This is Part Three of a series with advice for large families who are expecting twins. You may read Part One Here and Part Two Here.
Some practical thoughts from Susanna:
Don’t put any preparations off! I cannot stress this strongly enough! Start now and feel urgent about it! Do the most physical tasks first […]

This is Part Two in a series with advice for large families who are expecting twins. You can read Part One Here.
Susanna’s family was arranged like this at the time their twins were born: their other children were Boy 13, Boy 11, Boy 9.5, Girl 7.5, Girl almost 5, and Boy 14 months. Here is […]

Every time a new circumstance occurs in life, I feel compelled to do new research. It is my signature move. Funky worm on the tomato plants? Research. Unidentified stain on the carpet? Research. Illness? Rash? Research. Twins? Research.
My modus operandi regarding the twins phenomenon involved asking (discreetly- as I didn’t want to get flamed!) on […]

This was the lesson that really started turning on light bulbs for me. I realize that not everyone has had the same experiences and upbringing as myself, but from where I have come…this lesson struck a nerve. I came from a family who told me that black people had evolved from apes, white people were […]

Here’s a PDF link for the lesson, or just read below:
 
 
Section 1 - Lesson 13
A Hebraic Perspective
 
 
The Holy Spirit: Power Behind Spiritual Gifts
The Holy Spirit: Instigator of Communal Connectedness
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Now that the holidays are over with all the visiting, parties and busyness, I for one am looking forward to settling in to a long winter’s study. We are two lessons away from moving into Section Two - which is the part of this study that shocked me at first, but led to many “Aha!” […]

I just wanted to update my notes about who is along with us in the study. I don’t mean for it to be a census of any kind, but mostly to update my personal prayer list. I have been praying for the ones that I know of who are joining us in the study, and […]

A HEBRAIC PERSPECTIVE
A Priesthood Change: From Levitical to Melchizedek’s
Empowered By The Holy Spirit
Immersion In The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit As Teacher
The Spirit Of Conviction
 
Here’s the link for Lesson 11.

 
Often as I have been studying the Hebraic foundation of our faith, I have been blown away by how interconnected the “Testaments” are. I had […]

Happy Hanukkah to those who avail themselves of the blessings of observing this holiday! For those who do not, and wonder why a Gentile believer in Yeshua (Jesus) would want to celebrate this holiday, here is a great post by our friend Lisa, entitled “Why Hanukkah?”. In a nutshell, the events leading up to […]

So, Thanksgiving is over here in the States, and life is ~fairly~ back to normal, so let’s go on to Lesson 9, in which Mike & Sue discuss:
 
A HEBRAIC PERSPECTIVE
Life As A Pilgrimage
The Answered Prayer of The Righteous
The Home, The Basic Spiritual Building Block
Fellowship of Extended Spiritual Family
 
Here’s the link for Lesson 9.
 
If profundity […]

Was it the crushing of my laptop last week?
Maybe it was the first bout of sickness that hit my house?
Perhaps it was the switching of the seasonal clothes for seven children, the stocking up on homemade tinctures and salves, our speaking at another church this past week, my listing of 350 items from my house […]

Here’s the link for Lesson 8.
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“Oh, thank you…I appreciate your mentioning that. But, no Ma’am, we won’t be needing it.”
“Yes sir, they told us that you have a _____ (Children’s ministry/Sunday school/Nursery). Thank you for mentioning it again…if we need it, we’ll let you know.”
There have been times, when visiting churches, that literally four or five people in a […]

I’m sure it had to have begun much earlier, but this was certainly a defining moment in my spiritual journey. I know I heard him correctly, for the way this large man bellowed, no one could have missed it. His frankness in asserting that this was his “fifth time getting saved” left me dumbstruck.
His hair […]

Sorry for the delay! We’re working on a plan that will help with some of the technical difficulties some folks are having with being able to download the lessons. While we get the details worked out, let’s go ahead with the next lesson.
Lesson Five is here.
 
( Please note: this post is part four in […]

( Please note: this post is part four in a study series we are beginning on Discussing Restoring the Early Church, in which you are welcome to join. You may find Lesson One HERE, Lesson Two HERE and Lesson Three HERE.)
He was trembling as he heard the words, his every muscle taut with the tension […]

The word on the street is that we need to slow down a bit with our study. Sounds good to me, too. I have gone through the study before, but really, Mr. Visionary and I were so thirsty the first time that we flew through it in a weekend or two. It is richer this […]

Please note: this post is part three in a study series we are beginning on Discussing Restoring the Early Church, in which you are welcome to join. You may find Lesson One, the introduction, HERE, and Lesson Two, HERE.
Whether you are still plugging away, hoping beyond hope that somehow it will get better, or […]

Please note: this post is part two in a study series we are beginning, in which you are welcome to join. You may find part one, the introduction, HERE.
This is a study that made me rethink a lot of beliefs I held tightly but did not own…things I believed because I was told they were […]

Sick and tired…all the time…is truly no way to live.
We have become very diligent about being trustworthy stewards of our physical health, in order to keep as far from the sick and tired state as possible. We stay fairly healthy most of the time, but have, for those times we do succumb to the sick […]