Pin It It's no secret that I love Adventures in Odyssey. I listen to episodes each afternoon while I update the ABCJLM website and write posts on this blog. Since my teenage years, I have enjoyed the stories of Whit, Connie, Eugene, and Barclay family. As embarrassing as it is, I don't think there is an episode that I haven't ...
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Review: More Books
Pin It There are many books available using the Veggie Tales characters. While my kids enjoy them, they aren't my just okay but not my favorite. But since the values are good, I oblige and read the books to our kiddos. Princesses, Pirates, and Cowboys is the newest addition. This book contains three separate stories. Princess ...
Reviews: Jesus Storybook Bible & The Story
Pin It Several new or revised Bibles are available just in time for the holidays. Here are reviews for a few of them. Many of you are big fans of the Jesus Storybook Bible. Now two additional editions are available just in time for Christmas. First is the leather bond copy The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His ...
Review: Secrets
Pin It Every once in a while I want to read something that requires no thinking. Other than reading the words, I can slip into vegetable mode. This is what Secrets, the first book of the Glenbrooke series by Robin Jones Gunn, allowed me to do. And, it was great! I became a Robin Jones Gunn fan as a teenager while reading the ...
Review: 1001 Bible Questions Kids Ask
Pin It As our kiddos have gotten older, the questions have gotten tougher. This is especially true of biblical topics. It has caused us to dive a little deeper into the Word as we search for answers to their challenging topics. Zondervan has helped parents answer and kids come up with questions in their new book 1001 Bible ...
Reviews: Books, and Books, and Books, Oh My!
Pin It I am a little behind in book reviews, so I thought I would share several together. You way want to add some of these to your cart as Christmas presents! I always enjoy looking at Preschool Bibles. The illustrations are typically full of life and the stories drive home a point. The Preschooler's Bible is the newest ...
Thanksgiving Traditions: Kernels of Thanks
While the holidays are filled with anticipation and fun, there is so much more than food, football, and parades to each of them. In our blog series, Thanksgiving Traditions, I am sharing ideas of my own and from the ABCJLM family that will help you leave a legacy while keeping Jesus the focus of the holiday ...
Review: Do You Know What’s In the Bible?
Beanbags? Check. Double chair for Mommy and Daddy to snuggle? Check. TV and DVD player? Check. Popcorn? Double check. (Actually, quadruple check because it takes four bags to get us through one movie!) Add a DVD and you have a coveted Family Movie Night. And if it is a What's in the Bible? DVD, you have a win-win situation for all! Buck ...
Review: Raising Financially Confident Kids
"In other areas of life, we were diligently teaching our children important values of responsibility, honesty, self-discipline, and faith. But failing so miserably in this matter." Any guessing on what "this" matter may be? After looking at the book image above, you probably guessed it. Financial responsibility. Looking back, Mary ...
Review: What’s in the Bible Vol 6
What's in the Bible Vol 6 - A Nation Divided. Enough said. Review over. Really that is how I want to write this review because simply put, we love these DVD's. We love what our children are learning about the Bible. Even as adults, we love what we are learning about the Bible. If you haven't started your library of the What's in the Bible ...