My good friend Michelle shared an idea her kids had to model the Easter story with Legos. You can see this, as well as other great suggestions for Easter, at her website, Joyful Heart. My kids were inspired, and after reading through the gospel narratives, here are our five scenes:…
I’ve been musing over I Corinthians 13. What would life look like if as believers, we signed “Friendship Contracts” before entering into a relationship? Perhaps the contract would look something like this. And what would the church look like if we actually tried, by God’s grace, to follow it? A…
I love lists and charts. I’ve been known to add things to my to-do list just so I could check them off. I know I’m not alone, and if you’re like me, than a study in Ephesians is right up your alley! However, I’ve already made lists on here of…
I’m glad I blog. When I first started five years ago, I commented that I had piles and piles of old journals. Things I’d written that no one would ever see. At least with blogging, something might, at one point, be read and help someone else. But in the end,…
The excellent verses found in Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians are a bit of a blur for me. It’s like a slurry of goodness, but I can never get my hands on the passage that I want, when I want it. So for a few weeks, I’m going to try…
Last year, I felt very prepared for Easter. I personally was reading Lineage of Grace by Francine Rivers which takes you into the lives of people in the line of Jesus. And to my children I read Amon’s Adventure, a story of a young boy during the time of Christ.…
Is it sacrilegious to poke holes into a book that is known as a literary classic? I just finished reading Little House on the Prairie to my kids. It’s the first time I’ve ever read it. Somehow, though, I thought I knew all about the book series, having seen random…