03/12/2014
Review & Giveaway: What's in the Bible? Vol. 10
About Volume 10: Jesus Is the Good News!: Run time: Approx 66 min
Let VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer and a bunch of hilarious new friends explain the entire Bible to your kids in this groundbreaking fast-paced and fun-filled DVD series. Includes TWO 25 minute episodes: God’s Perfect Timing - Buck Denver and crew learn about the 400 years between the Old and New Testaments and how Jesus arrives at just the perfect time & The Messiah Has Come! - Learn about the life and ministry of Jesus-how He died for us and rose again to launch the kingdom of God in the world and in us!
Official Website: here
My children loved this movie. It's format was like The Muppet Show or Sesame Street and since they were just introduced to The Muppet Show this year, they thought it was great!!! Some history thrown in as well as Scripture, definitely a great way to entertain your children while allowing them to be taught about the history of Christianity. We all giggled at the out takes as Phil repeats some tongue twisters...lol
After watching this episode, I would probably buy the rest...they were that good.
Now you can enter to win this DVD!! See the directions below.
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Giveaway Time
We will be giving away a copy of this DVD!
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Review & Giveaway: THE SONG: Awaken Love Couple's Devotional
The Song Couple’s Devotional is a 6-week book for couples that can help awaken love in their marriage. With daily relationship insights and prayer points drawn from the Song of Solomon, this devotional will help couples grow in their relationship with God and one another.
Inspired by the Song of Solomon, The Song is both a full-length movie and resource for churches to explore God’s plan for relationships, love and marriage.
About the author:
Kyle Idleman is the Teaching Pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, the fourth-largest church in America. Author of the award-winning and bestselling book, not a fan., and presenter of eight of City on a Hill’s curriculum series, he regularly speaks at conferences and events around the world. Kyle and his wife DesiRae have four children.
Website: Awaken Love
I have just read a few days worth with my husband so far and we like what we've read so far! Reading a few verses of Song of Solomon and then applying it to our lives. For example, the first day we read Song of Solomon 1:1-3 and at the end we needed to think about a time that our spouses very name made an impact in us...if you couldn't think of any one moment, then we were to write an acronym using their name. I like practical things like this that get me thinking. We will enjoy this book for the next 6 weeks!
I thoroughly encourage you to enter the giveaway so you can read it too! Anything that brings couples together and keeps the electronics turned off is a plus in my book! It's too easy to just turn on the boobtube and waste the evening in the same room but not building relationship.
Now you can enter to win this book!! See the directions below.
"Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.
Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.”
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We will be giving away a copy of this book!
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I will draw the blessed winner on Dec 10.
02/12/2014
Winner of Growing Up Social!!!
Congratulations Laural, you are the winner of this book! I will contact you for your info so we can mail it out to you!
29/11/2014
Review and Giveaway: Small Talk
About the book:
Every day, one of Amy Julie Becker’s children says something that prompts her to think about life in a new way. “Mom, does Santa love me?” William asks, after his mother explains the meaning of Christmas…In a chat with her dad about the children who died in the Sandy Hook shootings, Penny asks, “Did they go to heaven?” …”You was a jerk, Mommy?” asks Marilee one morning in the car.
These conversations deepen Amy Julia’s relationships with her children, but they also refine her understanding of what she believes and what God is doing in her own life.
In Small Talk, Amy Julia draws from the wisdom and curiosity of those young voices to reflect on beauty and kindness, tragedy and disability, prayer and miracles. As she moves through the basic questions her kids posed when they were very young to the more intellectual questions of later childhood, she invites us to learn from our own day-to-day conversations with the children in our lives.
This eloquent parenting memoir is about the big questions little hearts ask, the thoughts their words provoke, and the laughter and soul-searching their honesty brings—to adult and child alike.
About the author:
Official Website: http://www.zondervan.com/small-talk
What a pleasure to read this book! Every chapter, Amy shares the revelations the Father has given her in her daily life as a mom. Revelations that we too can receive if we slow down and let the Father speak through our children. This book was an easy read, not heavy and theological, but anecdotal and practical. Through reading it, I was reminded over and over how we need to come to the Father as children, trusting and naive. Not trying to complicate everything (as we adults often do), but taking His Word for what it says and actually believing it!!! This book was so encouraging! Feeling overwhelmed about motherhood? Read a chapter of this book and you will be grateful once again for the Blessings the Father has bestowed upon you! This book would make a great baby shower gift as well as a gift to a well seasoned mama! We can all use encouragement!
