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Simple living has been a topic that has really been on my heart recently. As we were waiting and preparing for an open door to move to California, Tsh Oxenreider’s book Notes from a Blue Bike was released. I requested a copy from BookLook bloggers to read and share with you. I’ve been reading Tsh’s…
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Why Common Core is Bad for Homeschoolers
While I was at the 2:1 Conference a few weeks ago, HSLDA gave the bloggers a screening DVD of their coming documentary, Building the Machine. This movie is all about the common core state standards initiative and how it affects our kids. What is Common Core? “In 2010, 45 states adopted the common core, but…
Children, Obey Your Parents Devotional
One of my son’s favorite passages is Ephesians 6:1-3. It says, Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV I…
Help Homeschool Families in Asia
We have it easy in the United States and other English speaking areas of the world when it comes to homeschooling. We have more homeschooling materials available to us than we could possibly ever use over the course of a lifetime. Contrast that with the lack of homeschool materials for non-English speakers. There is a large…
Enter to Win: $15 from Armed with Truth
The other day, I shared a little about the Armed with Truth temporary tattoos. I’d love for you to try them too! Today, Armed with Truth is giving away $15 to buy tattoos in their online store. Enter to win below: a Rafflecopter giveaway Can’t see the giveaway in your email or RSS reader? Giveaway…
Finding Real Refreshment in God’s Living Water
Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to be a part of the Refreshed Mom’s team. The culmination of a year of networking, encouraging fellow moms, and sharing Apologia‘s vision of refreshing moms was the Real Refreshment Retreat. This year, the retreats were located in Atlanta and Baltimore. I attended my first Real Refreshment…
Armed with Truth
I’m excited to be partnering with Armed with Truth to show you another way to get your kids into the Word. They make temporary tattoos with Scripture. They sent us a package of the verses for kids and two of the designer series tattoos to try. Jacob was really excited and wanted to try the…
When the words won’t come out…
I sit. I stand. I mourn. I praise. I find myself wandering in circles. I wait. And I wait. And I wait. There are so many things I want to say in my head, but I can’t seem to get those things out. I rehearse the lines in my head, but I just can’t seem…
Free eLesson from Grapevine Studies: The Gospel
Grapevine Studies has a new FREE eLesson available. It’s about The Gospel and you can download it here. This lesson would be great for your kids who have not yet made a decision to follow Christ to work their way through what the Gospel is. It would also be a good fit to help your…
Holiday Break Turned Sabbatical?
I took a blogging break through the holidays. It was intended to be a short break to give some extra time to my family and focus on a project for Kids in the Word. Four weeks turns into six. Six weeks turned into eight. Around this time God put something on our hearts we couldn’t…