The New York Times’ Adventures in Parenting, Motherlode Blog, features Cleaning House author, Kay Wills Wyma, as she discusses her recent experience at a swim meet where everyone is a winner.
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Sometimes a secret must be kept for the truth to be revealed.
When a suspicious accident occurs at the famous Dinsmore Chocolate Factory in Sinclair, Kansas, Caroline Lang goes undercover as a factory worker to investigate the circumstances surrounding the event and how the factory treats its youngest employeesthe child workers. Carolines fervent faith, her difficult childhood, and compassionate heart drove her to her job as an investigator for the Labor Commission and she is compelled to see children freed from such heavy adult responsibilities, to allow them to pursue an education.
Focus on the Family is re-broadcasting their top radio segments in a Best of 2013 series. Were proud to announce that FIVE of our authors have made it into the Best of series, including Sheri Rose Shepherd!
On December 12-13th, Sheris original broadcasts will be aired one more time on the Focus on the Family radio. (If youd like to tune in live, check your local station for times).
You can listen to the original broadcasts here:
Every past experience is preparation for some future opportunity. God doesn’t just redeem our souls. He also redeems our experiences. And not just the good ones. He redeems the bad ones tooespecially the bad ones. How? By cultivating character, developing gifts, and teaching lessons that cannot be learned any other way. The most important lessons in life are rarely learned in a school classroom via secondhand knowledge. Relying on secondhand knowledge results in a vicarious life. You become an extra in your own story instead of taking the lead role. The expectations of others become your script. And you live off their experiences instead of creating your own. The most important lessons are learned in the classroom of life via firsthand experience. The tests are tough, but no curriculum is more effective. And the way you pass the test is [ … ]
Robin Jones Gunn, author of the popular Christy Miller series that started 25 years ago, announced in her featured article in More To Life Magazine that she will be continuing the popular saga of Christy and Todd into their married life. Gunn writes, “Im over-the-moon happy to say that Ive started writing a new tale about Christy and Todd in their married years.”
To read the entire article, go to mltmagazine.com.
Christians don’t like mess much, not in our world and especially not in ourselves or our churches. Somewhere along the line, we have embraced a picture of a Jesus who would turn us into perfect people unpolluted by the world or our own sin. But He didn’t. In Him we are new creations; in ourselves we are dump dwellers. Longing for our full redemption, we strive to please Him and groan in our fallenness and bask in His beauty. For whatever reason, Jesus didn’t choose to instantly sanitize the whole lot of us. We often think He did, though, so we spend a lot of time running around with mops and buckets, getting ready for a bunk inspection. In our kingdoms, we begin to believe that we can fix all our messes. In Jesus’ kingdom, He alone can start with [ … ]
The Christian Post named Unstoppable by Nick Vujicic one of “5 Christian Books Released in 2013 That You MUST Read!” Go here to view the full list.
… I’ve got some really great news for you. It’s all wrapped up in the one sentence that best describes my own life: Because God is good, your life will not turn out like you planned.
That’s because God has a better plan. A much better plan. So what is this plan, and how can you make it your own?
God’s plan is made up of strikingly relevant, time-tested lessons written down and preserved for us in the Bible. It pulsates with stories about men who released and sustained the passion of their faith. They became the men God created them to be.
And you can too.
Excerpted from How God Makes Men by Patrick Morley
Daily Reflection: When was the last time you turned to the Bible for mentors?
Focus on the Family is re-broadcasting their top radio segments in a Best of 2013 series. Were proud to announce that FIVE of our authors have made it into the top radio programs in the year of 2013. And Kay Wyma is one of them!
On November 26-27th, Kays original broadcasts will be aired one more time on the Focus on the Family radio. (If youd like to tune in live, check your local station for times).
You can listen to the original broadcasts here:
