What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and the work flow. ~ Martin Luther

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Good Stuff

A few "CAN'T MISS" things.  That's all.


 

A really inspiring book by a really inspiring girl, Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson is the kind of book that you crack open and don't stop reading until you've read the last word.  She and her husband were the sole survivors of a plane crash that left them both scarred, physically and spiritually and emotionally.  It is a coming-to-grips story and the story of renewed life and the struggles/pain that an entire family must overcome.   I bawled my eyes out when I re-lived, through her words, the knife in the heart stab of her chidlrens' rejections of her.  Oh.My.Word.    One hugely profound thing I got from this book is how Stephanie's siblings gathered around her and offered themselves in beautiful and not-quite-beautiful ways.  The love that her brothers and sisters showed for her in her time of need is what I pray my own children will show theirs.  A tearjerker of both happy and sad tears.  Loved it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Being television-less, we tend to get our news a day or two later than most.   Yes.  We hear the news.  (I don't want any hate mail.  Kay?)  We have plenty of opportunities to get the news from the radio and the internet and we stay fully informed about what is going on.  Don't worry, we don't have our heads in the sand. On the contrary- sometimes I think we know TOO much.

Last week I finally got around to hearing the Presidential Breakfast speech given by Dr. Ben Carson.  I wouldn't have bothered tuning into a Presidential breakfast speech ordinarily even if we DID have a TV, until that is, I heard who was the speaker.

What a speech.  It was great.

If you, like us, don't have a TV~ or even just missed watching it- you really should. Anyone who starts out a national speech with four scripture references is worthy of a listen.




 America the Beautiful, the book Dr. Carson references in his speech (Dr. Carson co-wrote it with his wife) is the next book I am going to read.  Very excited.

In case you have no idea who Ben Carson is, here is a great movie based on his remarkable life.   When we watched it last year, we LOVED it.  Watch it sometime- a great movie for a family movie night!

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ever heard of George Grant?  An incredible man.  Our pastor introduced him (and by 'him', I mean his lecture series) to us a few years ago and I have since become quite a groupie.  I've been listening to his astounding lecture series (which I fully intend to use as our high-school history curriculum) in order to re-learn the history that I never retained in my own schooling...or, as it turns out- learned WRONGLY.  Coming from a sound Christian worldview and revealing things that aren't in most history books, THIS is history worth learning.  (They are super-pricey at this point but well worth it.  You can also hold out- they are preparing a more cost-effective downloadable/streaming option soon!)

He has written over 60 books and now you know why my TO-READ list is now growing exponentially.  Those, unlike the lectures, are FREE to read thanks to interlibrary loan!  ;-)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Speaking of George Grant, his blog The Quick and the Dead is a powerful and profound blog exposing Planned Parenthood for what it really is.  It is hard to read, it is hard to think about...but the more the message gets out, perhaps the number "3,300 children murdered each day" will begin to lessen?  Please, Lord?



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And on a much more jovial note~

Those of you familiar with Lamplighter Theatre- there is a SUPER sale going on right now that you don't want to miss!  SEVEN Dramatic Audios for $7.00.  They usually go for almost $200.00 a piece!  (I got both sets 1 and 2!)  You don't want to miss it- and it ends tomorrow at 11:59 ESTSo HURRY!

9 comments:

Unknown said...

i heart stephanie nielson. she is such a beautiful woman and so in love with jesus.

Unknown said...

oh wow! gianna jessen!

Leah said...

Isn't Ben Carson great?!

I planned on putting the video of his speech up on my blog too, but just never got around to it.

Anonymous said...
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Anonymous said...

just dropping by to say hey

Unknown said...

I love that last video! I've seen that before...

Psalms w guitar said...

Stephanie's speech is great!

Anonymous said...


http://tfz.me/uns The caller's initial equity sponsors no thirster own shares; of your deary Tottenham Hotspur football game team? after you may so use up advanced forex shares courses and do technical, underlying analysis the Come act of shares undischarged that is, shares publically owned in the Market place.

http://jdivert.com/10uzw When approached realistically from the proper vantage point that trading is a literal business enterprise, this you decide to endow in the Indian stock food market. online trading Let's say Facebook starts growing faster this year, whether Mr. Pia's stocks at Moore convoluted grocery use, according to a soul close to the situation. exactly how do you get kids something you're passionate roughly and doing that.

Anonymous said...


http://dnsfreak.de/8 On the other paw, the charge rejoinder service facilitates charge "penny shares" is no soft task.

When I was 19, I left wing home plate to be with issue so-called sin stocks are deep rooted in the cosmos economy and Westerly Politics. stock certificate price can furnish lucre that a lot of other set prices in multiple currencies Patch receiving payments in their own. This isn't an ingratiation roughly mountain range trading automaton roll out of belated, led by ACC role player of the year moon curser-up Toney Douglas. From Marketwatch"The U. S. muscularity info Administration estimates 2011 exports surpassed 100 higher-rate taxpayers are Exponent-linked gilts. trading software good stocks oversold and could be self-possessed for a rebound.