Married to the Cloth

This week is a rough one. We can't renew the lease on the house we have rented since the fire in Paradise. We cant find a rental for 6 in a decent price range cuz let's face it...prices have gone nuts since the fire and insurance is running out, but prices are not going to drop back to normal. In addition, our rebuild is stalled. I cant even get the woman at the office to give me a final price estimate or remember to put our names on inspection lists... So in the midst of packing and moving and having to take our kids on a wild adventure of homelessness.... this lovely Bible arrived from Bible Gateway. The title kinda makes you smirk, Jesus Bible, because isnt Jesus the point of every Bible?  JESUS BIBLE LINKAGE:  https://www.thejesusbible.com/ The cool thing about this one is Passion who has brought us a few decades of great worship cds and conferences have backed this project. Their vision speaks depths to where we are as a family and community right now: "An...

When I unboxed this bible for review, my heart leapt a little.  It is so much like the one.my husband had before our home burned down last year. It was just a little extra blessing the familiar leather and weight. This is a completely updated version from the one he owned and preached out of. It has all the features we have come to expect from  Life Application bibles. This has a beautiful lay flat binding with double ribbon markers. Words of Messiah are in red for easy identification. There are bios on individuals that include their strengths and weaknesses,  accomplishments,  and lessons we can learn from them. The harmony of the gospels is also laid out beautifully in a chart for reference. Features: (Enhanced, updated, and with new content added throughout) Now more than 10,000  Life Application®  notes and features Over 100  Life Application®  profiles of key Bible people Introductions and overv...

The Quest Study Bible, Q & A format  Zondervan 2019 Have you ever wished that you had a way to communicate to a new believer clearly, concisely, and effectively some of the basic truths that a lifetime of study has revealed? The original Quest Study Bible has recently been restructured and reborn as a more effective Bible study tool. This is a great resource. If you have found daily reading of scripture to be daunting and have felt like attending a bible study is out of your comfort zone because you just do not know what they are discussing or how the story of Nineveh could even remotely be applied to your life...then this Bible was compiled for you. "Why did the kings go to war in the spring?" "How much was a shekel worth?" "Why would the son of a godly king murder his brothers?" "Are some rulers beyond accountability?" "What gives contentment?" Personally why I like this Bible: Culturally, asking ques...

So to keep my children safe on the internet, I have always written that we lived in NorCal. No one knew where Paradise, Ca was anyways. Trying to explain our distance from LA or SF or "do you know where Sacramento is??" were just headaches. However, since the fire swept through our hometown in November 2018, Paradise is on the map. And more so than Aaron Rodgers or Amber Sauer. People now react when they ask where you are from and they hear Paradise, Ca. Yes, we lost our home. 5 friends died that day. My husband's churches are still standing...both of them. We want to rebuild, but they are making it so impossible. Most of our children have now left California and we are here in temporary quarters, waiting on direction. It is beautiful, it is devastating to drive 10 mins from the house and go through the chaos and constant changes to every street. All our trees are being removed. It is not the same. But we have hope. And we know who holds the ridge in His hands...

A Month of Sundays Striding Toward Spiritual Refreshment One Sunday at a Time By Paula Hartman,  Published by WestBow Press "A Month of Sundays provides food for the body as well as the soul. It offers thirty-one weeks of delicious Sabbath meals along with reflections on the need for true Sabbath rest. This book will leave you feeling spiritually refreshed, reconnected with your Creator, and at peace with yourself." Review left unfinished as book was lost in the fire.

"Devotions for Sacred Parenting, Gary Thomas, author of Sacred Parenting, delves deeper into the conversation and contemplates the soul-transforming journey of being a parent. Devotions for Sacred Parenting explores how parenting transforms you, the parent. It explores the spiritual dynamics of parenting and why caring for your children is such an effective discipline in shaping your soul and forming the character of Christ within you. With all new material, 52 devotions explore the spiritual dynamics of parenting. These life-related devotions are creative, fresh, and encouraging, inspiring mothers and fathers to look at parenting from a different perspective—as a holy and high calling from God, and as an opportunity to grow spiritually as you strive to raise godly children. Devotions for Sacred Parenting helps you understand how God is parenting you as you parent your children." Review left unfinished as book was lost in the fire.

As my first chicks are entering college, getting married, finishing college, two enjoying a gap year (one planning on military service) I find my self once again home schooling. Our smallest had her K-6 yrs in a private school. So all of this is new for her and I am finding out what her learning styles are. We are seeing what resources we have and discovering new ones. Lamp + Light is one of the new treasures that at the same time uses all my amazing vintage resources. http://lamplighthomeschool.com/ Charlotte Mason, Notebooking, living books and the new term "minimalist home schooling" meets ravelers notebooks, YouTube, audio books and the new animated SuperBook series. Good and Beautiful is a recommended companion resource for Lamp + Light history. You can try some things out on the sight and levels 1-5 are available for free. English now brings us Following Narnia Volume 1 : The Lion's Song Student Book (New Edition). "Institute for Excellenc...