I attended my first homeschool conference when my oldest child was only two years old. (Let’s just say I’m a little eager in the homeschooling department.) Anyways, I bought some CD’s of workshops given by Rick and Marilyn Boyer, who were featured speakers at the conference that year. The Boyers, who have a double-digit number [...]
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23 Nov
Jesse Tree
Well, Thanksgiving has past and the Advent season is soon to begin. The word advent means “coming” or “arrival”. While traditions in churches vary, the season of Advent is predominantly celebrated as a time of hope and anticipation. It is both a commemoration of the first coming of Christ, as well as an anticipation of [...]
20 Nov
A Puritan Prayer for Thanksgiving
O MY GOD, Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores, loves thee, for my little vessel is as full as it can be, and I would pour out all that fullness before thee in ceaseless flow. When I think upon and converse with thee ten thousand delightful thoughts spring up, ten [...]
11 Aug
It is I by Octavius Winslow (1808-1878)
I found the following excerpt from a sermon by Octavius Winslow so comforting. To think that everything that God does will be for His glory and ultimately our good! It is I (public domain) The following is from Octavius Winslow’s sermon, “Be Not Afraid Or, The Voice of Jesus in the Storm” “Take courage! It [...]
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