Dee Farrell's Blog, page 16
October 8, 2017
Are You Ready?
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On September 23, 1857, Jeremy Lanphier organized a prayer meeting for businessmen in New York City. Despite vigorous advertising, only six men attended. On October 10 of that year, the final day of the Jewish holiday, Sukot, the stock market crashed. Sukot is a time of thankfulness, and it follows Yom Kippur, a festival for repentance. As Judaism’s season of repentance and thankfulness ended, Christianity's was about to begin. Soon thousands were attending the prayer meetings,...
September 26, 2017
Downloadable Lesson Plans Are Here!
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We are getting ready to launch our downloadable lessons, but we'd like to give you a preview first. For a limited time we are offering our lessons on the countries of the Middle East, Who Are They In The Bible?, at no charge. Five lessons covering the countries, including a lesson on Who Are The Palestinians, The Religious Roots of Terrorism, and Bible Prophecies for Middle Eastern Nations. Each lesson follows the Ask and Say method, includes discussion questions and a PowerP...
September 1, 2017
New Bible Lesson Preview
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"The word Palestine is not in the Bible. Its meaning is, however. Palestine is related to the Hebrew word, Pĕlishtiy. It is their word for Philistine, and it means immigrant. It is first used in Genesis 10:14 and identifies them with Crete. Archeology has supported the Bible in linking the Phoenicians and Philistines with the Greek culture. These people settled mostly near the coast but migrated inland and were enemies of Israel for a long time. They are not listed along with those who...
August 31, 2017
How To Write Fiction...Coming Soon
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I will be in Adrian, Michigan to teach classes on writing fiction. Class runs every Monday night 6-8pm, starting September 18 and ending October 23. Learn the magic formula for good storytelling and how to develop yourself as an author. Novices are welcome!! Atmosphere is re-lax-ed. Learn more by calling 517 265 1650, emailing adultlearning@lisd.us or visiting www. al.lisd.us Hope to see you there!
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August 24, 2017
Stir Up the Gift of Teaching
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There were a few more leaves fallen on my on my lawn this morning, yellow, crisp and scattered among green walnuts. It is that time again. Time for school.
Teachers are organizing their gathered tips, training and materials for their classrooms with expectation and fresh energy. Teachers are never done learning and polishing their craft to benefit as many students as possible. With this in mind, I want to encourage you that as Christian teachers, and this includes homeschool moms, you have...
July 21, 2017
Transform Your Pain to Strength
Life stretches you.
Three words that combine into a common saying—easily rolled off the tongue in precise moments of reflection—which belie the pain threading them together. Experience grows. Empathy increases. Wisdom...comes. But, to the one on the rack crying out for it to stop.
It is a common saying for common circumstances. Until the pain is yours. Then it is unique to you.
If circumstances in your life are stretching you beyond your ability to cope, be encouraged that God has not left...
June 30, 2017
Why Christians Need to Know History
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Recently, my daughter showed me a Huffington Post article reviewing the book Noah, Man of Resolve. It is a fictional story based on events in the Bible and written from a creationist worldview. I haven’t read the book, and I hope people understand it is a beyond-the-Bible representation of Noah, but it does make the effort to show a realistic setting. The article took the liberty of correcting the viewpoint with evolutionary “real” science, and comments were vicious in thei...
June 23, 2017
High as the Heavens Review
Kate Breslin has crafted a suspenseful story involving the Allied Underground in her book, High as the Heavens.
Evelyn Marche is a nurse during WWI who endures the horrors of German occupied Brussels in her native Belgium. Her German bosses have no idea of her true identity.
Evelyn and other characters in this historical fiction are based on real people and real events. It is a satisfying read with more than one surprising twist. 4 stars
June 14, 2017
Walk in the Spirit
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An Israeli priest named Ezekiel was thirty when one day in June he said, “The heavens were suddenly opened to me and I saw visions from God.” (Ezekiel 1:1-3 TLB)
Merriam Webster defines the word revelation as being “a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way, and the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world.” When God shows up, all our meanings of the word apply.
It was Ezekiel’s fi...
June 6, 2017
One Clue to Knowing God's Will
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Lots of people struggle with knowing God’s will. Skeptics ponder the goodness of God if He lets so much evil happen in the world. This uncertainty causes mistakes in our thinking and doubt in our Creator.
First, if you want to know what God’s perfect will is, check out heaven. This is a place where God’s will reigns supreme. What do you find? The absence of everything we struggle with like sickness, disease, poverty, evil, mayhem, etc. When Jesus’ disciples asked Him to teach them to pray...
