Do you use something during the weeks leading up to Christmas to help focus your attention on Jesus? Candace Crabtree has written a fabulous book to help you examine the role of Jesus as the light of the world. The book takes an unusual form – that of devotion merged with prayer journal – which… Continue reading Advent Resources: “Jesus, The Light of the World”
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Coming this Advent Season: Melk, the Christmas Monkey
This post contains affiliate links. Clicking on them supports our homeschooling efforts. We appreciate you using them! Every year I look for an Advent plan for my kids that will keep the ‘Christ’ in CHRISTmas. Something that will be fun and meaningful for them without stressing me out. Somehow the ‘no stress’ part never really… Continue reading Coming this Advent Season: Melk, the Christmas Monkey
Keeping Christ in Christmas with Candles
Do the shopping lists, gift wrapping, and overall craziness of the Christmas season get to you? It sure does to me – and so I’ve been trying to find simple ways to carve out pockets of peace in the midst of it all. Candles play an important role in that – and they’ve become special… Continue reading Keeping Christ in Christmas with Candles
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
This time of year, we want to share with everybody. My kids want to take cookies to the firefighters and their favorite librarian and the mailman and every clerk at every store they meet. While I like their giving attitude, that’s a lot of baking. And while I love to bake, during December I also… Continue reading Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Field Work Friday – Christmas Is A-Comin’
Christmas is a-comin’ And the goose is gettin’ fat! Please to put a penny in an old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny then a ha’penny would do, If you haven’t got a ha’penny then God bless you! We used to play the ‘Bonanza’ Christmas album that features that song over and over… Continue reading Field Work Friday – Christmas Is A-Comin’
