Happy Reformation Day!

 490 years ago on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted 95 thesis on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany.  This door served as a public bulletin board where people could post important announcements.  Luther’s post, however, was no simple announcement!  This monk used these 95 statements to debate the doctrine and practice of [...]

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Blogger Friend School: Assignment #7

For those who are regular readers of my blog, this post will kind of be a rehash of some of my previous posts.  This week’s Blogger Friend School assignment is entitled “Pumpkin Party.”  We are supposed to post anything related to pumpkins.  So, I decided to post my pumpkin cookie recipe and some of my [...]

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Camp Fire USA: Trail to the Environment

Tonight we started our next project in Camp Fire USA, Exploring my World, which is part of the Trail to the Environment.  Our lesson was entitled “Small Safari.”  We talked about how water bends light, and used that fact to make magnifying lenses to investigate nature in our front yard.  We made these “lenses” by [...]

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October 31, 2007: Day of Darkness or of Light? (Part 2)

 Below is a post that was copied with permission from its author’s blog.  
Halloween, or Reformation Day? October 23, 2007
I personally don’t celebrate Halloween. Since Jesus came to give us life and light (guidance) in this world, I can no longer in good conscience participate in a holiday that celebrates death and darkness (and every evil thing conceivable). [...]

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October 31, 2007: Day of Darkness or of Light? (Part 1)

“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”  John 8:12
People who know me personally will tell you that I am not a fan of Halloween–in fact, I hate it.  There are very few [...]

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Mosaic Machine

This weekend I was sorting through my gift stash to see what I had and what I need to get.  We not only have Christmas to prepare for, but Brock, Kara, and Cosette all have birthdays in the next few weeks!  In my boxes, I found a used mosaic machine that I had purchased off [...]

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Perfect Praise

We had a great church service this morning, and enjoyed listening to some Messianic Jewish music during our drive home.  Kara really got into singing the songs, and continued singing even after we got home.  I heard her singing loudly “Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah!”  while she was changing out of her church dress, and my [...]

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Sisters….Forever!

Make your own slide shows and scrapbooks

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Prairie Family Chinese Noodles

When I went to China to adopt Kara, I found the cuisine quite different from what I was used to here in the USA.  It took me a few days to grow accustomed to the food, but once I was willing to try new things, I discovered that it was really good!  In fact, when [...]

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Three Little Indians!

 
We are a little ahead of schedule in our homeschool Abeka Academy/BJU Homesat curriculum!  That’s kind of nice, except that the holidays on the video don’t always line up with our real calendar. 
Anyway, we have already been talking about Thanksgiving in school, and I thought it was pretty neat that all three of [...]

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