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Come on in & make yourself at home as you catch up with the happenings of our little family. I'm Karla, the "scribe" for our family, and am better known as "Momma" to our two blessings, "Honey" to my hubby, and "the maid who provides for our every need" to our 2 kittens. I hope you will call me "friend."
We are a homeschooling family that has our mix of funnies and failures, along with triumphs & successes. I am a recovering perfectionist, who is ever so grateful that I serve a perfect Savior. He teaches me that I have a lot to learn, but also that He has brought me a long way.
I have been the bride to the most gracious, sweetest man in the world for the last 11 years. What I love most about him is that he is always striving to be a better husband, father, and child of God.
I am also the blessed mama to
OUR TWO GIFTS:
a creative 9-yo Darling Daughter who loves pink, being a little lady, having tea, reading, being creative, and riding horses
and a 5-yo tremendously adventurous Little Man-in-training who loves helicopters, bugs, dirt, running, and the sport of eating.
(If you are wondering about the curlers, go down to the Sweet Monday section of the sidebar. It's a women's ministry that was started in Richmond, Va, and when we moved from there, I decided to start one down here. While Im not doing it this year, please feel free to glean away from my entries of all the past programs & devotions.
Please let me know any of them have blessed you, and if you would like permission to use anything I've written. Thank you!)
COS & Learning Websites for our 2009-10 School Year
Our Favorite Books of the Quarter
HELPFUL HOMESCHOOL LINKS: GEOGRAPHY
Little Man on the Race for President
S&T Fri -- Little Man's Birthday Extravaganza
Week in Review -- August 10-16
We Found Our Fill, On Blueberry Hill.... (with recipes!)
"This is the Best Bread" -- "Just Like a Restaurant's!"
S&T Fri -- First Week of School
Personal Quiet Time Goal Outline for 2008-09 School Year -- Paul's Epistles
Padems Visit, Part 2
Padems Visit-- One of Our Favorite Moments of the Summer
S&T Fri -- "Farm Families Have Always Gone Green"
2008-2009 School Plans
Creation Camp
Show&Tell Fridays
Family Funnies
From My Recipe Box
Homeschooling Helps & Ideas
Homeschooling
Wondering about the curlers?
CLICK HERE to get the scoop!
It's just one of the silly things I did at my monthly "Sweet Monday" meetings!
Past Meetings & Devotionals
Information On Sweet Monday
Sweet Monday's Main Website
"The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties." ~Noah Webster~
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"Gradually we have become aware that family life is God's classroom for shaping us into the kind of people He wants us to be."
Catherine Marshall, A Closer Walk
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2008 Habits:
1. Gentle voice, gentle heart
2. "Peruse&Purge" magazines
3. Have hot tea every day
4. Wake up between 5-6 am
2008 Goals/To Do's:
1. Complete top of DS's quilt.
2. Tackle reading list.
3. Organize fabric.
4. Make blocks for charity quilts
Aug. 4, 2008
Personal Quiet Time Goal Outline for 2008-09 School Year -- Paul's Epistles
I began my journey today of working through the Paul's Epistles during my quiet times as we start our school year. These letters, or epistles, were written for doctorine, reproof, instruction and correction, all areas I'm desiring to grow in.
I'm am reading them chronologically, in the order he wrote them (some scholars disagree on the exact dates), studying his inspired teachings as he traveled around building and exhorting the early Church. I study from The Reformation Study Bible and www.bible.crosswalk.com, along with listening to the bible on CD as we drive around in the car, hang out around the house, and drift off to sleep at night. (Deut. 6)
Books Written by Paul
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Missionary Journey #
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Books
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Description
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2
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1 Thessalonians &
2 Thessalonians
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Written during 2nd missionary journey in Corinth. Called the "eschalogical epistle."
"escha" = last "logical" = study of
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Are about the study of "last things" -- the 2nd coming of Christ
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1 Thes. is about the history of Paul's ministry among them; Instructions in Ethics, Eschatology, & Congregational Life
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2 Thes. is about Paul's cause for boasting ; Instructions regarding the Day of the Lord, Prayer & Exhortation, and Labor
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50-51 AD
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The following 4 letters written during Paul's 3rd missionary journey
are called the "Doctrinal Epistles"
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3
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Galatians
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- Discusses the problem in Galatia (Dif. gospel from false teachers; Defends Paul's Apostleship; Paul's Defense of the Gospel
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54-55 AD
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3
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1 Corinthians
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55 AD
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3
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2 Corinthians
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55-56 AD
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3
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Romans
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55-57 AD
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- The next 4 books were written during Paul's first imprisonment, which was a 2-year house arrest in Rome (Acts 28). They are called the "Prison Epistles."
- The theme of these letters are "Christology" or the "study of Christ" because the doctorine of the person & work of Christ is prominent in them.
- I remember these books with the acronym that comes from a popular soft drink: "PEPC" (click to read a devotion I taught on Paul's prison epistles titled: "One Believer's Journey: Would We Sign Up for This Trip?"
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Philemon |
- Written to Philemon, a Christian brother & slaveholder, asking him to welcome Onesimus (Philemon's slave who had run away and met Paul in Rome, where Paul led him to Christ.) back not as a slave, but a Christian brother.
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60 AD |
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Ephesians |
- Ephesus contained the Temple of Diana, which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- Themes are...
- Our Position in Christ
- Our Walk in Christ: Toward Unity & Purity
- Our Stand Against the Spiritual Forces of Darkness
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60-62 AD |
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Philippians |
- Themes are...
- The Truth of the Gospel
- Truth Against Error
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61-62 AD |
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Colossians |
- Themes are...
- God's Son as Head over Creation & the Cosmic Powers, as well as Head over Re-creation & Reconciliation
- The Purpose of Paul's Ministry & and His Interest in the Colossians.
- The Sufficiency of Christ
- Life in Christ
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61 AD |
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- The final 3 books were written during Paul's release and 2nd imprisonment.
- Called the "Pastoral Epistles" or Ecclesiastical because of the emphesis on church adminstration.
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4
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1 Timothy |
- Written in Macedonia to Timothy
- Themes are...
- Dealing with False Teachers & the Law
- Paul's Testimony & Charge
- Instructions for the Life of the Church
- The Problem with False Doctorine
- Guidelines fr a Young Pastor
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62-65AD |
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4
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Titus |
- Written in Macedonia to Titus, a Gentile Christian.
- Paul wanted Titus to complete the organization of the churches, deal with false teachers, give instructions to the churches on proper conduct.
- Themes are...
- Organizing the Churches in Crete
- Instructing Various Groups
- Instructing on Doing What is Good.
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62-64AD |
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2 Timothy |
- Written in Rome while awaiting death
- Themes are...
- Exhortations to Boldness & Faithfulness
- The Problem of False Teachers
- Paul's Final Instructions to Timothy
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66 AD |
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Aug. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
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Oh I just know you are going to love studying Paul! We did this 2 years ago and really learned so much. Enjoy the journey.
I looked at your curriculum for the year and want to thank you for posting the free language link! We use to use Rosetta Stone free through our library system. Rosetta Stone has pulled all their free programs. So it is a blessing to find this!!!! My 12 yod ( she is 12 today!) was just starting Chinese when they pulled it. I downloaded the program today and she is so thrilled. |
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"Watch for the storms of God.
The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms.
Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside?
That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
Let God send you out through His storm, and dont go until He does.
If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod.
However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8)." ------------ My Utmost for His Highest, March 11th
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