Gentleness of Spirit by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “The servant of the Lord must be gentle” (2 Tim. 2:24). When God conquers us and takes all the flint out of our nature, and we get deep visions into the Spirit of Jesus, we then see as never …
"A good plan that is implemented today is better than a perfect plan that is implemented tomorrow." George Patton
Brave Irene by William Steig is a cozy picture book that deserves a place on your bookshelf. I’ve featured it in the post Children’s Picture Books About Courage, but also wanted to include it among my favorites in Homeschooling with Cozy …
Happy Monday! I hope you had a lovely weekend. Ours was quiet and full. I don’t think the three of us could ever run out of things to do. Run out of energy? Yes. But run out of ideas? No. We enjoyed games of Spot It! and Trivial Pursuit Family …
Expectant Waiting by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “My expectation is from him” (Ps. 62:5). Our too general neglect of looking for answers to what we ask, shows how little we are in earnest in our petitions. A husbandman is not content without …
"Home is a shelter from storms -- all sorts of storms." William J. Bennett
For a long time I wasn’t sure how to describe our parenting approach. Labels carry so much baggage these days that I try to avoid them whenever possible. When I was deciding on a website category name for my general parenting posts, I finally …
The short devotional in the picture is one I believe I’ve had for literally decades. It is a copy of a page from the free little monthly devotional book Our Daily Bread distributed at churches. This copy went with me everywhere in my purse for …
Happy Monday! I hope you had a restful Lord’s Day. We’ve been piling up the snow the past several days. It finally looks like deep winter here which is a welcome change. We’ll be experiencing the arctic blast with many of you this …
Happy last week of January! We’re receiving some lovely snow today. We are still very far behind our yearly average. It will be interesting to see if this is simply an anomaly or if the snow starts to pile up in February and March to make up …
