The boys are loving to rip open their ‘mission’ for the day each morning as we discover new ways to give, serve and love those around us this month. Today’s mission was to SMILE… At everyone! We discussed how a simple hello and a big smile can be such a precious gift to someone. For […]
Christmas
Our Advent Countdown: Learning How to Give, Serve, Love
Yesterday was the start of our advent celebrations… We delved into our Truth in the Tinsel advent devotional. As we talked about how Jesus was the LIGHT who came and shone into a world drowning in darkness, we also read (Matt 5:14-16) and sang about how when God has rescued us, cleaned our hearts, he has […]
Truth in the Tinsel: A Review
Using holidays to point my children to Jesus is very important to me. That’s why we’ve made such a big deal about Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Ascension Day and even Valentine’s and St. Patricks’s Day in the past. They’ve all served to provide an exciting opportunity to be purposeful in drawing their attention to the Lord. There […]
Cultivating Christ at Christmas
I’ve found is that in order to have a peaceful, thoughtful experience I must: First PRAY. I want this to be a meaningful time for my family. In order for my hopes to become a reality, it is important to pray and ask God what He wants us to focus on at this time. […]
Painting Joy
Joy to the World… …the Lord is come. We’ve been learning Christmas carols this month. There is so much rich truth tucked away in those familiar songs. And with all of our world geography explorations over the last several months, it only seemed appropriate to put this easy craft together! You can really use any […]
By Candlelight…
Rich is delayed because of unusually dense evening traffic. I’m pulling together a simple dinner. My usual tactic is to send the boys outdoors while I’m cooking, but with the later hour it is too dark for that… It is certainly not always this way (they call this the arsenic hour for a reason), but my […]