Laudable Linkage and Which Famous Author Do You Write Like?

Here are a few great posts seen ’round the web lately: 7 Things I Should Have Taught My Sons, HT to Lori. With a couple of them leaving the nest, I know I am going to think of such things, too. Just Do Something, HT to Sharper Iron, on the subject of making a difference [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts Friday’s Fave Five so we can share our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God gives. Click on the button to learn more, then go to Susanne’s to read others’ faves and link [...]

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Flashback Friday: Early Religious Experiences

Mocha With Linda hosts a weekly meme called Flashback Friday. She’ll post a question every Thursday, and then Friday we can link our answers up on her site. The question for this week is: Did your family attend church when you were growing up? What are your earliest memories of church? Did you attend VBS [...]

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Book Review: Chosen Ones

I won Chosen Ones, the first book in the Aedyn Chronicles by Alister McGrath, from Quilly‘s contest (thank you again, Quilly!) The book is youth fiction, targeted for ages 9-12, but I think readers beyond that age group would enjoy it. The story involves two young teen-age siblings who go to visit their grandparents and [...]

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Reality is setting in…

I was going to discuss one of the books I’ve finished recently, but decided I’d rather just chat instead. We closed on our new house in TN Monday. That was exciting. A bit scary — I am glad my husband had a head for what all those papers we signed were for. But still exciting. [...]

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What’s On Your Nighstand: July

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. The books I completed in July are: God [...]

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The Week In Words

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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The Praise Song

We sang this song in church this morning, and it brought back memories of a ladies’ trio singing it at the church we attended in GA. Though it is very simple, it echoes the Psalms both in its tone and some of its phrases. The Praise Song I will sing to the Lord with a [...]

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Laudable Linkage and a Cat-English Dictionary

I’ve been having a hard time deciding whether to post interesting links or funny things on Saturday — so I am combining them. Here are a few things that caught my eye this week: Dangers Facing Over-Churched Kids and 9 Strategies For Reaching Over-Churched Kids, HT to Challies. I don’t know that “over-churched” is the [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts Friday’s Fave Five so we can share our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God gives. Click on the button to learn more, then go to Susanne’s to read others’ faves and link [...]

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