We live in a sports-crazed culture, where weddings are planned around football games and adult men shed tears when their team wins the championship. So, can sports play a healthy role in the Christian life? Pastor and seminary professor David E. Prince believes it can. In fact, Prince says Christian families can use sports to teach their children not only ...
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Medieval Apple Tart Recipe
Medieval Apple Tart Recipe What would have Sir Francis Drake enjoyed for dessert? Most likely something similar to this apple tart recipe. Simple, but delicious, make this old-time recipe become a new favorite of your family’s! Ingredients 4 – 5 apples 6 figs, chopped 1/4 cup raisins 1 1/2 tsp. powder douce 1/4 tsp. salt pinch saffron What is Powder Douce? Many medieval recipes call ...
Read More »History Lesson Plan For Under Drake’s Flag Part 3
Under Drake’s Flag – 3 Disc 1 (Track 7), Disc 2 (Tracks 1-3) By Jodie Wolfe The next portion of Ned and Gerald’s journey is wrought with adventure, struggles, and the need to think quickly and come up with a plan in order to save themselves and those they are with. This time we journey with them through the deep ...
Read More »REVIEW: 5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’
Thomas is a brave young man living in a dystopian world full of desolate cities, rusted cars and blowing tumbleweed. He’s also one of the few healthy people left on the planet, which makes he and his friends – who also are healthy – curiosities to society. That’s because something called the “flare virus” has ravaged the population, turning anyone ...
Read More »Protecting And Strengthening Your Marriage (Interview With Dave Carder)
Note: This week’s show contains content that parents might prefer listening to alone, without children. No one enters a marriage with the intention of having an affair, but plenty of husbands and wives naively find themselves in that situation – and likely after having said, “It won’t ever happen to me.” Counselor Dave Carder – who has counseled hundreds of ...
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘The Post’
Katharine Graham is a 1970s female newspaper publisher working in a man’s world. Her board at The Washington Post is all male. Her newsroom is nearly all male. And when she chats on the phone with a politician or big wig, it is almost always – you guessed it – with a man. Few people believe she’s qualified, but perhaps ...
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Forever My Girl’
Liam Page is a world-famous country singer who has everything the world can offer: big houses, beautiful women, and fans who idolize his every move. Yet despite his wealth, he often thinks about Josie, the fiancé he abandoned on their wedding day eight years earlier in their hometown of St. Augustine, La, when he was young and immature. It seems ...
Read More »How To Stimulate Your Prayer Life (Interview With Bill Thrasher)
Why do so many Christian struggle in their prayer life? After all, we know God commanded us to pray. And we know that life goes better when we spend time with the Lord. Yet few of us are happy with our prayer life. Our guest on this week’s edition of Words of Wisdom is Bill Thrasher, a graduate professor of ...
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Paddington 2’
Paddington is a lovable Peruvian bear with a small ego and big heart. But he’s also short on money, and with his Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday just around the corner, he needs some cash for a gift – and fast. So, Paddington does what any intelligent, talking bear in his situation would do: He works a few odds jobs with ...
Read More »Gardening In The Winter With Sprouts
Supplies Needed: 1 quart-sized glass jar 1 square cheesecloth or sprout jar (to over lid) 1 rubber band (if using cheesecloth) 1 teaspoon 1-4 oz. of sprout seeds (alfalfa, green lentils, mung beans, black-eyed peas, radish) 1 roll paper tolls Instructions: Pour 2 teaspoons of sprout seeds into the jar and add enough water to cover the seeds. Cover the ...
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