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Month: July 2007

Genesis, A Commentary for Children

Genesis, A Commentary for Children is part of the Herein is Love series by Nancy E. Ganz. And I really like it! 🙂

Yes, this is a Bible commentary on the whole book of Genesis, From Paradise to Promised Land – Genesis to Joshua, written to children but it isn’t dumbed down in the slightest. Even adults will learn valuable lessons and gain valuable gems from this book. I nearly cried as I read the Introduction as the author tells why and for whom she wrote this book. Even from reading the introduction I knew that this was a book that I needed to read and needed to share with my children.

This mammoth 545 page book includes 68 lessons and includes a teacher’s study guide to correspond with each lesson. The teacher guide is very similar to what I already do as she suggests the use of visual aids, memory work, craft, review questions, prayer, psalms to sing and a field trip.

This book is one part of a 4 book series that covers the four books of the Old Testament. You can see more about this series at ChristianBooks.com. Simply Click here. The promises of God, His promise of a Saviour, His wonderful grace, mercy and love are delightfully and truthfully told while also telling the stories of history with wonderful accuracy. Cultural and historical insight is offered throughout this doctrinally correct yet warmly written and captivating storehouse of God’s truths. It would be able to be used as part of family worship or it could be read daily by an individual student who is accustomed to reading independently.

I cannot wait to finish Genesis so we can start the next book. If you have children from 6 years and older, love the Scriptures and love to teach your children about the Scriptures, then will will want this book. Aussies can purchas at Light Educational Ministries.  Or you can buy the Herein is Love Series at ChristianBook.com

Bless you as you strive to teach the ways of God to your children.

Reading for today…striving to find a sense of normality

Well, we’ve been in this house for over one week now but I have to say that this seems like one of the hardest, longest moves we’ve done in quite awhile. I don’t know if it is because it wasn’t an interstate move and only 20 kms away or that we’re just plain tuckered out but we are nowhere near settled. Not wanting to wait until everything is perfect, I wanted to start easing into lessons today- sounds good eh? Until ‘Miss A’ couldn’t find the MUS DVD needed for her Maths. Oh well, she did Wordly Wise and read 2 books before going to work.

The boys and I read some from the Psalms and Proverbs and then we read a devotional lesson from Training Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on the Shorter Catechism by Starr Meade.

We also read another chapter from Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Steps to Becoming a Man
by Bob Schultz which always challenges the boys.
The boys listened as I read aloud a poem by William Blake and then they practiced their oral skills by reading it aloud themselves.

The major highlight was starting William Wilberforce: The Freedom Fighter by Derick Bingham. We are preparing to watch the movie when it comes to a cinema near us. Is anyone else reading a biography of this man’s life in preparation for the movie? I’d love to hear about your reading and discussion.

This afternoon, I’m taking ‘Miss R’ to the library so she can get some good books to read while she waits to go back to school on Thursday. Then I need to try and make sense of the study or the lounge room. Everything is in the rooms, just not where they should be. I can’t put my hand on books that I want- there just seems to be less room here even though the measurements of the house don’t agree.

Also, please continue to pray for Robin (from Heart of Wisdom) who had to go back into hospital following her heart bypass surgery. You can find updates on her blog. Your prayers for her and her family would be most appreciated.

Oh well, that’s all for now.

Where we've been…

Whew! What a few weeks it has been. A few weeks ago, we went to Sydney to watch ‘Miss A’ play in a softball tournament for the Youth Development Squad for Australia. It wasn’t too bad except two children didn’t want to be there and are totally bored by it all (their idea of fun is not to spend 10 hours a day in the cold watching training and games- how can they not enjoy that?) and it was freezing cold. we did pop into Featherdale Wildlife park which was good but two of us came down a little ill and we had to leave for the cabin early. It was a good week of softball. We arrived home (to QLD), after a 1400km drive home (leaving at 3.30am). We plonked ourselves into bed (on the Friday) and prepared mentally for a rough few days.

We awoke the next morning (Sat) to laundry and getting ready to move house. We continued laundry and packing and cleaning of the yard on Sunday and early on Monday morning the sole packer arrived to start prepacking our belongings. It was a very late night. Bright, crisp and early on Tuesday morning, the removalists arrived and started finishing the packing, all the while bemoaning the amount of books that one family can own. They then spent the rest of the day and early evening uplifting our things into the truck while John and I stayed late to do the final clean of the house. ‘Miss A’ worked on both days and I really missed her help. ‘Miss R’ and the boys pulled their weight though with the washing of walls and yard work.

We all arrived at the new house on Wednesday and the fun (chaos) really began. The removalists just drop the boxes and have little idea of where to put everything. We could require them to unpack everything but by 2pm I was sick of them and just wanted them to leave my new home and let me get to work. Our first priority is to do the children’s bedrooms so they have a quiet place to retreat to and they can sleep at night. Then we do the kitchen. Suffice to say that John and I slept on the couch that night. The next day (Thursday) John got the washing machine going and made a fence to keep the dog contained and we started unpacking some of the 450 boxes of belongings!!! We’re about half way through.

John always does his homework with regard to internet connection to a new location and this whole area is serviceable, EXCEPT for this cul-de-sac!!!!! So being unable to survive on dial-up, he went searching for new ideas. We’re now connected to wireless broadband which is good but a little slower than our previous speed. Oh well, I’m just glad we don’t have download limits or times.

My house is about 60% unpacked and ordered. We had our first home cooked meal in 3 weeks tonight! / / /

Anyway, that’s the very brief description of what our time has been like. I stumbled across a cool section from TIME and it shows a photographic snapshot of 15 different family meal tables around the globe. Check it out– it’s very interesting…