Have you ever watched that show “Who Do You Think You Are”? A celebrity embarks on a journey through their lineage to find out the secrets their ancestors held, in an effort to learn who they are today. It’s fascinating. I love watching that show, even if I don’t know who half of those celebrities […]
10 Bible Verses to Renew Your Mind About Food
Do you struggle with your relationship to food? For many, the battle with weight-loss is more internal. It is more spiritual than it is physical; because we fail to turn to our true source of comfort – Jesus Christ – and make food our comfort instead. So, for those who find themselves battling food more […]
Father’s Day Notebooking Pages Free Download
One of the most detrimental things modern society has done to our children is downplay the role of the father in the family. While in recent years there has been an attempt to repair the damage that has been done, we still see heavy traces of that in society and media. The dad or male […]
Multi-Level Father’s Day Unit Study
“Men! You can’t live with them; you can’t live without them!” How many times have we heard women quote this popular saying in exasperation? The last part is definitely true; we can’t live without them because our children need them. We live in a horribly fatherless society, the statistics are staggering, and the result is […]
5 Reasons Christians May Need to Leave Their Church
My previous article 6 Terrible Reasons Why People Leave Church generated such good discussion both in the comments and on Facebook that I felt a follow-up article was needed to balance out its message. It would be irresponsible of me to talk about bad reasons to leave a church without acknowledging that there are those times […]
3 Things the Bible Says About Our Identity in Christ
Do you feel like you’ve lost your joy? Do you feel like you’re flailing in the wind as life yanks you along at warp speed, like you’ve lost all control? Do you feel a frustration and emptiness inside that you can’t seem to define? So much of the disappointment and depression, loss of joy and control […]
Why I Use Notebooking In My Homeschool
When I began homeschooling both of my children, there were two things I knew I wanted to make up the central hub of our homeschool: Reading Notebooking In many ways, reading and notebooking intersect for us; because we do a lot of reading together for various subjects and I use notebooking most times when we […]
6 Terrible Reasons People Leave Church
As a pastor’s kid, I have watched people come and leave our church many, many times. Sometimes they had valid reasons, such as moving to another city or state, other times they really didn’t have a good reason, and sometimes that not-very-good reason hurt the rest of the congregation Perhaps some don’t really see this […]
