• Looking In The Right Place For Healing

    Chances are good, if you’re reading this post, that you live in the Western world.  Chances are therefore also fairly good that you have been raised in the Western model of medical thought.   As time marches on, more and more people are throwing up their hands in frustration, because their health needs are not being met.   I want to give you a brief overview today of why our Western model isn’t succeeding and suggest two different options that we would be prudent to consider. First, Western medicine is designed around a model of sickness and disease.   An average medical doctor is focused on symptoms and diagnosing disease.…

  • Introduce Your Kids to Martin Luther King, Jr.

    A guest post by Lindsay Blake. Every year, Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated on the third Monday in January. This year that falls on Monday, January 16, 2017. Growing up, I knew the basics of MLK. I also knew it was a day I got off from school. But as I grew older in age and wisdom I have come to really appreciate Dr. King and all he did for our country. I’ve read his autobiography and really admire his desire for peaceful change. I have traveled to over 32 countries and lived in Cape Town, South Africa. I have seen a world divided with segregation, violence and ever…

  • How to Break the Thumb-Sucking Habit Plus Free Printable!

    My Sweetheart has sucked her thumb since she was a baby.  I was thankful at the time to not have to constantly hunt for the stray pacifier, but I knew we’d get to the point where we had to kick the habit.   I held out hope that she would stop on her own, but as she approached seven years old, and her front teeth started to come in, I knew the time had arrived. This sweet girl can be rather… strong-willed, so I knew I needed to be on top of my game.   She also LOVES her thumb sucking, so I was going to have to really motivate…

  • Review: The Beginner’s Bible

    The Homeschool Review Crew is kicking off a new year, and I’m excited for our first product to be a kid’s Bible!!   Bibles are one of those things you just can’t have enough copies of and I always keep my eyes open for ones I think my kids will like and use on their own. 🙂 🙂    Over Christmas and New Years, we reviewed Zonderkidz updated release of The Beginner’s Bible.   Zonderkidz kindly sent us a hardcover copy of the Bible for the purpose of this review. The Beginner’s Bible is the bestselling Bible storybook, with over 25 million sold!   They’ve updated this recent edition and made…

  • I’m an Accidental Oil Tycoon (and You Can Be One Too.)

      When we came home from our first year of full-time volunteer ministry in 2013, my dad asked what we were going to do next.  His question pertained to paying the bills.   I joked, “Well, dad, we’re in the oil business!”.   Little did I realize how much that joke would morph into reality. I had, hesitantly, joined Young Living the year before.  I wasn’t convinced essential oils would actually do anything, but I was willing to give the oils a shot because a naturopath doctor I trusted highly recommended them.   By the next year, I was completely hooked, and telling everyone I knew about oils and about the amazing things…