This year the question came up again. It always does come up, when it’s time to choose another book for reading aloud. Where are we going to find a great…
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As our family began to build up a library of books, we sought to find literature that was good for our souls as well as great for our intellectual development. Our earlier…
Read moreAnother Year Is Dawning
Another Year Is Dawning Another year is dawning, dear Father, let it be In working or in waiting, another year with Thee. Another year of progress, another year of praise,…
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When my children were little we watched a video at a friend’s house while visiting. The video was very funny, very entertaining—both for the children and the adults. However, looking…
Read moreMerry Christmas!
Well, the day has come at last! Christmas Eve, 2014. As we gather with friends and family to celebrate our Lord’s birth, we hear again the echoes of the angels’…
Read moreOur God, Our Help in Ages Past
When Grace Macintosh is lost in a sudden snowstorm, she remembers a hymn which her Aunt Alice has taught her. Teaching children the words to hymns as part of their…
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Footprints In The Snow I wandered forth across the snow And listened to the crunch below; Some thirty feet I went, I know, And then I glanced around; And from…
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The literature that we read and allow into our homes will influence us for good or evil. As Christians, we are called to be “wise unto that which is…
Read morePsalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Psalm 4 – The Scottish Psalter 1 Give ear unto me when I call, God of my righteousness: Have mercy, hear my pray’r; thou…
Read moreThe Lost Art of Letter Writing
When my husband’s grandfather passed away, my mother-in-law found a shoe box full of letters and cards that people had sent to her parents over their lifetime. Letters that brought…
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