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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Wordless Wednesday, April 29
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
Scripture and a Snapshot, April 26
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
Our Week, Illustrated, April 19-25 {with link up}
Botanist Boy writing on one of his stories
Little Bit working on his math
The refrigerator door came off...
...so of course the boys had to put it back on.
We went to Baton Rouge, so Little Bit and I could see Monkey Kingdom, and my oldest son and Botanist Boy saw Furious 7.
The theater was in Perkins Row, a fancy part of town. This is the chandelier in the area before entering the theater.
This is across from the theater.
One of our newest items to review for the Schoolhouse Review Crew.
One of my current reads, for review for Litfuse Publicity Group.
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Glories of the Eternal World {devotional}
The glory of the eternal world has been opened before me. I want to tell you that Heaven is worth winning. It should be the aim of your life to fit yourself for association with the redeemed, with holy angels, and with Jesus, the world’s Redeemer. If we could have but one view of the celestial city, we would never wish to dwell on earth again. There are beautiful landscapes on earth, and I enjoy all these prospects of loveliness in nature. I associate them with the Creator. But I know that if I love God, and keep His commandments, there is a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory reserved in Heaven for me.
This earth,... purified with fire, then ... will be much more beautiful. The grass will be living green, and will never wither. There will be roses and lilies, and all kinds of flowers there. They will never blight or fade, or lose their beauty and fragrance.
The lion, we should much dread and fear here, will then lie down with the lamb, and everything in the New Earth will be peace and harmony. The trees of the New Earth will be straight and lofty, without deformity.
The saints will have crowns of glory upon their heads, and harps of gold in their hands. They will play upon the golden harp, and sing redeeming love, and make melody unto God. Their former trials and suffering in this world will be forgotten and lost amid the glories of the New Earth.
Let all that is beautiful in our earthly home remind us of the crystal river and green fields, the waving trees and the living fountains, the shining city and the white-robed singers, of our heavenly home—that world of beauty which no artist can picture and no mortal tongue describe. Let your imagination picture the home of the saved, and remember that it will be more glorious than your brightest imagination can portray.
Human language is inadequate to describe the reward of the righteous. It will be known only to those who behold it. ~Maranatha, by E.G. White.
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Random 5 on Friday, April 24
1. Wednesday, Tim (my oldest son) took the boys and me to Baton Rouge, to see a couple movies. He and Botanist Boy saw Furious 7, and Little Bit and I saw Monkey Kingdom. I'm glad he took us; I hate driving in Baton Rouge!
2. Monkey Kingdom is a shorter movie, so we spent some time at Barnes & Noble, and Fresh Market. Believe it or not, I left Barnes & Noble without buying anything! I know; shocker!! But Fresh Market was a different story; I bought some almonds, and nut butters.
3. Parenting young adult children is harder than parenting teenagers! (which are harder than four year olds, which are harder than two year olds... ;) ) It keeps one praying, constantly. Oy!
4. We've been having a rather wet, cool spring this year. I guess that's kind of a relief, since I'm not looking forward to heat and humidity. I still would like a raised garden bed or two, though.
5. I'm considering starting a new weekly link up here on the blog, starting maybe tomorrow, or a week from tomorrow. I hope you'll join in with it, as well as my Wordless Wednesday link up.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Wordless Wednesday, April 22 {with link up}
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
A Sparrow in Terezin, by Kristy Cambron {a book review}
Bound together across time, two women will discover a powerful connection through one survivor’s story of hope in the darkest days of a war-torn world.
Present Day—With the grand opening of her new art gallery and a fairytale wedding just around the corner, Sera James feels she’s stumbled into a charmed life—until a brutal legal battle against fiancé William Hanover threatens to destroy the perfectly planned future she’s planned before it even begins. Now, after an eleventh-hour wedding ceremony and a callous arrest, William faces a decade in prison for a crime he never committed, and Sera must battle the scathing accusations that threaten her family and any hope for a future.
1942—Kája Makovsky narrowly escaped occupied Prague in 1939, and was forced to leave her half-Jewish family behind. Now a reporter for the Daily Telegraph in England, Kája discovers the terror has followed her across the Channel in the shadowy form of the London Blitz. When she learns Jews are being exterminated by the thousands on the continent, Kája has no choice but to return to her mother city, risking her life to smuggle her family to freedom and peace.
Connecting across a century through one little girl, a Holocaust survivor with a foot in each world, these two women will discover a kinship that springs even in the darkest of times. In this tale of hope and survival, Sera and Kája must cling to the faith that sustains and fight to protect all they hold dear—even if it means placing their own futures on the line.
