebooks I have [...]
We are hybrid homeschooling. I homeschool at home three days a week and send my children to a private homeschool one day and to fine arts classes one day. A hybrid is the combination of two or more different things, aimed at achieving a particular objective or goal. For example, I hybrid scrapbook, meaning I [...]
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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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
If you stay clear of pork and shellfish, as the Bible instructs, you need to know flu vaccines include: animal tissues and fluids forbidden in the Bible Lev. 11:3-8, 27, Deut. 14:4-8 Vaccines include horse blood, rabbit brain, dog kidney, monkey kidney, pig blood, and porcine (pig) protein/tissue among other things (see list below). Not [...]
“Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:21,22). The foundation of Christianity is a based on forgiveness. [...]
What do some hospitals do with babies that are aborted but still alive? Throw them in the ‘dirty room.’ What happens if a nurse reports such treatment? They’re fired.
If you are using Firefox Browser you can “drag and drop” your favorite site icons on to your toolbar. 1. Left click on the top row of the browser and make sure that the Bookmark Toolbar is checked. This will give you an empty toolbar 2. Go through your browser and go to the sites [...]
I am a creative speller. I can think of so many ways to spell a word, I can include three or four ways to spell one word differently within one article. Most of our children are very good spellers. Three of my adult children have done professional proofreading work. I know how to teach spelling [...]
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