“For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her” (Prov 3:14-16). Can you and your children identify the proverb illustrated in the picture above? It is in chapter 2 of Proverbs. The Book of Proverbs is full of wisdom — true, […]
Read More →Archive for May, 2012
Musings on a Cat Mess
I didn’t step in it – this time. But my husband did, in the dark as he left for work early in the morning. Then he walked through our room, back out, and through the entire house to the back door. I know, because his footprint was in the mess our cat had very rudely deposited on the floor during the night. The trail went from one end of the […]
Read More →Don’t Give Up!
Tomorrow our second-born son celebrates his 26th birthday! He is the son who made me wonder if I wanted to be a mother anymore. 🙂 He is the son who was toasted at his wedding by one of the men in our church, who smiled as he said that years earlier he would have voted Joseph, of any of the little boys in church, most likely to end up in […]
Read More →Against Tolerance…
Those of you who have children online, children who follow blogs — do you know what they are reading? The internet and social networking make it much more difficult to know our children’s “friends” and the people who are influencing their thinking. People “come into” our homes through the internet that we may never “meet”. And just because a blog is written by someone who claims to be a Christian […]
Read More →How to Use Plants Grown Up and Polished Cornerstones (video)
We decided to spice things up and deliver today’s post in video form! People often ask us, “Where do I start?” after they buy Plants Grown Up or Polished Cornerstones. If you already have one of these books on your shelf, we hope this will help you get the most out of it! In this video, we show how to get started using Plants Grown Up and Polished Cornerstones, including […]
Read More →More Than Enough
I was reading The Jesus Storybook Bible to my little Ruby the other day and in between several readings of the “one about the sick girl” we also managed to read one about Jesus feeding the five thousand. Jesus instructed the disciples to feed the crowd of people who had been listening to Him talk. When they started discussing what they could offer such a crowd, one boy produced his […]
Read More →Mother’s Day Thoughts
“…for apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5, ESV). Last week I spent a little over thirty-six hours on full-time duty caring for two of my little granddaughters, with two of their little cousins joining us for the evening. Those thirty-six hours were filled with: Unproductive and oops-too-late runs to the bathroom, punctuated with hilarious comments and sweet hugs Total meltdowns over a cat that was innocently sleeping […]
Read More →“Steps for Life Day” – Help Save Lives!
Today (May 8, 2012), all profits from online orders at www.Doorposts.com will be donated to our local Pregnancy Resource Center! Every year, approximately 10,000 unborn babies are killed in abortion clinics in our state. By contrast, the Pregnancy Resource Center of greater Portland serves 8,000 women every year who are facing unplanned pregnancies. By offering medical services, ultrasounds, peer counseling, baby supplies, and more, the volunteers at Portland’s five PRC […]
Read More →Proverbs Pictionary!
The book of Proverbs is full of pictures! Children love pictures and will remember the truths that the pictures represent. Make their learning fun with this modified version of Pictionary! Print out this PDF and cut each page into strips with one verse on each strip. Toss these strips into a box or plastic container. You will also need a stack of paper, a dark pencil or felt pen, and […]
Read More →About Change
Try this quote on and see if it fits. 🙂 I know it sounds fantastic; but think it over. It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good . . . On every level of our life . . . we are always harking back to some occasion which seemed to us to […]
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