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June 15, 2009
Children Who Love Jesus may be at risk of catching: A Bad Case of Stripes
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A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon is a favorite of my students and children.
We want our children to be fruit pots and bear the fruit of the spirit. They can’t if they have a bad case of stripes!
In the story Camilla Cream is afraid to say that she likes Lima Beans. In not eating them she catches a bad case of stripes. this disease causes her to wear or turn into whatever others say around her. A child may love Jesus but be afraid to stand up for Him. Camilla thought no one else liked Li
June 8, 2009
The Reading Tub Bears Fruit!
The Reading Tub
is a collection of children’s literature and activity books covers all ages and interests for kids 0 to 13. There are a handful of reviews for classics and popular literature. I recommend you visit their site and read up on some great books. Their reviews tell you specific age appropriteness and give you ideas ofwhat to do with each book. Of course I am thrilled they did a review on The Little Pot as well.
June 5, 2009
Bearing Fruit on Books Bites For Kids
My Book Bites For Kids Interview
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May 31, 2009
Bearing Fruit at BEA and Meeting Expectations
I’ve been asked quite a bit if BEA met my expectations.
Two years ago, I was working for a large publishing house and wanted more than anything to attend BEA. The way I had heard people talk, it was the one place every want-to-be-author needed to be. Ironically that company is now struggling and didn’t attend this year.
I did attend, and it was worth the wait for me. This year I went as an author and illustrator.
So did it meet my expectations? My answer truly, is that I had very little expectat
May 18, 2009
Bearing fruit @ YourBookTube
Here is a great place to view Book Trailers and shop for books.
Don’t forget to watch The Little Pot’s trailer and leave comments about it when you are there!
May 17, 2009
Something keeps eating my fruit!
It’s strawberry season, and to celebrate the release of The Little Pot book, we’ve planted strawberry plants in our own (little) pots. The plants have been doing great. They sit on my deck and have been blooming and bearing fruit. However, just as the flowers begin to turn into berries, they disappear off the stem. We’ve discovered that an animal has been visiting and eating the berries even before they ripen all the way.
I’ve been thinking about how that so represents my life. Sometimes I begin
April 29, 2009
Bearing Fruit When You Wear Rain Boots: Ruth
Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,
fully pleasing to Him and desiring to
please Him in all things.
Colossians 1:10
Here are the questions we will discuss in our second shoe Bible Study. Feel free to add your answers and comments to this blog!
Rain Boots and Ruth
When do you wear rain boots? Why do you wear rain boots?
Look at two things that rain boots (and Jesus) should do for us.
Ruth 1:6-21
1. Get us through the “muck” in life without making us dirty. -
What was going on in Ruth’s life at
April 28, 2009
Bearing Fruit on Dream List Radio
Listen as I share with Melissa Borghorst on Dream List Radio about my dream of becoming an author and illustrator. The dream became a reality after I learned to bear fruit.
April 22, 2009
Bearing Fruit When You Wear High Heels: Sarah
Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,
fully pleasing to Him and desiring to
please Him in all things.
Colossians 1:10
Here are the questions we will discuss in our first shoe Bible Study. Feel free to add your answers and comments to this blog!
High Heels and Sarah
When do you wear high heels? Why do you wear high heels?
Consider Sarah’s character. Read Gen 12:5,10-17; 16:1-8; 17:15-21; 18:9-15
Look at three things that high heels (and Jesus) should do for us.
1. Boost our confidence. - Heels make us
April 8, 2009
Bearing Fruit in The Emerald City
“Well Bust my Buttons, why didn’t you say that in the first place!”
You have to admit this is one of those lines that totally dates the movie. Isn’t it great that we don’t have to go through a door keeper like that to meet God. We sure feel that sometimes we have to repeat ourselves to Him again and again although, don’t we? It is all in how we perceive Him. This week we will deal a lot with perceptions. Mainly the ones we make of God and ourselves.
The first step to meeting God is opening the do
