Grandparenting Through Obstacles: Overcoming Family Challenges to Reach Your Chradchildren For Christ Written by ReneéGray-Wilburn and Dianne E. Butts Pix-N-Pens Publishing 302 pages ISBN 978-1-938092-17-6 SRP: $15.99 Reviewed by Janice D. Green Amazon.com link Rating: Grandparenting through Obstacles by Reneé Gray-Wilburn and Dianne E. Butts is a dynamic resource for grandparents who are concerned about helping their grandchildren find a meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ. Through 20 real-life stories written by grandparents in a wide variety of situations, the authors show how twenty wise grandparents found ways
When your children or grandchildren think of Easter, what is the first thing that comes into their minds? Is it Easter Bunnies and Easter Eggs, or is it the sacrifice our Savior Jesus Christ made for us on the cross and how he rose again from the dead so we might live? There is no shortage of Happy Easter activities and supplies for celebrating the secular version of Easter. With a little searching, however, one can discover many good ideas for
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. –Proverbs 16:9 (NIV 1984) Sometimes it makes no difference what plans you make, they will be changed. Such has been the story of my life since the beginning of 2013. The whole month of January and the first week of February this year my focus was totally on my back. I didn’t know it could hurt so bad. January has been poetry month for me in the previous two
There was once a giant soldier who was over nine feet tall. He towered over the other Philistines in his army. This giant stood alone in the valley between two armies and shouted at the army of his enemies, the Israelites. Every day he shouted to the Israelites to send him one soldier who would fight him, but none of the Israelites were brave enough to take his challenge. The Israelites worshiped God. They knew about the many miracles that
I’m a person with big ideas… I had hoped to finish a set of illustrations and devotions for a 6-12 day mini-Advent series for children and parents to read together and post them here and/or on my Bible Quilts blog. But Christmas isn’t the time of year to try to accomplish such a major project. I completed only two of the quilt blocks so far, the second completed the day after Christmas. Around the first of November I accepted the responsibility