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 […]
Read More →The Advice Book: A Treasured Graduation Gift
It’s been almost ten years since my homeschool graduation party. I got some great presents, and I can still remember some of them: A family heirloom pocket watch. Pens and notebooks. Generous friends and grandparents gave money, which helped me buy my first digital camera. Most of these gifts have been used up (or become seriously outdated), but my most treasured gift still sits on my bookshelf, and I still […]
Read More →Still Learning
I don’t remember where I had been, but I came rolling up the driveway just as Daniel, our oldest son who runs Doorposts was getting in his car to go get his wife and children to join us for lunch and the afternoon. “Hey, I just remembered, today is the day Kevin Swanson is interviewing you for his program!” he said as he opened his car door. “Gasp! When? ” […]
Read More →One of the Most Valuable Books We Have for Teaching Our Children
Do you realize what a powerful teaching tool you have right in the middle of your Bible? The book of Proverbs is one of the greatest resources God has given to help us train our children (and ourselves) in godly living while we sit in our house, when we walk by the way, when we lie down, and when we get up. The book of Proverbs is aimed at children […]
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