Now you can enter to win this book!! See the directions below.
"Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.
Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.”
Giveaway Time
We will be giving away a copy of this book!
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I will draw the blessed winner on Dec 10th.
20/11/2014
Review and Giveaway: Growing Up Social
About the book:
-Softcover
-209 pages
-Parent Resources
-Discussion Guides for every chapter (perfect for a bible study!)
Is technology bringing your family closer together or driving you farther apart?
Children today are no longer playing hide-and-seek outside or curling up with a good book—instead they’ve been introduced to a world of constant digital entertainment through television, video games, and mobile devices. And while technology has the potential to add value to our lives and families, it can also erode a sense of togetherness and hinder a child’s emotional and social development.
In Growing Up Social, Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane will empower you with the necessary tools to make positive changes…starting today. Through stories, wit, and wisdom, you’ll discover how to take back your home from an over dependence on screens. Plus, you’ll learn to teach the five A+ skills that every healthy child needs to master: affection, appreciation, anger management, apology, and attention.
•Equip your child to be relationally rich in a digital world
•Replace mindless screen time with meaningful family time
•Establish simple boundaries that make a huge difference
•Discover what’s working for families that have become screen savvy
•Learn healthy ways to occupy your child while you get things done
Now is the time to equip your child to live with screen time, not for screen time. No phone, tablet, or gaming device can teach your child how to have healthy relationships—only you can.
Official Website: http://www.5lovelanguages.com/growingupsocial
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ANoYvKA1k
I have had the wonderful privilege of reading this book and sharing it with all of you! WOW...I am not a fan of parenting books, but this one is SO incredible! Doesn't matter if you just have toddlers or toddlers AND teens, this book is for you!
What's so great about THIS book you ask? Well, I know a lot of people grew up with a great family life like I did, however there were a lot of skills that I never really learned and am now still struggling with as an adult! This book helped me to recognize and learn the skills needed to overcome!
They talk about the 6 A plus skills, skills that are needed to succeed relationally! They are: Affection, Appreciation, Anger Management, Apology, and Attention.
Not only do they explain what the healthy skill looks like, but they also offer tips on how to teach these skills to your children (and how to incorporate these skills into your own life!!)
Because we live in a world that is hugely based on "screen time", we need to set limits. This book explains why limits are needed and what screen time does to you. How it affects your social skills, your attitude, your brain...everything!
I loved this book. I highly recommend that even if you don't win this book in the giveaway posted below, please find it in your local bookstore!
"Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.
Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.”
Giveaway Time
We will be giving away a copy of this book!
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2. Post about the giveaway on your Facebook or Twitter, please do this one, I would really appreciate it. I will give you 5 entries if you do this one, just post the link in a separate comment.
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I will draw the blessed winner on Nov 30th.
31/10/2014
Review and Giveaway: Their Name is Today
About the book:
Softcover / 192 pages
“If you want to glean insights into how to raise and influence children to be more compassionate and considerate, more courageous and confident, more independent, secure, and unselfish; if you want your children to be more loving and joy-filled, then get reading!” —excerpt from Mark K. Shriver’s Foreword (President of Save the Children Action Network)
Despite a perfect storm of hostile forces that threaten to deny children a healthy, happy childhood, courageous parents and teachers can turn the tide. Yes, we can reclaim childhood, says Johann Christoph Arnold, whose books have helped more than a million readers through the challenges of education and family life. In Their Name Is Today, he highlights drastic changes in the way our society treats children. But he also brings together the voices of dedicated parents and educators who are finding creative ways to give children the time and space they need to grow. Cutting through the noise of conflicting opinions, Arnold takes us to the heart of education and parenting by defending every child’s right to the joy and wonder of childhood.
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About the author: Johann Christoph Arnold
A noted speaker and writer on marriage, parenting, and end-of-life issues, Arnold is a senior pastor of the Bruderhof, a movement of Christian communities. With his wife, Verena, he has counseled thousands of individuals and families over the last forty years, as well as serving as an advisor at several innovative private schools. Arnold’s message has been shaped by encounters with great peacemakers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Dorothy Day, Cėsar Chavez, and John Paul II. Born in Great Britain in 1940 to German refugees, Arnold spent his boyhood years in South America, where his parents found asylum during the war; he immigrated to the US in 1955. He and his wife have eight children, forty-four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. They live in upstate New York.
