Annual Thankful Submissions Needed

Annual Thankful Submissions Needed

My guess is the tradition is almost ten years old. It receives a lot of traffic and the private feedback I get is always uplifting. The posts inspire. Impact. It’s my annual thankful series. Each November I open this blog to guests who share why they are thankful. They can be as little as a…

Linda Cobourn: Dancing in the Hall

Linda Cobourn: Dancing in the Hall

Dancing in the Hall by Linda Cobourn It was one of those rare moments, a spontaneous celebration erupting out of nowhere. The adult students in my Communications II class were learning the rhetorical strategies of pathos, ethos, and logos by presenting short skits. The last skit provoked a lot of noise, with one student bursting…

OAC: Download Your Free How-To Guide for Bring Your Bible to School Day

OAC: Download Your Free How-To Guide for Bring Your Bible to School Day

Title: Download Your Free How-To Guide for Bring Your Bible to School Day Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are recovering from Hurricane Matthew. For students in hurricane-affected states who are facing school closures but still want to participate in Bring Your Bible to School Day, the alternate date is Thursday, October 20. This brings…

AOC: Take the Bible Challenge with Odyssey Adventure Club

AOC: Take the Bible Challenge with Odyssey Adventure Club

Title: Take the Bible Challenge with Odyssey Adventure Club How much do you know about the Bible and its influence on our culture, history–and the whole world? Focus on the Family and Bring Your Bible have teamed up to create a quiz to test how much you and your kids know about the Bible. Take the…

Robin Steinweg: 15 Ideas for Family Togetherness

Robin Steinweg: 15 Ideas for Family Togetherness

15 Ideas for Family Togetherness by Robin Steinweg Time with our families. How hard can that be? We probably don’t intend to dash in and out of their lives saying, “Gotta go! See you later!” We want to create memories with siblings, parents and grandparents. But life gets in the way. September is Intergenerational Month.…

ACFW New Releases: October

ACFW New Releases: October

October 2016 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Biblical Fiction: Providence: Hannah’s Journey by Barbara M. Britton — When the prophet of Israel refuses to heal her, Hannah flees Jerusalem and is captured by an enemy with a curse all his own. (Biblical from…