Laura Parker

Tree of Thanks

A Lesson for Me.  I am finding personally that there is nothing that will pull me out of a self-pitying mood more than remembering, writing, speaking, claiming, and praying the multitude of things I have to be thankful for.  When I can see that the list of blessings is far longer than the list of desires, [...]

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Building Up

Over the last few weeks we have been working our way through one of my favorite family devotionals. It’s written by Clay and Sally Clarkson and is called Our 24 Family Ways. The book is broken down into 24 main standards for family life, such as “We serve one another with a humble attitude” or [...]

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Fruit

I am learning that in homeschooling, I am not much of a planner. I like having a good idea in the moment of a day and then the freedom to pursue it. Today, we started talking about fruit. I was reading recently about Jesus telling His disciples that they were “appointed to bear fruit, fruit [...]

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