Author: Bethany

My Trip to Ukraine

In July, I met believers from Canada, Japan, Poland, and the U.S. to travel to Eastern Europe. Mama posted about my trip while I was in Ukraine, and several of you graciously bid on artwork that helped fund my trip. Thank you so much for your support! We served at a camp primarily focused on equipping and refreshing pastors and their families. Our team provided theological and pastoral training, practical […]

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All Things Are Ready

Many wedding planners are available, but we’ve found that very few look at the process from a distinctly Christian, Bible-based viewpoint. Imagine our excitement when our pastor’s wife Amy, who helped coordinate at three different weddings for our family, asked if we would help her publish this book! All Things Are Ready is a new and timely Christian wedding planner that is based on three basic assumptions: Planning your wedding […]

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$16 Gift Certificate to Lilla Rose

Caroline Allen, Lilla Rose consultant, is giving away a $16.00 gift certificate good for any Lilla Rose products (beautiful Flexi Hair Clips, bobby pins, hair bands, and more). To see what this gift certificate can get you, see Caroline’s Lilla Rose site. Caroline is also the proprietor of Deborah & Co. (formerly Modest Mom), and she is generously sponsoring our 5th place prize with a gift certificate to Deborah & […]

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“Faithful in Prayer” Box from Renew Carvings

This carved 5in x 8in Walnut box from Renew Carvings is engraved with the words “Faithful in Prayer” from Romans 12:12. Use it to keep prayer cards, memory verses, recipes, jewelry, or anything else you can think of! Renew Carvings provides custom hand-carved home decor and furniture adorned beautifully with scripture that provides a purposeful and enduring reminder of your faith. Renew Carvings has connected trained artisans, with skills reflecting […]

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$75 Gift Certificate to Wise Decor Decorative Lettering

Wise Décor is giving away one $75 gift certificate, good for any of their Scripture lettering and other custom and pre-made vinyl wall lettering. $75 should be enough to get several verses, or one very large one! Here are some of the benefits of Wise Decor’s vinyl lettering: Personalize your decor instantly with your favorite wallletters, words, quotes & decals Transfer wall letters give you the hand-painted look … instantly! […]

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Family Admission to Your Local Homeschool Convention

We’re super excited about this giveaway! The winner will receive free admission, for their whole family, to the homeschool convention of their choice in 2013. OCEANetwork, our state homeschool organization in Oregon, has been working hard since 1985 to secure and protect homeschool freedom, and to inspire and equip us as parents. They also do an incredible job every year with our homeschool convention in Portland. We love talking with […]

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Advent and Christmas in Family Worship

Here is a tool that will help you and your family stay focused on Christ the King throughout the busy month of December. One of our elders first wrote Advent and Christmas in Family Worship to help the families in his congregation, and he’s graciously allowed us to print hisbook and make it available to you as well. This booklet will guide you in simple family worship times that celebrate […]

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$50 Gift Certificate to Exodus Books

Exodus Books operates a huge homeschool website and a 4000-square-foot bookstore located in Milwaukie, Oregon. We specialize in books for “education, edification and enjoyment,” and offer approximately 28,000 products, a fairly carefully selected inventory of new and used home school materials, quality literature, music, games, and Christian books and media of a Reformed persuasion. One of the main services we offer is buying and selling used books. Our entire used […]

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It Will Hurt, but It Will Heal

I’ve been being hammered by teaching on all sides on the topic of forgiveness and confession. I’m not sure I fully understand God’s forgiveness. It’s something God is still gently teaching me. How we see God’s forgiveness certainly will show in how we apologize to and forgive others. Most of us can see another’s glaring sin, but we seem to think if we simply plunge ahead and try really hard […]

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Messy Times

I was re-typing portions of our book, Mighty Acts of God, and reading all the Bible story act-out suggestions. They brought up some spicy memories…like Benjamin scrawny and whining, an inside-out T-shirt on his head, stomping his foot and yelling “No” at a  half-sized Moses. Johanna, giggling while she pretended to drive a stake through Sisera’s head (my dad’s hair before it was completely white). Yeah…I got a little nostalgic. […]

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