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Book Review: God’s Amazing World
Jacketed hardcover 32 pages, separate end sheets Ideals Children’s Books, 2014 ISBN 978-0-8249-5661-5 SRP $15.99 Ages 3-5 Written by Eileen Spinelli Illustrated by Melanie Florian There’s a lot to love...
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Let There Be Light by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Let There Be Light Author: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Board Book: 280pages Language: English ISBN 13: 978-0-310-73396-6 List price: $7.99 Reviewed By: Janice D. Green Rating: This book is just...
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When God Turned on the Light by Allia Zobel Nolan
When God Turned on the Light: A story about creation Author: Allia Zobel Nolan Illustrator: Linda Clearwater 33 pages Language: English ISBN: 978-0-7369-4967-5 List price: $12.99 Publisher: Harvest...
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Creation: Fact or Fairy Tale?
One of my favorite memories is that of my mother reading to me from a book of fairy tales. Cinderella, Ali Baba, Sleeping Beauty, and other characters came to life through the sound of her voice. As I...
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The Center of the Universe
I’ve recently been thinking about black holes. According to Wikipedia, black holes form when heavy stars collapse at the end of their life cycle. Many astronomers believe black holes exist in the...
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Bible Scavenger Hunt
This is a great game to do with your Youth Group, but could also be a game played with your family. I remember doing this on the Christian Youth Camp I attended as a teenager. You give each group a...
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The Creativity of God and the Curiosity of Children
I always loved animals as a child (especially dogs!). Now as an adult I am fascinated by the incredible intricacies that God fashioned each one with-whether tools to survive in the Arctic ice or the...
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Enjoying the Night Sky
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 19:1 If you have been following this blog for a while, you might remember last November me discussing my love of the...
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Creation Praises God Whatever the Season … We Can Too
I have a love/hate relationship with fall. I love the beauty, cool temps, the fresh feel of the air. I hate the sense of “shutting down” and the thought of what’s coming next—winter. But this year I’m...
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All Things Bright and Beautiful
All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their...
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Never Give Up!
Did you watch the Olympic Games? What impression have they left with you? For me, the theme Never Give Up! has come across in so many different ways. In my last post The Great Race I about running well...
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Celebrating the Small Stuff
At my house, we love to celebrate. We celebrate the usual stuff that most families do, like holidays and birthdays. But we also have been known to celebrate small victories like making it through a...
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Fear and Anxiety
Every year as the summer months draw to a close, children return to school. Many children are excited and happy; others are filled with fear and anxiety. Perhaps they are nervous about attending a new...
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Acting Out Bible Stories
Last week we looked at Baby, Baby! by Diane Stortz. It is a board book full of super fun baby actions – waves, wiggles, bounces, jiggles – to name a few. Don’t the words make want you to act it out...
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Nurturing the Fruit of the Spirit
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control sounds like a parent’s wish list for their children. It’s the Fruit of the Spirit. It’s not plural because...
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Teaching Biblical Truths to Children
I keep walking into spider webs. I just don’t see them. I’m keeping the spiders busy. The other day, one of those webs reminded me of Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider. A spider drops in on a farm....
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Praying for Your Job
With Labor Day weekend upon us, I wanted to take a moment to talk about work. Whether we consider the task of making money to support our family a job, a career, or a calling, one thing remains the...
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A Preschool Devotion Routine
Preschoolers love to pretend, AND they love to be just like their older siblings. Back-to-school time is an opportunity to combine those loves into a preschool devotion activity. When the older sibs...
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Joyful Work
I’ve always found it a bit contradictory that we celebrate Labor Day in the United States by enjoying a day off from the very work we are celebrating. For 20 years I commuted to a job in New York City....
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Keeper of the King’s Son
It’s an honor for me to welcome my daughter, Teri McKinley, as my guest author for today. This article is from an online devotional, published by Discovery House: The birth of a new baby is always...
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