The Names of God

When it comes to Bible Study, and to my personal walk with God, I appreciate being able to go back to the original languages when I can. I’m not a Hebrew or Greek scholar, but I know how to use a concordance and a lexicon for sure. A while back, we were given a...

Red Van Reminders

Sometimes I need a reminder of how we’ve gotten through (or rather, how God has gotten us through) big issues in the past, as an encouragement to get through a big issue I might currently be going through. I’m reminded of one particularly difficult time...

In Our House – WW {linky}

This sign was our anniversary gift from my Sweetie’s parents this year. It’s very fitting for us, and I love it! It says: In Our House We do second chances. We say prayers. We do I’m sorry’s. We do loud really well. We give hugs. We do love. We...

FFH – One Silent Night *Christmas Music*

Christmas music has been playing around here for a while, but in my house we only play it AFTER American Thanksgiving. Christmas is my favorite time of year, but I like to not overdo things, so I ‘save’ the music until it really feels like Christmas-time...

10 MORE Places Dog Hair Does Not Belong

Last year, after my in-laws visited, I drafted up my Top 10 Places Dog Hair Does Not Belong list. I thought it was a pretty inclusive list. But after the in-laws visit again this year, I have come up with 10 more equally important places in which dog hair does not...

*Cooper and Me Winter Adventure* Amazing 11-yr-old Author

There is a new Cooper and Me book out! My kiddos enjoyed the first one so much, and were really excited to see Cooper and Me and the Winter Adventure. About Cooper and Me and the Winter Adventure The Cooper and Me series is illustrated by 11-year-old Alexa Peters and...

Wordless Wednesday – Angel of Hope {linky}

Link your Weird and Wordless (or Word-full) posts below. Check out more Weird Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday and Wordless Wednesday here on my blog, and for more Wordless Wednesday (and to link up) visit: Tara’s View of the World My Organized Chaos Leave me a...

THEO: a great new teaching DVD (and 2 copies to share!)

As parents, we have the opportunity to be creative with our children’s learning, both their academic learning and their spiritual learning. When I find a new resource that is helpful along those lines, I do like to pass it along. And today I have a great DVD to...

Advent 2011 & Christmas Series

December 1st already! WOW! That means Christmas-time is here for sure! I wanted to remind my new readers about a series I wrote a few years ago about how we celebrate the Christmas season, including Advent.  The basics are still the same, even though the posts were...