When Josh came to me in 2009 and talked about the “Holy Week” that was right around the corner, and that he had some activities he wanted to implement in our family devotions to help our kids grasp what this season is really about, I had NO IDEA what Holy Week even was. We dove…
Kids in the Word
HWLW: How To End Each Day Meditating On God’s Word
It’s the beginning of the year. 2015 I can hardly believe it, even after writing it out. If you are like me you spent the majority of December re-evaluating what worked and didn’t work in 2014 as well as praying about what the Lord wants to teach you through a renewed resolution to live for…
Setting Gospel Goals With Your Children in the New Year
2015. It is really here. Each calendar year that quickly changes, I find my children getting a little older. In 2015 my children will turn 14, 11, and 7. We will hopefully adopt a new baby. Those same children will enter into high school, middle school, and 2nd grade. Two of them have surrendered their…
Walking in The Way
Did you know that the first Christians were called followers of “The Way?” Take a look at these verses in Acts: “… and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.”Acts 9:2 (ESV) “But when some…
Studying the Biblical Calendar
Grapevine Studies has released a really fun new resource: 2015 Biblical Calendar. Matching up the Jewish Calendar Grapevine Studies has taken the Biblical calendar and overlaid it on our Western/Gregorian calendar. You can see how each day matches up with the Jewish month and year. The moons are marked as well as feasts and festivals. Christian…