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M is for Manger
When my daughter’s husband encouraged us to write a Christmas book for children, we accepted the challenge. My first thought was, “How can we make it different from other books that are already out...
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God’s Indiscribable Gift
Have you ever given someone special a gift that you thought would delight them only to have them look at it questioningly, set it aside, and reach for the next one? Ouch! I sometimes wonder how God...
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Seeing Christ in Christmas
Seeing Christ in Christmas In three days, we celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Historically, we know that Jesus was not actually born on December 25. Nevertheless, this is the traditional...
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Emmanuel – God is with us!
Copyright: regina555 / 123RF Stock Photo Enjoy this holy day with your family and friends. Remember Jesus the Christ Child left his throne in heaven to show us how much he loves us. A picture for...
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Thank You!
In the Afterglow of Christmas, as we enjoy the gifts we have received, it is the time to nurture a thankful heart, both in our own hearts, as well as teaching it to our children. As a child after a...
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Teach Your Child the Seven Keys to Wise Money Management by Dr. MaryAnn Diorio
God has a lot to say about money and the way we manage it. According to my Concordance, the word “money” appears 148 times in the Bible. Jesus talks about money more than He talks about hell. Why?...
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The Heart of a Child
Before leaping into the New Year pause and consider your dreams for your child to grow to be a boy or girl of great character, filled with the Fruit of the Spirit. Review the list and consider what...
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Creating Thankful Hearts
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. I Chronicles 16:34 Our houses overflowed with gifts in celebration of the Greatest Gift, but the Lord loads us up with...
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What Does the Future Hold?
Ahhh…new year. Clean slate. New beginning. Twelve months of potential. But not everyone is optimistic about the future. Some say that if the past is any indication, we’re in for big trouble in 2018....
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Happy New Year!
Colorful Confetti Happy 2018! Another year is behind us; another year is ahead of us. The beginning of a new year often inspires people to set goals like finishing a project, eating healthier (after...
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All Creation Declares the Glory of God
As a parent and grandparent, I read lots of books to children before realizing that many of them present the world to these impressionable little minds as subjective facts – this is a cow, a tractor, a...
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Book Review: Maybe God is Like That Too, and a Giveaway!
Out of all the wonderful children’s picture books I read in 2017, one stands out. Maybe God is Like That Too, written by author Jennifer Grant and published by Sparkhouse Family, is a lovely little...
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Book Review: Too Big by Judy Dearborn Nill
■Too Big ■Author: Judy Dearborn Nill ■Pages: 161 ■Publisher: Guardian Angel Publishing (October 22, 2016) ■ISBN-10: 1616338075 ■ISBN-13: 978-1616338077 ■SRP: $9.95 ■Reviewed By: Cheryl Malandrinos...
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Do We Infect our Children with Jesus or Inoculate Them Against Him?
35170104 – illustration of kids standing happily in front of a church Do our children enjoy coming to church? This is a good question to ask and a very important one. This question gets a lot of...
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Bible Verse Activities for Kids-Acts 16:31
I remember memorizing Bible verses as a kid. My mom would make word puzzles and activities for them, and I loved it. Many of the ones I learned then are the ones that God most often brings to my mind...
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Reaching Forward
…but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus....
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Courageous Parenting: Training Up a Child in the Way He Should Go
I sat in the large courtroom, awaiting my court case involving a minor traffic accident in which a delivery truck had struck my car. The judge was hearing another case before mine. I watched intently...
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I’m An Empath!
Loving Others – Empathy In a recent article for a natural magazine that I happened to pick up at my local vitamin store, there was a description of a book called The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life...
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You Won’t Miss What You Never Had
You won’t miss what you never had. The thought came, unbidden, as a dozen of us sat around the piano one Saturday night. It was the final evening of a writers conference and most of the conferees and...
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No Matter the Weather
I once heard someone say, “If it weren’t for weather, what would people talk about!” It’s really true, isn’t it? I think it’s because weather is one of those topics that provides comfortable...
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