Words for Wednesdays I wish I could have meaningful talks with my relatives long gone. My appreciation for history and the people who lived before me is growing greater by the year. I’m not talking about family trees. Those are just names. Shallow and vague. I want stories. Important life…
I created a Thankfulness Journal for my kids. I plan on having them write out one item per day. For the younger ones, I’ll write it for them. You can download a copy here: http://www.emerickhome.com/hsresources.php Enjoy! And Happy Thanksgiving!
Five Minute Friday A weekly challenge by Lisa-Jo Baker. We all write about 1 word for five minutes. Unedited. Just thoughts. Ready? GO Roots I’m reading a great book by Francine Rivers called Marta’s Legacy, about a woman in the early 1900s who comes over from Switzerland, and then it…
Words for Wednesdays Sometime Bible characters get stuck in the Bible and all lumped together. When we imagine the Israelites in the wilderness, we smash them into one person, as though with a single voice they cried out, “We want meat!” We forget that they were people, just like us,…
Mommy Monday As our children sit in “big church” with us, I often forget to talk to them about how we are all, as a family, going to apply what we learned. But last week, I was challenged to do just that for our church’s blog. Pastor Willson’s sermon was…
Voice (Five Minute Friday: Unscripted. Unedited. Real.) Growing up, I’d lose my voice to Laryngitis multiple times a year. Though I have mostly gotten a handle on my allergies, I got laryngitis as recently as this spring while my family was in Disney World. For someone who talks a lot…
Thoughtful Thursdays Is there ever a wrong time to sing? Isn’t music uplifted in the Scripture? The Psalms are full of songs of praise, and a joyful heart is good medicine. But my daughter doesn’t think so. The other day when we were having a heart to heart, I asked…