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The Obstacle Is the Way
"Whatever we face, we have a choice: Will we be blocked by obstacles, or will we advance through and over them?"- Ryan Holiday All of us face obstacles. Such obstacles can be physical (e.g. size or ability), mental (e.g. knowledge or experience), or emotional (e.g....
Experiencing Spirituality – Book Review
"Experiencing Spirituality - Finding Meaning Through Storytelling" by Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham is probably my all-time favorite book. It's a quest into the essence of our human condition as it relates to our innermost resemblance and connection with our...
Lorenzo’s Oil – Movie Review
This movie is based on the true story of parents who fight for the life of their son with a very rare and, until then, incurable disease. Their desperate love for their child and each other drives them to go beyond what was considered possible and actually find a cure...
Mickey’s Christmas Carol – Movie Review
Our family recently saw a family friendly version of "A Christmas Carol" for movie night after realizing it was still on our to-watch list. With our younger kids, I decided on an older 1983 30-min cartoon version of this classic movie called "Mickey's Christmas...
Klaus – Movie Review
Are you looking for the most enchanting, heartwarming, and beautifully animated family movie this Christmas? My dad suggested the movie "Klaus" to me, his fully grown adult daughter, two years ago and to be honest I shrugged it off for a few weeks. But then when the...
This Is America, Charlie Brown – The Mayflower Voyagers
This year, the kids and I watched a cute but surprisingly fact-filled short cartoon of the Pilgrims’ journey to the new land of America and how the holiday of Thanksgiving came about. In this episode of the series, "This Is America," Charlie Brown and his friends play...
books
Experiencing Spirituality – Book Review
"Experiencing Spirituality - Finding Meaning Through Storytelling" by Ernest Kurtz & Katherine Ketcham is probably my all-time favorite book. It's a quest into the essence of our human condition as it relates to our innermost resemblance and connection with our...
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Teaching Your Children Values by Eyre, L., & Eyre, R
The 5 Love Languages of Children by Chapman, G
The Art of Spiritual Healing by Joel Goldsmith
The Fundamentals of Ethics by Russ Shafer-Landau
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
The Experience of God by David Bentley Hart
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
The Vaccine Friendly Plan by Dr. Paul Thomas
Grades K-3
Magic Tree House (series) by Mary Pope Osborne
Llama Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Berenstain Bears (series) by Stan Berenstain
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Don’t Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus by Mo Willems
No, David! (series) by David Shannon
movies
Lorenzo’s Oil – Movie Review
This movie is based on the true story of parents who fight for the life of their son with a very rare and, until then, incurable disease. Their desperate love for their child and each other drives them to go beyond what was considered possible and actually find a cure...