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Christmas Picture Books for Shepherd’s Dinner

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What do you do in the weeks leading up to Christmas? You know, besides school parties, work parties, school concerts, church programs, family get-togethers, shopping, wrapping, decorating, cooking, cleaning, more wrapping, finding all the boots, and sweating.What do you do to quiet down as a family and recognize why we celebrate Christmas? If you do not have a quiet tradition for December, I recommend a Shepherd’s Dinner!

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Guiding Your Children Through Lent

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There is a dark pink notecard stuck to my fridge. It is wedged between baby announcements for kids now in preschool and old ticket stubs from when my husband and I actually left the house.

It has something very special written on it:

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. [Read more…] about Guiding Your Children Through Lent

The BEST Picture Books About Christmas Around the World

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We love living in our home in the woods during Christmas time. Surrounded by snowy trees, it’s like living in a snow globe.

However, Christmas doesn’t look like that in most of the world! Thankfully, there are wonderful picture books about Christmas around the world that have allowed my kids to learn about how other cultures celebrate Jesus’ birthday! [Read more…] about The BEST Picture Books About Christmas Around the World