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Getting Ready for Advent & Christmas
Here’s my Advent & Christmastide Checklist! Since we started school in July, we are going to take the month of December off because it’s typically such a nice time of year in Texas and it is so nice not to rush through Advent and Christmas. I like to prep for Christmas early, by November, so that
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He Always Hears by Alyson Punzi
Yeah, I may have teared up with this one. In He Always Hears: A Story of Loss and the Hope of Things Made New, Alyson Punzi offers hope to kids facing unresolved endings. Toys getting ruined. Friends moving away. Family members getting sick but not getting better. Often times I find that Christian books imply
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Books About Women in Church History
It’s October, and this is my fifth year to dedicate time learning about women from church history this month. It began in 2020 by taking a women in church history class at Heritage College & Seminary. I couldn’t believe how little I knew about Christian women from the past 2,000 years. Hearing their testimonies and
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How to Organize and Maintain Your Book Shelves
One of the most enjoyable parts of curating books for a home library is organizing them. This is why I tell people I have several bookish hobbies–I enjoy reading books, researching books, collecting books, organizing books, and stylizing books. Today I’m going to share how I organize some of my books, and some of my
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The Consequences of Ideas by R.C. Sproul
Crossway first published The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts That Shaped Our World by renowned theologian, R.C. Sproul, in 2000. In their latest edition, Sproul writes biographies of great thinkers and philosophers throughout history–from Ancient Greece to the 21st century with the aim to show us how ideas, good and bad, have shaped our
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The Outsider by Katy Morgan
Katy Morgan, who is the award-winning author of The Songs of a Warrior, has written another book! The Outsider is a retelling of the story of Ruth, written for ages 8-12. This chapter book is well-written and is more like a historical fiction retelling, drawing on historical and cultural background to provide context and insight into the lives
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What Makes You Beautiful by Kristen Wetherell
What Makes You Beautiful is a new devotional for girls written by Kristen Wetherell, author of one of my favorite board book series. It is a lovely clothbound hardcover with dust jacket and ribbon, along with beautiful floral illustrations by Hannah Green. It would make a thoughtful gift for girls ages 9-12. This book is
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Beowulf Printable Puppets
I signed up to teach a British Literature class at our local co-op this year. So I chose to focus on a variety of fairy tales and legends, one of which is Beowulf. (Which is a book my eldest needs to read as part of the AmblesideOnline curriculum). While we read aloud this old Anglo-Saxon
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It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn by Greta Eskridge
It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn by Greta Eskridge is an easy-to-read and helpful guide for parents to have age-appropriate conversations with their kids, ages five and up. Today, there is no way to “porn-proof” our kids, and Greta reminds us that it is our responsibility to give them the tools they
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It Is Finished by Stephen Wellum
I received a copy of It Is Finished by Stephen Wellum in the mail yesterday, picked it up last night after putting the kids to bed, and read it in one sitting. It was so good! At first, when I realized Wellum began to retell the redemption story, my response was, “Why am I reading this?
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Becoming the Pastor’s Wife by Beth Allison Barr
I read Becoming the Pastor’s Wife last month (which has since become a New York Times Bestseller), but haven’t had the time to gather all my thoughts about this book. Because I’m short on time, I thought I’d at least throw together a brief review, followed by some notes I took while reading the book.
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ESV Spiral-Bound Journaling Bible, Prophets
If you like to take a copious amount of Bible notes, draw pictures, or partake in hermeneutical or exegetical study of Scripture, then you will love the new ESV Spiral-Bound Journaling Bible Five-Volume Set from Crossway! While I normally prefer the CSB, the layout for this ESV Bible is like none other. In the past,
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Worth It by Chris Morphew
“I think this is one of my favorite Christian authors,” I said to my husband one evening. I had read the Big Questions series by Chris Morphew to my son a few years earlier, and that evening, I had just finished his new book Worth It: Following Jesus When Life Feels Complicated. Chris Morphew, who
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Scribes & Scripture by John D. MEade & Peter J. Gurry
Over the past few years, I’ve been searching for an accessible book that talks about how we got the Bible that I can read with my kids. Most books that I’ve found focus on inspiration of Scripture or evidence for the Gospels–or are scholarly works that I have a hard time reading. I also had
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AmblesideOnline Year 6 Substitute for Genesis: Finding Our Roots
I don’t often substitute books in the Ambleside Online curriculum, as I find most of them to be excellent choices (high quality, well rounded, etc.). However, this year for Year 6, I did substitute a book under the “Biography” section. Concerns with Genesis: Finding Our Roots Genesis: Finding Our Roots by Ruth Beechick was the
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Meet Me in the Bible: Colossians & Philemon by Colleen D. Searcy
My dear friend Jordan first introduced me to Colleen Searcy’s Bible studies a few years ago. I was so excited to find another women’s Bible study that is similar to Jen Wilkin’s philosophy of Bible teaching. Searcy is passionate about helping women grow in Bible literacy and has created a beautiful resource that equips women
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Lauren Ducommun 