One of the songs we all sang together at our wedding was And Can It Be That I Should Gain. On this Thanksgiving Day more than thirty years later, I am still praising and thanking God for His amazing love that led Him to send His Son to save me. He left His Father’s throne above, So free, so infinite His grace! Humbled Himself — so great His love! […]
Read More →Give Thanks to the Lord. He is Good.
“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!” (Psalm 118:1, ESV) A long-time friend and sister in Christ shared some hard news with me yesterday, news that will profoundly affect her life and the lives of those who love her. In the midst of this trial that God has entrusted to her, she said something that we all need to remember, “I […]
Read More →Sailing with the Pilgrims!
I’m looking forward to eating dinner on the “Mayflower” again someday. Instead of our own six children, it will be their children that huddle with me in the dark and pretend they are on the Mayflower, eating hardtack and dried meat while the winds blow and the ship pitches on the waves. Help your children appreciate the risks the Pilgrims took to come to the New World where they could […]
Read More →Do You Like Our Blog? Please Vote Today!
We’ve been nominated as one of the best new homeschooling blogs for 2011! If you’ve enjoyed reading this blog, we’d be very grateful if you’d visit The Homeschool Post today and click the button for “Doorposts of Your House” (12th one down) to vote for us in the 7th Annual Homeschool Blog Awards. This Friday is the last day to vote!
Read More →It’s Worth It!
One day they’re little guys that you can’t turn your back on . . . . . . The next day you turn around, and they’re married and starting families of their own. It goes way too fast. Give motherhood your all. Be faithful to the task your Father has given you. Lean on Him for strength and wisdom. Thank Him for every day He gives you with […]
Read More →All Things Through Him
“Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it” (1 Thessalonians 5:24). It was a request I wasn’t about to turn down… Johanna lives almost two hours away. I hardly ever get to babysit her darling daughters, and never by myself. (I would have no much-more-fun-than-me aunts to compete with.) So I said yes. I would watch Katie and Victoria while Johanna joined her sisters at the party […]
Read More →Almost There!
“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.” (Proverbs 18:22, ESV) Well, three flower girl dresses are almost done, and the wedding is this Saturday! Little Katie, one of my granddaughters, who along with her cousin Ruby, is a flower girl, says a fairy godmother is making her a princess dress to wear at the wedding. 
I’ve never been a fairy godmother before. […]
Decorating Bible Verses with Leaf Art
Greetings! This is Katelyn, Daniel’s wife. For several years now I’ve enjoyed making what I call ‘leaf-art’. However, they have been in such high demand as gifts that precious few have ever made it onto our walls! So, not only has this contest helped us get Scripture stenciled on our walls, but it’s given me the excuse to take the time and make some frameable verses. With all the beautiful […]
Read More →“Write Them on the Doorposts” Contest Entries
We still have one month before the “Write them on the Doorposts” contest ends, and over 100 photos have been entered already! (We’re also increasing the prizes!) We’ve enjoyed seeing the creative ways you’ve found to decorate your homes with Scripture, and we want to share a few of the photos entered so far (see below). These aren’t finalists, they’re just a sampling of the different ideas, and we hope […]
Read More →New Contest Prizes
Since launching the Write Them on the Doorposts contest, we’ve already received over 100 entries! We are increasing two of the contest prizes, thanks to generous donations from two family businesses that we discovered after the contest launch. If you haven’t already entered the contest, make sure you send us a photo of Scripture in your home by December 1. You could win one of these prizes! Prizes to be […]
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