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20 Hospitality Tips to Teach the Kids Before Company Comes
Company is coming! Is your family stressed or blessed? This post explores how we can nurture a spirit of welcome in our homes—one that sees people not as burdens, but as blessings. Hospitality is more than entertaining. Inviting people into our homes offers rich opportunities to model compassion, connection, and the joy of shared presence. I'm sharing 20 tips to teach the kids before company arrives. But first, they need to know why hospitality matters.
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Book Review: Risk, Resilience and Redemption
The official date recognized as the end of the Second World War is September 2, 1945. However, this date did not put an end to all prejudice and maltreatment. Unfortunately, those worldly foes continue. It's important to provide today's youth with true stories from the past. True stories serve as guides for our children as they grow and formulate their choices in the future. What was it like to live through the Holocaust slave labor and survive? Middle-grade students get a glimpse in the nonfiction, short chapter book: Risk, Resilience, and Redemption.
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PUMPKIN DAY FOR BOO AND BELLE: Book Review and Giveaway
The colors of autumn are in the air. Perhaps you’re like me and searching for a new children’s book that has a fall vibe, but is not Halloween-y. Have no fear, Boo and Belle are here!
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Book Review {& Giveaway}: Prayers for Each Moment
A new book, Prayers for Each Moment: 100 Conversations with God About Real Life and Real Stuff, launched this week. There are moments in life when words fail us. We want to pray to God, but we are unsure of what to say. This book of real, honest, and relatable prayers will help. The Author I’ve reviewed several books written by Tama Fortner. Most have been books for children such as God, I Feel Sad and Easter is Coming! However, she creates inspirational books for children, teens, and adults. Fortner a bestselling writer and ghostwriter of more than sixty titles, including the ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist Simply Christmas, along…
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Managing Your Emojis: Book Review and Giveaway
The tween years (ages 8 -12) can sometimes feel overwhelming. What if there was a book to help guide preteens in managing their emotions and remind them of God’s unconditional love at the same time? Consider MANAGAING YOUR EMOJIS: 100 Devotions for Navigating Your Feelings. I’m including a fun giveaway with this one. See details at the end of the post. The Authors Michelle Nietert has been a licensed professional counselor for over twenty-five years and is the coauthor of the award-winning book Loved and Cherished: 100 Devotions for Girls and Make Up Your Mind. You may remember reading my reviews of two of her picture books, God I Feel Sad and…
