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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

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How do you pack thirty-three years of marriage, five kids (three now with spouses) and ten grandchildren in 900 square feet of space?

I am learning. I’ve moved to a small cottage on the water, but sometimes I feel like I left my heart behind in the “little red house” where my husband and I forged a new life together— not his and hers but ours. It is where we raised our children and put down serious roots.

I prayed to receive that house, and a verse adorns a mur...

Review: Alive in the Spirit by A.W. Tozer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alive in the Spirit by A.W. Tozer is perhaps the most personal collection of Tozer’s teachings. This material has never been published before. It is a book directed to the individual and the indwelling/baptism of the Holy Spirit. The book assumes that the reader is already a born again Christian, and understandably so as the material is derived from sermons that focus on the work of the Holy Spirit after conversion. If you are not familiar with...

Lessons I Learned from Prison

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Success can seem like a hard nut to crack. There are times that you give 100% and get zero back.

The Apostle Paul went to Philippi to preach the message of living life in Jesus. While he was there he healed a young slave girl of a tormenting spirit. Only, her owners made big bucks for themselves by passing her off as a fortune teller. Delivered of the spirit, the slave was no longer profitable.

Paul was hauled before the judges, stripped of his clothes and “severely flogged.&rd...

Is #Trump the Leader to #MakeAmericaGreat?

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I come from a state that has not officially answered that question. It is still gray. (Actually Michigan is gray a lot of the time but that’s a different topic.) Unofficially, Trump is ahead by 13,000 votes. Michigan’s 16 electoral votes will not make Hillary the POTUS. Many counties in Michigan are relieved.

But the question still remains, and concerns about both candidates’ character and behavior left a distaste for politics behind. The dilemma of character and leade...

Reality Check by Larry P. Arnn for the #ElectoralCollege Haters

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 It is rumored that Larry P. Arnn may be a candidate for the Secretary of Education in President-Elect Trump's Cabinet. Dr. Arnn is President of #HillsdaleCollege in Michigan. If that appointment were to take place, not only Christian educators and historians but Constitutionalists would be rejoicing. 

Dr. Arnn was recently on #FoxNews educating the public on the purpose of the #ElectoralCollege. Its purpose is to ensure the equality of states and their populat...

Our Prayer for the #StandingRockCamp

May Creator answer your cries and pour out His Spirit on your holy men and women, old and young of #Standing Rock. May He deliver you and give wisdom and provide you a firm path to walk. He desires life and health for all people, and we agree with Him concerningyou.

Amen.

National Native American Heritage Month

It is an election year, and your focus may have been government, but it is not too late to plan something for National Native American Heritage Month.

We have put together a curriculum that is adaptable for homeschools and classrooms, is multiple use and organized for a quick start. Click on the image or link to find out more.

Mistakes Every Homeschool Mom Makes

I know because I’ve made all of them more than once. The year is still young, but some of these problems may be beginning to show. Take heart. Good teachers always make adjustments.

Adding too much outside fluff.

This one is tricky. If you have more than one child, life is going to get complicated. But just make sure it is a profitable kind of complicated. Evaluate sports, dance, art, music and sewing lessons, clubs, groups and homeschool events in light of your child’s interests. Here is...

Review: The Cottage by Michael Phillips

This is the second book in the Secrets of the Shetland series. I received a free copy from Bethany House to review.

SPOILERS

Loni Ford discovers she has inherited an island and a fortune...along with debts, taxes and responsibilities. The question she must answer is does she want it? A distant cousin is next in line to inherit and secretly working to better his odds in obtaining it. Another cousin is thought to be the rightful heir, the people's choice, and the people do matter because Loni i...

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