Acclaim for the author:
“A much-needed message not only for South Africa, but for the whole world.” -Nelson Mandela, on Why Forgive (one of Arnold’s books)
“In this book we find a message needed today in every part of the world.” -Mother Teresa, from her forword to Sex, God, & Marriage (one of Arnold’s books)
“Written in a way that is easy to grasp…indeed, very beautifully.” - Pope Benedict XVI, on A Little Child Shall Lead Them (one of Arnold’s books)
Official Website: http://www.plough.com/en/ebooks/t/their-name-is-today
I so appreciated the author's advice throughout the book. Put away the screens, spend TIME with your children, get rid of the screens, get out in nature with your children, put the screens away, read a book with your children...I'm sure you catch my drift. Children don't need screens...they really don't. And to top it all off, we could do without them as well. Can you imagine how much less worry and stress we would have, if we weren't tapped into world news 24/7 and instead spent time with our children and saw things brand new from their eyes?! I was challenged by this book to put the smartphone away and play with my children. Not just homeschool them, but just be more available for casual chats instead of hushing them, because I'm talking to someone through text on my phone...or through facebook. I like my friends, but my family DOES need to come first. I would love to see all families read this book, even if you think you have a good handle on limiting screentime in your home (like I did), I know this book will challenge you to go to deeper relationship levels with your children and with Yahweh.
Yup, I would love for you to win this book! So leave a comment below and that is your entry to win! I will only be checking comments and entering you that way for the draw, so come back daily to enter!
"Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.
Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.”
Giveaway Time
We will be giving away a copy of this book! The draw will be held on Nov 11th, 2014
1. Leave a comment. This can be done daily.
2. Post about the giveaway on your Facebook or Twitter, please do this one, I would really appreciate it. I will give you 5 entries if you do this one, just post the link in a separate comment.
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05/10/2014
Review and Giveaway: Overrated
So I agreed to do a review on this book, when I still lived in a house on an acreage. I thought, YES! This book sounds exactly like what I need to read right now. Here's the write up on it.
About the book:
We all want to change the world, but as pastor Eugene Cho found out, it takes more than just desire. It takes action. In this personal confession he encourages readers to discover a practical discipleship that begins with the recognition that changing the world starts with changing ourselves.
Many people today talk about justice, but are they living justly? They want to change the world, but are they being changed themselves? Eugene Cho shares his story, a messy, painful story of being more in love with the ideas behind the actions than counting the cost and being a world-changer in action. Because everyone loves justice and compassion, but few have taken it upon themselves to truly live it out in their own lives. Cho is still on that journey to discover what it means, and invites readers to join him.
About the author:
Eugene is the founder and visionary of One Day’s Wages, a grassroots movement of people, stories, and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty. He is the founder and senior pastor of Quest Church, an urban, multicultural, and multigenerational church in Seattle, Washington. Eugene and his wife, Minhee, have three children.
I have to say, I'm really enjoying this book. It is challenging, even though we are currently living quite simply already. September 1st we moved out of our rental home on a beautiful acreage and found ourselves homeless due to the crazy housing market. So like Eugene Cho and his family, who opted to go couch surfing for 3 months, we have been camping and staying at my inlaws house for the past 5 weeks. It isn't easy.
One of my favorite chapters thus far has been, "Shut up, Listen, and Pray". In this chapter, Eugene shares the following statistics:
"-Parents spend an average of about 3.5 minutes a week in meaningful conversation with their children.
-An average child spends 1'680 minutes (that's 28 hours per week) watching television.
-The percentage of households that have at least one television is 99 percent, and in fact, the average TV household owns 2 1/4 TV sets.
-The percentage of US homes that own three or more TV sets is 66 percent. Wow, that's a lot of TVs.
