family activities for lent

Growing up I didn’t really know a whole lot about Lent.  Even though my dad was a pastor, it just wasn’t something that we observed in our family’s Easter traditions.  It wasn’t until after college that I began to learn more about the tradition and participate in different aspects of observing Lent and it has [...]

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what’s in the bible: from veggie tales creator phil vischer

After reading Larry Shallenberger’s review here, I did a litttle research and I can’t wait to get my hands on Phil Vischer’s new project What’s in the Bible?. (Tyndale… will you send me a copy, too?)  This DVD series looks like it is going to meet a need to give kids the big picture of what the [...]

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everything you need

 31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God[a] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything [...]

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a new year

Despite officially being out of school for nearly ten years (yikes!) I still think of every new year starting around Labor Day and not a week after Christmas.  Most likely this is because my whole professional life has rotated around this cycle from when I was teaching to now in church ministry.  My Children’s Church program is ramping up, home group [...]

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