The Compassion Experience Tour
This week our family (and some good friends) had the opportunity to go to the Compassion Experience Tour presented by Compassion International. This is a completely interactive, story-based exhibit put on my Compassion International. It is free and really worthwhile visiting if you have one close enough. In a nutshell, you walk through a simulation of a child’s life from another part of the world. These children face huge barriers and challenges in their lives and we walk through these right along with them as they tell their story through a headset/ipod that each visitor has in their hands. It is a true ‘living story’ experience, friends. We were all…
Ideas for Embracing Rosh Hashanah (The Feast of Trumpets)
Rosh Hashanah (or The Feast of Trumpets/Yom Teruah) is one of the 3 Major Biblical Festivals. The other two are Passover and Pentecost. Rosh Hashanah is also the first of three very special fall festivals. Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) follows 10 days after Rosh Hashanah. These days in between the two feasts are known as the Days of Awe and are a time of repentance, reflection, and rededication to the Lord. Then 5 days after Yom Kippur comes the beginning of the The Feast of Tabernacles ! It’s an exciting time, friends!!! All these fall feasts point us to Jesus and are a reason to…
Why we really need to trust God’s Hand in our Home(school)… and more Used Book and Curriculum Sale Finds!
I recently shared some thoughts and tips for buying at Homeschool Used Book and Curriculum Sales. The post struck a chord with many homeschoolers (just like me) who struggle with knowing what to look for and what is worth buying at these curriculum fairs. It’s a zoo out there with SO MANY CHOICES and so many Mamas looking for the same things at the same time. And with thousands of options, how do we knows what’s best for our families? It’s stressful. I know. Take a deep breath. (Have you read my other recent post about the importance of prayer and rest in homeschool planning?) That’s kind of…
Embracing the Biblical Feasts and Celebrations (our family’s journey…)
I get so many messages asking if I could share our journey towards the Biblical Feasts and Celebrations. There is no possible way I can personally respond to each friend with the love, care, and detail they deserve, so, I thought I would do one big response right here. I don’t feel at all qualified to write this post, but… here goes. Our journey is ours, and I in no way want my thoughts/beliefs to offend or upset anyone else. This is simply one girl sharing the journey God has taken her and her family on… flawed, imperfect, and struggling to live and love God in the only…
Scripture Memory Box and Prayer Baskets {Charlotte Mason Monday}
Family meal times are a special time to come together and enjoy each other’s company and fellowship. We have been blessed to spend pretty much every dinnertime meal all together since we started a family. And as home schoolers, I get to spend every lunch hour with the children too! When the children were very little, we found it challenging to keep them seated and establish the habit of patience and attention as they ate (or didn’t eat…). We started reading books and scripture at dinner first to simply keep the children entertained! We had no idea it would turn into such a cherished family habit. There is rarely a…
The Faithfulness of the God of Spring {Sabbath Scriptures and a Hymn}
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it.12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth.He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness. (Psalm 96) We’ve been doing some rejoicing of our own at the sight of piles of melting snow this week. Yes, Spring has peaked around Winter’s cold corner. Finally. Although I feel I truly did make peace with Winter this year, there is no doubting- for us, the season is a long one. And…
The Sacred Ordinary. {snapshots of today}
It’s early morning. I’m sipping coffee and writing in my notebook. The boys are playing a serious game of chess at the kitchen table. Mr. Rules against Mr. Free-spirit. I chuckle inside, listening to their banter. Where did time go? I’m sure it was yesterday these boys of mine were toddlers, grabbing at chunky toy cars and board books. In the days when every day seemed to drag on for a thousand hours and I seemed to forget how blessed I was. I forgot for far too long. And I’ve been through the moulding and shaping and I’m starting to (finally) realize that every single second is a gift.…
You Should have been a Boy. (Blog for GFA)
My husband and I are passionate supporters of Gospel for Asia, so it is my humble honour to be part of the GFA Blogging Team. This month, I feel led to share this heart breaking, and then heart warming story of a beautiful woman who found love and belonging in Christ Jesus. I can’t imagine being born into a family that not only didn’t want me, but actually made up their minds to hate me. But that is the reality for so many precious girls in many parts of Asia where girls are only seen as a burden on the family, especially financially. This is the story of Ruth. Ruth’s…
This is the day. (And a Sabbath Scripture…)
We’re snuggled together again on couches on a Sunday morning. Five families and a crazy number of beautiful, energetic children. Our bibles are open to the book of Acts and we’re reading together: “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And He is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything because He Himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man He made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the…
Sabbath Scripture…
I’m trying something new… for every Sabbath, I would love to humbly share the Lord’s truth with you. Whatever scripture has really spoken to me or been on my mind, I’ll hope to share here. I won’t add commentary or my own thoughts – no… just God’s powerful and mighty Word. And I will continue to pray it touches your soul as much as it touches mine… 1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and…
