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Salt Rooms for Healing
Have you ever been to a salt room? What, you may ask, is a salt room? True to its name, a salt room is a room encased with blocks of Himalayan salt. Not only are the floors and walls composed of salt,...
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Christmas is Coming Around the Corner
November and the Christmas season are just around the corner. It will be advent before I write my next post, so I wanted to chat about being prepared before the busyness starts. Our family always...
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Literature for an Autumn Night
My good friend, author and illustrator, Samantha Bell, graced me with her book Firefly Night at our critique group. It came just in time for the unit I was teaching about the autumn night. My unit...
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My Thanksgiving Prayer
Something that I learned during my years of teaching preschool, is that young children (ages 1-3) live in the present. They are aware of their surroundings and the people who are with them. They might...
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Happy National Family Reading Month!
Reading to my children and now, grandchildren, has always been one of my favorite activities. Not only does it allow for extra cuddle time with my precious little ones, but it reinforces family ties...
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Book Review: Christmas Is Coming! But Waiting Is Hard! by Karen Whiting
■Christmas Is Coming! But Waiting Is Hard! ■Author: Karen Whiting ■Pages: 112 ■Publisher: Abingdon Press; Gld edition (September 20, 2016) ■ISBN-10: 1501824724 ■ISBN-13: 978-1501824722 ■SRP: $16.99...
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Thanksgiving Fun for Christian Families
Photo by Carol McAdams Moore It is already November! I can’t believe that fall is going so quickly, but Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love to gather with my family and thank God for...
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Watch Your Language
I recently heard a friend recount a startling experience. She ended the story with, “I literally died when he jumped in front of me!” As a writer, I’m particular about how I use words. She and I both...
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FREE Men of the Bible Coloring Page-Jesus
As I write this post tonight, I’m watching the election results and praying, as many others are tonight. I believe this election is important, possibly more than those in recent history. I believe what...
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Lest We Forget
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short...
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Children and Politics
First, let me be clear, I hate political rants. This post is not one of them. It doesn’t raise one party over another or cheer one candidate and boo another. It is a guide for how to help your children...
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Alleviating Children’s Fears from the News
Children and News Stories “The news is scary, Mom!” Although they are young adults, my children refuse to watch the news. They feel it is full of doom and gloom: terrorists bombing airports, dance...
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Teaching Thankfulness from the Bible
November is a time of thankfulness. Children can learn about being thankful for others, for circumstances (seemingly good or bad), for God’s world, and for God Himself by reading the Bible. Here is a...
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Supermoon 2016
What is a Supermoon? It is when the moon is the closest to the earth making it appear much larger and brighter than usual. Tomorrow morning the moon will be closer to the earth than it has been since...
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Adam Raccoon
I recently reviewed an eight book series that I would love to share with our CCA followers. The previously published books have been updated, republished, and are ready to hit the children’s market!...
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Where We Belong
Potter home Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 “There’s something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell...
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New Release: Macaroni and Cheese for Thanksgiving by Cheryl C. Malandrinos
I hope I’m not the only author who gets excited about each new book release. It’s so much fun to see your work in print…and not just a printed Word document on a computer. The idea for Macaroni and...
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Are the Psalms Just for Adults?
If you were to peek over the shoulder of a grandpa or young mom as they read the Bible with their little one, what story do you think they might be reading? There are so many choices, because from the...
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Sow Seeds, Reap a Harvest
It’s harvest time—the season when we decorate with cornucopias overflowing with fruit, gourds, and other edibles. The cornucopia, or “horn of plenty,” that serves as a centerpiece for many of our...
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: A Christmas Musical for Everyone
I’m so glad stereo systems are now being fitted with not just the CD option, but have added a cassette function as well as the LP, realising that some people have favourite LPs and cassettes that...
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