You Never Let Go

[For maximum effect click You Never Let Go and then continue to read]
 Thursday started out with promise and anticipation. I was excited that we were going to get school done in the morning and head to Kansas City to visit family and see the Bodies Revealed Exhibit. I was excited about there only being two days [...]

Train Up A Child… (Should we teach our children to fake drink?)

I read the blog, Teens Today With Vanessa VanPetten. The topics she writes on are pretty interesting and as a parent you can’t stay too informed.
Today her post was Teaching Your Teen How To Drink. Obviously that title is meant to draw your attention. And maybe shock you for a second or two. She proceeds [...]

Compassion Forum: hand me be the barf bag

I originally had a huge response written on this page. Then I realized that it may not sit well with some of you. (I’m thinking there are people who read this). So, I’ve turned that opinion paper into a page and you can access it here if you dare. Compassion Forum Page
Both candidates proclaim to [...]

Polygamists in Texas

I just had to comment on the weirdness of this. A story is always more poignant when you know someone in it, or you’ve been to where it’s happening.
“400+ Kids Taken From Polygamist Compound“
An AP News Story published on 07 April 2008
This story hits me on two different levels.
One:
God did not call us to seclude [...]

More on Beth Moore’s New Study

All the video sessions with Beth Moore have been good. How could they not be–she’s got such an enthusiasm that you’re bound to catch a little of it.
There are those lessons though that just resonate.

Sometimes they’re on a spiritual level where you feel like you just got a shot of God caffeine.

Sometimes they’re on a [...]

Losing my religion

I read a short article today that notes that people are changing their faith almost as quickly as they’re changing their underwear (my words, not the article’s). My guess is like everything else in our lives we’re also expecting quick fixes with our religions.
We expect our food to be fast; dramas in people’s lives crescendo and [...]

A New Beth Moore Study!!!

I’m so excited about what will happen in the next six weeks. Doing a Beth Moore study is an event in and of itself. Study everyday, good discussion every week, watching Beth teach every week. All of it helps get you closer to God in a way that usually doesn’t happen without her insightful studies. I wish [...]

Validation

Well, the other night I had my first official rejection pertaining to the business. I submitted my website to a blog whose main purpose is to say how cool different kiddie things are, which in turn makes the blog readers want to rush out and click and buy those things. The blogger would decide if she [...]

A Homeschooler’s 23rd Psalm

Following the theme of yesterday’s post I’ve found another reworked Bible passage:
A Homeschooler’s 23rd Psalm
Taken from Alpha Omega’s Homeschool View
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
He maketh me to live on less sleep;
He leadeth me through the noise of many voices.He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me to teach
The right lessons each day, for [...]

A Modern-Day Proverbs 31 Woman

10: A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies–so buy her diamonds.
11: Her husband knows that she has everything under control and he has nothing to complain about.
12: She is the source of the goodness in his life–not the harm.
13: She selects denim and cotton-poly blends from the [...]

The Shift 2006

Click on the link and read. Isn’t it exciting!
http://www.dutchsheets.org/index.cfm/PageID/266/index.html

Fear vs. Action

God tells the Israelites in 2 Chronicles 20:17,
“…Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.”
Idea: Focus on the purpose and you won’t have time to be discouraged.
Why am I just realizing this now? We’ve lived here for almost three years and I’ve [...]