Our pastor is preaching through Philippians and is in Philippians 2 where Paul is asking that they “Make his joy complete.” As he preached on Joy, he quoted Lewis from Surprised by Joy (which I haven’t read.) I loved the quote. M-girl loved the quote, so I share it with you today. Wishing you shards…
If you look at my Wordless Wednesday, you’ll see why I have no new words for you today. We’ve been so very busy and I haven’t been reading really at all. I do so hope you have wonderful things for me to read, though! Thank you for your participation each week 🙂 ‘);
Once, when I was a child, Christmas Day fell on a Sunday and went to worship service as we normally did. We went to a mainline church and were some of the few who were there. Instead of regular service we chose hymns as a congregation. Someone asked for “Let all mortal flesh keep silence.”…
It’s the day before Thankgiving here in the US. The children and I are heading to my parent’s home to help my mom prepare tomorrow’s dinner. Anyway, today I want to consider the reason for and recipient for our Thanksgiving. The recipient is God. He is deserving of our thanks. Period. We are his creatures,…
From Susan Schaeffer Macaulay’s For the Children’s Sake: The child should enjoy an atmosphere where life can be explored in a rich way. Little holy hedges are not what is wanted. Understanding the objective certainty of the truth of God gives an atmosphere that is free from fear. We can face up to people’s ideas….
Long. Long Ago. Long, Long, Long Ago I had a wise Chemistry teacher. He was one of my favorite teachers when I was in high school. He was fun. Chemistry projects were fun. He loved History (my favorite). He let us choose our own lab partners and I made a best friend. Best of all,…
And we’re back. If you had told me a year ago that we would be almost finished with our first year of Ambleside Online, that I would regularly be walking a new-to-our-family dog, that I would be subscribed to any (let alone several) podcasts, that I would have both thought of and completed a 31…
Just a reminder that while I’m participating in Write 31 Days this month, I won’t be posting new words (I’m saving them, though!) … but I’d love to read yours all month long! Next week, we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled Wednesdays with Words. Thank you so much for your patience and/or participation this month! ‘);
Just a reminder that while I’m participating in Write 31 Days this month, I won’t be posting new words (I’m saving them, though!) … but I’d love to read yours all month long! ‘);
Just a reminder that while I’m participating in Write 31 Days this month, I won’t be posting new words (I’m saving them, though!) … but I’d love to read yours all month long! ‘);