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Women in Church History – New Testament
This October, I am going to highlight Christian women from different eras and centuries of church history. Today I’m sharing about three women found in the New Testament. Women in the Gospels offer incredible eyewitness testimonies to wo Jesus is , and how he noticed, protected, and dignified women in a culture that often did…
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God Made the World by Sarah Jean Collins
Book Review: God Made the World, God Made the Ocean, and God Made the Rain Forest by Sarah Jean CollinsTyndale Kids, 2019Board Book Tyndale Kids has a series called The God Made series, but while they were colorful and had lots of fun illustrations, I felt like the books were lacking in their writing and…
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The Gospel by Devon Provencher
Book Review: The Gospel by Devon ProvencherCrossway, 2020Board Book Crossway has a series of board books called Big Theology for Little Hearts which each introduce a big theological idea from the Bible to little kids. The Gospel walks kids through the gospel story highlighting words that are often heard surrounding it. Provencher begins by introducing…
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The Kingdom of Heaven: A Gardening Primer by Danielle Hitchen
Book Review: The Kingdom of Heaven: A Gardening Primer by Danielle HitchenHarvest House Publishers, 2023Board book The Baby Believer series from Danielle Hitchen and Jessica Blanchard are some of the most beautiful board books out there. They’ve done a lovely job at crafting board books that parents will want to look at with their kids.…
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Poet, Pilgrim, Rebel by Katie Munday Williams
Book Review: Poet, Pilgrim, Rebel: The Story of Anne Bradstreet, America’s First Published Poet by Katie Munday WilliamsBeaming Books, 2021 While looking for books about Anne Bradstreet, I was pleasantly surprised to find this beautiful picture book! The author, Katie Munday Williams, is the 14x great-granddaughter of Bradstreet and tells Anne’s life story in a…
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God Speaks to Me by Kristen Wetherell
Book Review: God Speaks to Me by Kristen WetherellCrossway, 2023Board book While toddlers may not be able to recall theological terminology, they are able to understand the ideas behind them! For example, in God Speaks to Me, Wetherell concisely shares with young kids about divine and general revelation, and in poetic verse, too! While she…
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What Are Hands For? and What Are Mouths For? by Abbey Wedgeworth
Book Review: What Are Hands For? and What Are Mouths For? by Abbey WedgeworthThe Good Book Company, 2023Boardbook Earlier this summer, Abbey Wedgeworth released the first two titles in the series Training Young Hearts. Both books are “Lift the flap” board books written with ages 0-4 in mind. Both books focus on a different body…
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Women in Church History – Early Church
This October, I am going to highlight Christian women from different eras and centuries of church history. Today I’m sharing about three women found in the New Testament. Women in the Gospels offer incredible eyewitness testimonies to wo Jesus is , and how he noticed, protected, and dignified women in a culture that often did…
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How Can I Be Sure What’s Right and Wrong? by Chris Morphew
Book Review: How Can I Be Sure What’s Right and Wrong? by Chris MorphewThe Good Book Company, 202396 pgs Don’t we all just kind of know what’s right and wrong? If not, where does morality come from? Chris Morphew does an excellent job at introducing the idea of morality to kids and how we know…
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Our Favorite Church History Books for Kids
Celebrate church history month with the kids in your life by reading through some of these great books on church history. I’ve organized the books by suggested age range. So many wonderful biographies of Christian men and women have come out in the past decade! Comment below if we are missing any good ones, and…
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List of Women in Church History
From the Woman at the Well to Elisabeth Elliot, ordinary women have been involved in gospel spreading work for two millennia. This is a growing list of women throughout church history, alongside biographies and memoirs, to learn more about them! New Testament (0 – 27 AD) 10 Dead Gals You Should Know Jesus Through the…
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You Count! A Five-Sense Countdown to Calm by Champ Thornton
Book Review: You Count! A Five-Sense Countdown to Calm by Champ ThorntonB&H Kids, 202324 pages The day You Count! arrived in the mail, I went and read this story while putting my six-year-old to bed. She preceded to ask me to read it two more times that night, and then we read it every night…
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Caprock Canyon State Park | Quitaque, TX
We almost didn’t stop at Caprock Canyon State Park on our roadtrip through west Texas, but I’m so glad we did! It ended up being everyone’s favorite Texas State Park to visit on our roadtrip! Caprock Canyon State Park is located around 4.5 hours west of Fort Worth and 2.5 hours south of Amarillo, but…
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Copper Breaks State Park | Quanah, TX
During our road trip out through west Texas to the Palo Duro Canyon, our family camped one night at Copper Breaks State Park outside of Quanah, Texas. While the swimming area was closed due to the drought, we enjoyed the Dark Sky Viewing Area! We camped during a night in September, and since we weren’t…
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The Whiteside Museum of Natural History | Seymour, TX
On our road trip out through west Texas to Palo Duro Canyon State Park, our family stopped at The Whiteside Museum of Natural History to check out their dinosaur exhibit! Located about 2.5 hours outside of Fort Worth, is a small community museum “specializing in the education of the public regarding natural history”. We enjoyed…
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God’s Daring Dozen by Wright & Brown
Book Review: God’s Daring Dozen: A Minor Prophet Series by Brian J. Wright and John R. BrownChristian Focus Publications, 2021 & 2023 As a child, I can’t recall learning much about the Minor Prophets, and when I read them as a young adult I was often confused, as they are full of poetry and prophesy.…
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