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2012 might not be the end of the world, but plenty of people die every year...what are you doing to share the gospel? Everytime we leave our homes we should give our agendas to the Lord, and be ready to speak boldly, to hand out tracts, to live our lives in ways that mirror Jesus to others! Be bold for Him in 2012!-
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Category Archives: Family Ties
Snapshots of the good life!
“Farmgirl livin’ makes for a more cheerful person, no matter where you are. It’s hard to describe in words what that means–you just know; you just live it.” ~Michaela Rosenthal, in the Apr-May issue of MaryJane’s Farm magazine Check out … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Cooking and Food, Family Ties, Life and Odds and Ends
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May Day is Tomorrow!
I’m over at Writer…Interrupted today! Come on over and read my post, “The Crafting of a Life.” It’s a sneak peek into the obsessive-compulsive life of a writer and how important it is to actively engage in real life every … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Family Ties, Parenting and Writing
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Fishing on a Saturday Night
Ever since that first unseasonably warm week in February–when in shock and awe we shut the corn stove off and bought a watermelon to celebrate–my three girls have been begging to go fishing. Saturday happened to be a nice weather … Continue reading
Posted in Family Ties and Life
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Winter Hike
Got a fair-weather day up and coming? Grab it and go on a hike! We’d been waiting for just such a day to whisk my hubby off and show him some cool stuff we’d discovered with Farmer John and his … Continue reading
Posted in Family Ties and Life
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Start the New Year off right with daily Bible reading
Happy New Year! January first is, to many people, a fresh slate. Why not take advantage of a brand new year to spur your children, your mate and even…yourself…into making daily time in God’s word a priority? Here’s a novel … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recommendations, Christianity, Family Ties and Life
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Christmas Ponderings
Merry Christmas all! I hope you have a blessed day surrounded by the ones you love and filled with His love. I pray that you swell with joy and contentment at what He’s given you, which will outlast anything that … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity and Family Ties
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Sister Love
There’s nothing like the classic Bing Crosby movie, White Christmas for nudging the ‘sisterly lovins’ at our house (“Sisters, sisters…there were never ever better sisters”). Unless you’re watching, City of the Bees, that is. We were, watching City of the … Continue reading
Posted in Family Ties, Home Schooling and Life
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Thankful thoughts…
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. The longer I … Continue reading
Posted in Family Ties and Life
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A family project: Pumpkin baking plus recipes!
I just pulled a batch of bran muffins out of the oven to go with breakfast, but here I am, sipping on hot ginger tea and nibbling on fresh pumpkin bread…mmm! Yesterday we baked a huge pumpkin–one from a friend’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food and Family Ties
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Making Super-tonic in the Great Outdoors
That’s right, super-tonic. I’ll get around to explaining it in a second. I knew the minute my hand left the back porch door knob this morning that *this* day was going to be a hum-dinger! I couldn’t make myself go … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food, Family Ties, Health and Homemaking
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