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Wordless Wednesday: Marshmallow Sculptures

 

Review: Pure Love by George van Popta

One of the world’s greatest love poems, Solomon’s Song of Songs, celebrates the love between a man and a woman in moving, intimate terms.  It pictures longing, love, and absolute fascination with each other. In Pure Love:  Solomon’s Song of Songs, George van Popta has captured both the story and its emotions in sonnet form.  […]

Easter Thoughts for Every Day

I am reading through Easter week in the Bible and with Ann Voskamp, relearning with my heart and mind why Christ came:  to save us from our sins and from all the misery that sin has brought into the world. And I want to give thanks for this, and to teach my children to do […]

Five Thoughts for Valentine’s Day

Your spouse is your friend.  Contrary to modern opinion which often pits husband against wife, that’s the way it can and should be.  My Beloved and My Friend by Hal and Melanie Young (link to my review), discusses and explains this concept.  You can read an excerpt of the book here or get a flavor […]

Winter!

This year we’ve had some real winter weather, and it’s not even Christmas yet! So many wintery things have been happening: We had a snowstorm that prevented local school busses from running…and, yes, our kids still had to do schoolwork. Wind chills have reached -39. On the coldest morning, our metal front door had shrunk so […]