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Lake Superior Sunset

August 2007

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For a glimpse of what God hath wrought,
both the seen and the unseen, go see:

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day

For example:

london_at night from Ispace station 640x472

Photo of London at night (this one not dated)
The explanation of this picture, with credits and copyrights can be found at
Nasa's list of dated pictures.

"*Speedbump*"

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And Jesus said.....

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Behold, and Observe
The Things That God Has Done
I rejoice in His creativity,
whether it is displayed in a flower, the plumage of a bird,
the clouds in the sky, the unreachable marvels of the universe,
fields of blowing grasses, the infinite musical possibilities,
or the expressive creative abilities He has given us.
I also believe He has an awesome sense of humor,

one that doesn't hurt or destroy, but that reveals and uplifts.

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Tuesday, July 22

God's awesome power in the clouds

This was a cool looking cloud we saw on a several hour car trip spent dodging storms as best we could. Some of the clouds that were all lit up with lightning inside them and that had storms pouring out the bottom of them were so cool to look at, but we thankfully didn't have to drive through any of them. Somehow our timing was such that they sort of wove their way around us as they all went from west to east and we were going south.

This is the same cloud a few minutes later. I don't think we quite captured the awesomeness of it all as it blew up and outwards.
It's like it was being brushed upwards with powerful handstrokes.

Anyhow.....I just wish you could have watched it with us.

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Wednesday, July 23 1:04 AM thanks to your photos

Posted by short

we kind of did share it with you :-) I have always loved watching clouds, well the sky in general. We do not get clouds that look like that around here.......I'm glad you didn't go through any storms!

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Wednesday, July 23 10:58 AM Untitled Comment

Posted by diamondsintherough

Nice photos! We get to see clouds like that forming over the mountains east of us, but they very rarely come this way. So this week we went to them instead. :o) Had a wonderful day sitting under a metal picnic shelter, listening to the rain, and playing Scrabble. Was such a blessing (and a relief) to find a place close by that was 30 degrees cooler than home!

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Wednesday, July 23 3:24 PM Untitled Comment

Posted by jenn4him

Me too. Those are gorgeous!
Jenn

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Thursday, July 24 10:29 PM Untitled Comment

Posted by eclecticeducation

Those are really cool pictures! Thanks for sharing them. :)

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Monday, July 28 10:08 PM Untitled Comment

Posted by Keri

Beautiful puffy white clouds!
We've been getting our late afternoon, big, puffy dark gray clouds!

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To "think aloud" about whatever strikes me at the moment. Married to Bob, my philosophical, artsy scientist! We were church planters in France, are in our 14th year of homeschooling, have 11yr and 20yr old sons and an 18yr old daughter. We do homeschool sports, ballet, band and choir. My greatest joys in life have been from seeing God work. We have an awesome God, and I've seen Him do awesome things.

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Some Favorite Scriptures

"A new command I give you:
Love one another.
As I have loved you,
so you must love one another.
By this all men will know
that you are my disciples,
if you love one another."
John 13:34,35 (NIV)

Then he stretched himself out
on the boy three times
and cried to the Lord,
"Oh Lord my God,
let this boy's life return to him!"
The Lord heard Elijah's cry,
and the boy's life returned to him,
and he lived.
I Kings 17 21,22 (NIV)

Be merciful to those who doubt;
snatch others from the fire
and save them;
to others show mercy, mixed with fear-
hating even the clothing
stained by corrupted flesh.
Jude 22,23 (NIV)

The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands, they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood - idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. Revelation 9:20,21 (NIV)

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Christine's Senior Year Books:

Exploring Creation with Physics
by Dr. Jay L. Wile
Telling the Truth;
How to Revitalize Christian Journalism
by Marvin Olasky
Step by Step:
How to Write Articles
for Newspapers and Magazines
by Dawn B. Sova
MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research Papers
by Joseph Gibaldi
Teach Yourself Photography
by Lee Frost
The Joy of Digital Photography
~~by Jeff Wignall~~
How to Ruin Your Life by 40
by ~~Steve Farrar~~
Youthwalk
by Bruce H. Wilkinson
A bazillion book from Sonlight's
20th Century World History (see it here)
The 20th Century Day by Day
by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Our Century in Pictures
LIFE edited by Richard B. Stolley
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
1984
by George Orwell
~~The Metamorphosis~~
~~by Franz Kafka~~
~~The Road from Home~~
The story of an Armenian Girl
by David Kherdian
~~All Quiet on the Western Front~~
~~by Erich Maria Remarque~~
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
~~Labor's Untold Story~~
~~by Richard O.Boyer & Herbert M. Morais~~
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
My Life in Advertising &
Scientific Advertising
by Claude C. Hopkins
China's Long March
6000 Miles of Danger
by Jean Fritz
The Snow Goose
by Paul Gallico
Winston Churchill
Soldier, Statesman, Artist
by John B. Severance
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
Parallel Journeys
by Eleanor H. Ayer
Cry, The Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
Also finishing up:
Exploring Creation with Physical Science
by Jay L. Wile
America's Providential History
by Beliles & McDowell
Just for fun:
The Scarlett Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Other Daughter
by Miralee Ferrell
Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller

Sonlight History with Josiah:

A Child's History of the World
Hillyer
World History
Usborne
Time Traveler
Usborne
Window on the World
Spraggett
The History News Explorers
Johnstone
Geography Songs
Audio Memory
A Child's Garden of Verses
Stevenson
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
Red Sails to Capri
by Ann Weil
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(Phonics Program)
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Choir
Soccer
Basketball

Reading with Josiah:

The Book of Exodus
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The Chronological Gospels
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The Book of Daniel
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Recently Read with Josiah:

BIBLE READING:

The Book of Genesis

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The Book of Exodus

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The Book of Job

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The Book of Micah

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OTHER GOOD READING:

Dirk's Dog, Bello
by Piet Prins
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The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
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The Story of Robin Hood
by Robert Leeson
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Gladys Aylward
by Janet & Geoff Benge
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The Secret History of
Tom Trueheart
by Ian Beck

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Marven of the Great North Woods
byKathryn Lasky
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Life in the Ice Age
by Michael and Beverly Oard
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Ginger Pye
by Eleanor Estes
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Shadow Over Mousehaven Manor
by Mary DeBall Kwitz
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The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare
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Eragon
by Christopher Paolini
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Eldest
by Christopher Paolini
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Julius Caesar
and
Antony and Cleopatra
from
Shakespeare's Stories
Histories
retold by Beverley Birch
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The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
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A Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden
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The Door in the Wall
by Marguerite De Angeli
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The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Two Towers
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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by Tyndale
(not all in one year)
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by Joel Rosenberg
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by Natan Sharansky
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by Benjamin Netanyahu
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The Painted Veil
by W. Somerset Maugham
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The Nazi Officer's Wife
An Autobiography
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by Lynn Austin
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Fallen Angels
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(The Millwood Hollow Series)
by Patricia Hickman
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90 Minutes in Heaven
by Don Piper
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The Vanished Library
A Wonder of the Ancient World
by Luciano Canfora
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The Cat Who...
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by Lilian Jackson Braun
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Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller
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The Other Daughter
by Miralee Ferrell
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The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
by Robert Ludlum
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A Crack in the Edge of the World
by Simon Winchester
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by Alistair MacLean
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Green Mansions
by Henry Hudson
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I Dared to call Him FATHER
by Bilquis Sheikh
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Never Give In
The Extraordinary Character of
Winston Churchill
by Stephen Mansfield
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