The HerdKeeper

My dear sweet friend has invited me and my children to come once a week and study I Peter via video web cast. It is a church in Washington State, Mars Hill Church. www.marshillchurch.org. Anyway, he was speaking of the Old Testament being about Jesus and the New Testament being about Jesus. He reviewed many prophesies fulfilled and it was beautiful to be reminded of all that Jesus has done and will do. It is all about Jesus! Out of all the things he said the thing that struck me the most was that the Bible is not a self-help book. Big deal you say. Think about this. How many books in the Christian book store are self-help books. If you do this, you will get this result. If you have this problem read, pray and meditate on this verse, chapter, principle etc. The Bible is not some rule book. Follow the rules and you will get xyz. If you have this problem and follow this formula your results will be..... That is not to say that there is not instruction and warning and tho...

We learned about Connecticut today and their whaling industry of the 1800's. My children were thoroughly disgusted by the whole process. I guess they would not make good farmers. Since the family is still recovering from this nasty virus it is a movie day. We are watching the IMAX whale movie and Moby Dick is on the venue for after lunch. We learned that PEZ candy, the "first" hamburger as well as the first lollipop are from Connecticut

Lighthouses, Lobsters and Blueberries, oh my! Melaina and Josiah decided to use up old gingerbread cookie dough last night that had been in the freezer. I came downstairs this morning to see a gingerbread Maine - complete with pine forests, Augusta the states capital marked and lobsters in the ocean. Pretty clever. The best part for me was that I knew they understood and had been listening even when I do not think they are. Earlier in the week we drew Maine, read Blueberries for Sal, had blueberry muffins and learned the parts of a lobster and watched a lobster movie. Today they built a lighthouse, kept a journal as if they were a lighthouse keeper, put together a US puzzle and we had a bite of lobster. One lobster X 8 students doesn't go very far.