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Reading Rewards Print Pack

If you love to read as much as I do and are looking for ways to pass that love on to your children, then this Reading Rewards Print Pack is for you! It is chuck full of fun, colorful resources: reading challenges, clever bookmarks, favorite book lists, reading logs, pretty book plates, and much more! TABLE OF CONTENTS: Reading Challenges – Choose between an alphabetical reading contest or a…

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EP 41: How I Met My Husband

Sadly, we have no photos from the day we met, but this one was taken before we were married the following year. This is birthday week for our family: my daughter’s birthday is the 20th, mine’s the 21st, my husband’s is the 22, and we met on the 23rd. That last point — the story of how I met my husband — is the topic of today’s podcast.  Show Notes VERSES CITED: Isaiah 55:18 – “For my thoughts…

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EP 41 - How I Met My Husband

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EP 40: The Art of Setting Worthwhile Goals

Goals are important because they provide a sense of purpose and direction. Proverbs 16:9 assures us “A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.” So even when you aren’t 100% sure what the LORD would have you do with your time, I recommend prayerfully setting a worthwhile goal and working toward it. As long as you hold your plans lightly, you can trust God to redirect you if…

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EP 40 - Setting Worthwhile Goals

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A Prayer for My Sons

Our boys are under attack like never before, which is why it is so important we pray for our sons faithfully and in accordance to Scripture.

At the request of several readers, today I’m sharing a new free printable prayer guide to help you pray for your sons. Everything masculine is under attack these days. With the exception of the 13th century BC or the first century AD when governing authorities were slaughtering baby boys in infancy, it has never been harder to be a guy. Our sons must navigate a world that is littered with…

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EP 39 - Should a Married Woman Have Close Male Friends?

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Really Very Crunchy (& More March Reads)

I finished six books in March, including the newly released Really Very Crunchy by Emily Morrow. Read on for my impressions of each title: 6 Books I Read in March 1. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis In C.S. Lewis’s classic work, The Screwtape Letters, a senior demon by the name of Screwtape offers diabolical advice to his nephew, Wormwood, on the most effective way to tempt, torment, and…

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EP 38: Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style

Modern lists of learning styles are much lengthier than the one I learned in school. And — after raising 12 children — I can think of a few additional learning styles I’ve never seen on any chart. So in this episode of Loving Life at Home, we’re discussing how to make the most of your child’s learning style and what to do if you can’t figure out which it is. Show Notes VERSES CITED: Galatians…

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EP 38: Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style

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Seeking among the Dead Coloring Page

Today is Easter, also known as Resurrection Sunday,, which is the perfect time to share my new “Seeking among the Dead” coloring page. It features the words of Luke 24:5 — the angel’s question to the mourning women who came to anoint the LORD’s dead body with spices three days after His crucifixion. They were shocked upon arriving to find the heavy stone rolled away from the entrance, His corpse…

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EP 37: Our Favorite Easter Traditions

PHOTO SOURCE: Tara Winstead via Pexels In honor of holy week, I ‘m sharing a few of our family’s favorite Easter traditions today. Although I love baskets and bunnies and colorful candy as much as anyone, we’ve always tried to place the main emphasis of this season on the sacrificial death and bodily resurrection of Jesus – and on what Christ’s finished work means to those who put their faith…

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EP 37: Favorite Easter Traditions

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Complete Collection of Pretty Prayer Printables

Our Complete Collection of Pretty Prayer Printables is full of our most popular scripture-infused prayer guides, prayer diaries, art prints, and coloring pages, as well as a few never-before-published resources, all collected together in one convenient place. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Prayer Diaries & Other Helps – These resources will help you structure your prayers, keep track of requests and…

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Mealtime and Bedtime Prayers for Children

It’s been a while since I’ve published my Monday Mailbag column, and my inbox is overflowing as a result. So I’m tackling the messages awaiting attention, beginning with this reader request for mealtime and bedtime prayers for children: Request: A fun way to teach children to pray? Dear Jennifer, Do you have any short children’s prayers for mealtime and bedtime that could be used to make…

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EP 36: The Wrong Way to Propose Marriage

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Keeping His Commands Coloring Page

I’ve been doing monthly Bible memory challenges for my kids and grandkids this year, starting with the Ten Commandments. During His earthly ministry, Jesus talked a lot about keeping His commands, including the following: John 13:34 – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” Matthew 22:37-39 – “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with…

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