-The percentage of Americans who regularly watch television while eating dinner is 66 percent. " pg88-89
These statistics made me glad I homeschool as well as not own a tv. Yes we still watch netflix on occasion. But where we are camping there is no internet or a cell signal for that matter. We are truly living simply. Connecting with our children and disconnecting from the material things. Downsizing from a 4 bedroom house to a 12'X14' tent and now in a 30ft motorhome, I'm realizing how much excess we still have. Like really, I don't need more than 2 or 3 skirts or shirts. It is purely for vanity's sake that I have more. This book also continues to challenge us in our attitudes. Are we going to simply whine like the Israelites did or are we going to face things head on and seek Yahweh for provisions and shelter?! This is the perfect book for me to read during this time in my life. It has helped me to realize that it is easy to talk about living simply and giving to those in need...it's quite another to actually live simply (with a good attitude) and give to the needy. Now I never grumble about giving to those in need...but it's hard to find them when you are out camping in the wilderness.
I highly recommend this book to all who love the Lord and desire to walk the way Jesus walked. It WILL challenge you, though. You won't set the book down unchanged.
"Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.
Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.”
Giveaway Time
We will be giving away a copy of this book!
1. Leave a comment. This can be done daily.
2. Post about the giveaway on your Facebook or Twitter, please do this one, I would really appreciate it. I will give you 5 entries if you do this one, just post the link in a separate comment.
3. Sign up for my RSS feed to hear about other giveaways and other stuff when I find time to post, leave me a comment letting me know that you did, or if you already are signed up.
About the book:
We all want to change the world, but as pastor Eugene Cho found out, it takes more than just desire. It takes action. In this personal confession he encourages readers to discover a practical discipleship that begins with the recognition that changing the world starts with changing ourselves.
Many people today talk about justice, but are they living justly? They want to change the world, but are they being changed themselves? Eugene Cho shares his story, a messy, painful story of being more in love with the ideas behind the actions than counting the cost and being a world-changer in action. Because everyone loves justice and compassion, but few have taken it upon themselves to truly live it out in their own lives. Cho is still on that journey to discover what it means, and invites readers to join him.
About the author:
Eugene is the founder and visionary of One Day’s Wages, a grassroots movement of people, stories, and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty. He is the founder and senior pastor of Quest Church, an urban, multicultural, and multigenerational church in Seattle, Washington. Eugene and his wife, Minhee, have three children.
I have to say, I'm really enjoying this book. It is challenging, even though we are currently living quite simply already. September 1st we moved out of our rental home on a beautiful acreage and found ourselves homeless due to the crazy housing market. So like Eugene Cho and his family, who opted to go couch surfing for 3 months, we have been camping and staying at my inlaws house for the past 5 weeks. It isn't easy.
One of my favorite chapters thus far has been, "Shut up, Listen, and Pray". In this chapter, Eugene shares the following statistics:
"-Parents spend an average of about 3.5 minutes a week in meaningful conversation with their children.
-An average child spends 1'680 minutes (that's 28 hours per week) watching television.
-The percentage of households that have at least one television is 99 percent, and in fact, the average TV household owns 2 1/4 TV sets.
-The percentage of US homes that own three or more TV sets is 66 percent. Wow, that's a lot of TVs.
-The percentage of Americans who regularly watch television while eating dinner is 66 percent. " pg88-89
These statistics made me glad I homeschool as well as not own a tv. Yes we still watch netflix on occasion. But where we are camping there is no internet or a cell signal for that matter. We are truly living simply. Connecting with our children and disconnecting from the material things. Downsizing from a 4 bedroom house to a 12'X14' tent and now in a 30ft motorhome, I'm realizing how much excess we still have. Like really, I don't need more than 2 or 3 skirts or shirts. It is purely for vanity's sake that I have more. This book also continues to challenge us in our attitudes. Are we going to simply whine like the Israelites did or are we going to face things head on and seek Yahweh for provisions and shelter?! This is the perfect book for me to read during this time in my life. It has helped me to realize that it is easy to talk about living simply and giving to those in need...it's quite another to actually live simply (with a good attitude) and give to the needy. Now I never grumble about giving to those in need...but it's hard to find them when you are out camping in the wilderness.
I highly recommend this book to all who love the Lord and desire to walk the way Jesus walked. It WILL challenge you, though. You won't set the book down unchanged.
"Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.
Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.”
Giveaway Time
We will be giving away a copy of this book!
1. Leave a comment. This can be done daily.
2. Post about the giveaway on your Facebook or Twitter, please do this one, I would really appreciate it. I will give you 5 entries if you do this one, just post the link in a separate comment.
3. Sign up for my RSS feed to hear about other giveaways and other stuff when I find time to post, leave me a comment letting me know that you did, or if you already are signed up.
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