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Month: September 2012

Up, Down, All Around

Posted in Christian Life, and Family

As you can probably tell from some of my posts this week, it’s been a rather crazy week. I’m not ready to write all about it yet as we’re still seeing what the Lord has in His plans for us. No matter what happens, we’ve decided that we’re going to praise the Lord – good or bad. We couldn’t let our emotions get the better of us which is often easier said than done. It’s funny because as I started to think about the crazy – super crazy – week that we’ve had I started to think about the past…

Trinity: Military War Dog Book 1 by Ronie Kendig

Posted in Reviews

Trinity Book Description: A year ago in Afghanistan, Green Beret Health Daniels’s career was destroyed. Along with with his faith. Now he and his military war dog, Trinity, have a chance to redeem their skills through the A Breed Apart organization. The job works. But his passion is to be back in the field. The medical discharge says it can’t happen due to the traumatic brain injury that forced Heath to the sidelines until… Military intelligence officer Darci Kintz is captured and the geological survey team she’s covertly embedded with is killed while secretly tracking the Taliban in the beautiful…

Big or Small, God Cares About It All

Posted in Christian Life

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish…

Everyday Matter Bible for Women NLT

Posted in Reviews

When the Everyday Matters Bible for Women arrived, my first impressions were that it was a beautiful, feminine looking Bible with its lovely aged turquoise color and delicate pink flowers gracing the cover. Munchkin even remarked that it was very pretty. The Everyday Matters Bible for Women is provided in the New Living Translation. While it’s not my preferred, primary translation, it can still be beneficial for studying scripture. I appreciated the fact that the Bible itself had a nice write-up on the New Living Translation, how it came to be, the reasoning behind the translation, methods used in translation,…

Lapbooking Made Easy Part 3 – Alternative Lapbook Methods

Posted in Homeschooling

Alternative Lapbook Methods In the first part of Lapbooking Made Easy, I talked about the basics of lapbooking. In the second part, I went over some different way to organize lapbooks. In this third and final installment of Lapbooking Made Easy, I’ll be showing some alternative lapbook methods. As I said previously, lapbooks are traditionally made using file folders as the base, but some people found that they wanted a less bulky way of lapbooking. Enter in a couple of alternatives to lapbooking…. Blank Spiral-bound Books Whether you make your own spiral-bound cardstock books or you purchase them from a place…