What I thought of the book
Kristy Cambron has focused yet again on an aspect of World War II that I didn't know anything about before reading A Sparrow in Terezin: what happened with the children in the concentration camps. This is not an easy read, but it is spellbinding. It can be heart-rending, yet is full of hope and faith in God. It will give you new courage, and strength in God for the trials you may face.
The setting alternates between World War II and modern day, yet the two tie in well together. I found I preferred the World War II setting, since I do enjoy history.
Kristy Cambron fancies life as a vintage-inspired storyteller. Her second novel, A Sparrow in Terezin, was named Library Journal Reviews’ “Pick of the Month (Christian Fiction)” for February 2015. Cambron is an art/design manager at TheGROVEstory.com storytelling ministry. She holds a degree in art history from Indiana University and has nearly 15 years of experience in instructional design and communications for a Fortune-100 company. She lives in Indiana with her husband and three football-loving sons, where she can probably be bribed with a coconut mocha latte and a good Christian fiction read.
Learn more and purchase a copy at Kristy's website.
You can read my review of Kristy Cambron's first book in the series, The Butterfly and the Violin.
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Disclosure:
I received a free review copy of this book from Litfuse Publicity in order to give you my honest
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
ARTistic Pursuits {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
You may remember that my daughter reviewed the Senior High Book 1, The Elements of Art and Composition, and that Botanist Boy reviewed Middle School 6-8 Book 1, The Elements of Art and Composition, previously. This time I was looking forward to Little Bit having a turn.
We went with color and composition this time, since we already have two levels of the elements and composition, which Little Bit can use later.
ARTistic Pursuits believes every child can understand art concepts. Each book presents both expressive and technical aspects of art, and is written in a conversational tone to the child. All grade levels are covered, grades PreK through high school.
The Elementary 4-5, Book Two Color and Composition contains sixteen units; each unit is divided in to 4 lessons: Vocabulary and Creative Exercise; Art Appreciation and Art History; Techniques; and Application. Each lesson is short, only one or two pages. And each lesson provides an exercise to do. The color wheel is introduced, and expanded upon. So the student is learning to mix colors, using the medium of watercolor pencils and water.
Some of the artists your student will learn about are: Albert Bierstadt, William Penhallow Henderson, Maurice Prendergast, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, to name just a few.
I like how clear and concise the lessons are written. I think they explain things well. But Little Bit struggles with receptive-expressive language disorder, and it seems like the lessons just went "right over his head."
For example, one lesson he was to draw a landscape. Well, this is what he put on paper instead.
I appreciate how each unit incorporates art appreciation, art history, art vocabulary, and technique. While I think this level, or the concepts, may just be a bit over my son's comprehension level, I think the typical fourth or fifth grader will do just fine with this.
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Be sure to check out the other reviews by my Crew mates, to learn about all of the levels; then you will be able to determine which level will best suit your child.
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Scripture and a Snapshot, April 19
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Saturday, April 18, 2015
No More Death--Ever!
As we enter the kingdom of God, there to spend eternity, the trials and the difficulties and the perplexities that we have had here will sink into insignificance.
In the home of the redeemed there will be no tears, no funeral trains, no badges of mourning, “The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.” Isaiah 33:24. One rich tide of happiness will flow and deepen as eternity rolls on....
Let us consider most earnestly the blessed hereafter. Let our faith pierce through every cloud of darkness and behold Him who died for the sins of the world. He has opened the gates of paradise to all who receive and believe on Him. To them He gives power to become the sons and daughters of God. Let the afflictions which pain us so grievously become instructive lessons, teaching us to press forward toward the mark of the prize of our high calling in Christ. Let us be encouraged by the thought that the Lord is soon to come. Let this hope gladden our hearts....
We are homeward bound. He who loved us so much as to die for us hath builded for us a city. The New Jerusalem is our place of rest. There will be no sadness in the city of God. No wail of sorrow, no dirge of crushed hopes and buried affections, will evermore be heard. Soon the garments of heaviness will be changed for the wedding garment. Soon we shall witness the coronation of our King. Those whose lives have been hidden with Christ, those who on this earth have fought the good fight of faith, will shine forth with the Redeemer’s glory in the kingdom of God.
It will not be long till we shall see Him in whom our hopes of eternal life are centered. And in His presence, all the trials and sufferings of this life will be as nothingness.... Look up, look up, and let your faith continually increase. Let this faith guide you along the narrow path that leads through the gates of the city of God into the great beyond, the wide, unbounded future of glory that is for the redeemed. ~Maranatha, by E.G. White.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Wordless Wednesday, April 15 {with link up}
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