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As a homeschooling veteran, I review middle-grade stories to help parents, librarians, and teachers choose good books.
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Deeper Water by Robert Whitlow, a review
Robert Whitlow is a practicing attorney who likes to write novels. This book begins a series called Tides of Truth, set in Georgia and focusing on the character Tami Taylor, the product of a fiercely conservative homeschooling family that lives in the boonies.
“Reading your mail”
Todd White “reads the mail” of two guys he meets in New York. Do you think it’s real or staged?
Angel in photograph?
A youtube video from a CBS News report shows (after an ad) the story of a handicapped teen in North Carolina who got pneumonia. The girl had been on a ventilator for weeks, and doctors agreed she had no chance of recovery. Her parents reluctantly agreed to remove life support. That was done. The agonizing wait began.
Prayer healed my back
I suffer from a back that occasionally goes “out,” meaning I bend in some direction, and things go sproing. With the help of a chiropractor it usually takes three or four weeks before I can feel normal again. This happens every couple of years.
Last fall, it happened again. I was bending over and twisting, and sproing, there it went. It hurt to move, but move I had to do to live my life. I went to the chiropractor, and she did some adjusting and so on, but it was going to be the usual recovery period, I could tell.
I met with my regular prayer partner, Jennifer. Jennifer and I often lay on a hand and pray for healing.
16 flood victims in Brazil raised from the dead
After three days, the Holy Spirit raised them from the dead. There were 16 of them, all victims of a flood in Brazil. Read the story!
Blind woman healed
This video documents the healing of a blind woman in Nigeria. Thank you, Lord!
Sense of smell restored
My sense of smell had been on the way out for maybe 20 years, and had finally totally absented itself for about three years. My mother had had the same problem. I just figured it was genetic and lived with it. Never thought to ask anyone to pray about it.
Thoughts for the new year
What do I normally rely on? My bank account, my doctor, my car, and so on.
Thoughts for the new year
What do I normally rely on? My bank account, my doctor, my car, and so on.
The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers, a review
This book traces the stories of two women, separated by 150 years or so. The pioneer, Mary Kathryn, is the ancestor of the modern woman, Sierra, who finds Mary Kathryn’s handmade quilt and diary.
The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers, a review
This book traces the stories of two women, separated by 150 years or so. The pioneer, Mary Kathryn, is the ancestor of the modern woman, Sierra, who finds Mary Kathryn’s handmade quilt and diary.
Miracles seem more prevalent in 3rd world: why?
Why does it seem that miracles are more prevalent in the third world? I have seen and experienced some here in America, but they don’t happen anywhere near as often as I ask for them.