Hey Supporters,
If you have been following me for a while, you know each year I try to think of a Resurrection activity to do with the little people in my life. This year, I will be using an Easter Bunny to teach about the character of Christ. Click here for the complete devotional, along with several options for the craft. Until next week, Continue to pray for me and know I am praying for you, Corine
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Hey Supporters, I have something exciting to share with you. As you already know, adopting and foster care are close to my heart. The topics have even inspired me to write a picture book about it: Jaden Goes to Foster Care. Recently, Family Christian Stores offered me a chance to review Adventures in Odyssey The Drop Box: Three Stories about Sacrifice in exchange for my honest opinion. Adventures in Odyssey: The Drop Box contains three stores. The first story is inspired by the movie The Drop Box. In the first story, Whit and Eugene are in South Korea where they meet Pastor Lee Jong-rak. While at Pastor Lee’s house they soon learn that children who are not perfect by the world standards are being abandoned. Whit and Eugene team up with Pastor Lee to help these children find a safe home and purpose in life. This story will not only remind you that everyone has a purpose but we can be the very person God uses to bring change to the world. The second and third story: The Chosen One brought me to tears. In this story, a little girl by the name of Kelly finds her way to WhitsEnd. It is unclear of what she is doing there and why she is all alone. As the good folks of Odyssey attempt to embrace Kelly with the love of Christ things begin to go wrong. Soon it seems, the hard they embrace Kelly the more things go wrong (if you ever foster a child you can definitely relate to this). They soon discover that Kelly ran away from an abusive home. Will anyone in Odyssey take in this Kelly in and provide her a foster home even though Kelly is so hard to love? I love this audio CD because it presents difficult topics in a child friendly manner, while still speaking to adults. This CD is perfect for car trips (each story is only about 30 minutes) or a family devotional. I can also see the story of the Chosen One being used by a family with children who is considering foster care. At under $3, be sure to pick out a copy for your family. Family Christian Stores sponsored this giveaway by providing me with a free copy of The Drop Box. In addition, they are blessing the lucky readers will win a $5 Certificate to Family Christian. This giveaway will end March 28 at 12:00 AM EST. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to my email. If no response, a new winner will be chosen. Open to residents of the US/CAN. And the winners are Lauren L; Michal K & Christie B.
Well Supporters, My friends at Zondervan are doing it again. They are sponsoring another great Easter Basket Book Giveaway (try saying that three times fast). This year’s giveaway includes a little something for all the little (and not so little ones in your life). For the preschooler in your life: Little Bunny's Bible - The Little Bunny’s Bible is a soft, cuddly Bible that children age 2-5 can call their own. Throughout this plush-covered book, little ones learn that they’re loved and cared for by God as they hear about God’s faithfulness in stories from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. With sweet, rhyming text and colorful illustrations, this soft and cuddly character storybook Bible is sure to become a classic with preschoolers.
For the early elementary schooler in your life: Miracles of Jesus (I Can Read! / Adventure Bible) - Miracle of Jesus is a level two I Can Read! based on the NIV Adventure Bible. In it, young readers read about how great God’s love is for all people. At this read-alone level, newly independent readers follow Jesus as he travels, spreading the Good News of his Father’s love. Along the way, Jesus shows in wondrous ways just how powerful God’s love is when he brings health back to a young girl and a long-suffering woman, and how he gives comfort to thousands of believers with a delicious meal as well as the precious word of God.
For the preteen: The Case For Grace for Kids - What does “grace” really mean? How can God’s grace impact your life? How can you experience grace every day? This new book by New York Times bestselling author, Lee Strobel, shows how God’s love is for everyone—no matter what. Through stories of everyday people whose lives have been changed, you will discover God’s love and the power of forgiveness. You will experience God’s amazing grace and be able to share it with others.
For the teen: You Have a Brain: A Teen’s Guide to Think Big, - Throughout his life, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson has needed to overcome many obstacles: His father leaving the family; being considered stupid by his classmates in grade school; growing up in inner-city Detroit; and having a violent temper. But Dr. Carson didn't let his circumstances control him, and instead discovered eight principles that helped shape his future. In You Have a Brain: A Teen’s Guide to Think Big, Dr. Carson unpacks the eight important parts of Thinking Big—Talent, Honesty, Insight, being Nice, Knowledge, Books, In-Depth learning, and God—and presents the stories of people who demonstrated those things in his life. By applying the idea of T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G. to your life, and by looking at those around you as well, you too can overcome obstacles and work toward achieving your dreams. This book includes discussion questions at the back of the book. Hey Supporters, As you may remember about this time last year, I challenged myself to review 104 books in a year. While I started the year out strong, the last few months have been problematic. It looks like the book I am doing with a publisher has been delayed again (please keep this situation in your prayers as I have allowed the delays to consume way too much of my time and energy). So instead of reviewing 104 books, I only reviewed 55 books. In addition, my Amazon Reviewer Ranking has been slowly creeping up. It is now 79,742 (up almost 30,000 points since the last time I checked). If you have a book or a product that you are interested in me reviewing please check my reviewer guidelines. So enough with the boring details. Now for the moment you have been waiting for. The best book I have reviewed and read in the last month. So drum roll please.... The honor for the February 2015 Book of the Month Pick by Corine is...... Love Letters From God. As a child I loved lift-the-flap books. I was always excited to see what surprise was under the flap. Needless to say, I am super excited about Zonderkidz’ newest Bible storybook entitled Love Letters From God. Love Letters from God covers 18 popular Bible stories (half from the Old Testament and half from the New Testament). Each story has a correlating Bible verse, entitled ‘God’s Wonderful Words to You’.” Each ‘God’s Wonderful Word to You’ was a carefully chosen promise that is important for your child to remember. There is also a life-the-flap for each story that is a Love Letter from God to your child. You can lift-the-flap and personalize each letter with your child’s name (I would recommend doing this when you first get the book). For example, the creation story is told, the accompanying ‘God’s Wonderful Word to You’ is Jeremiah 29:11, and accompanying ‘Love Letter’ talks about how happy God made your child and has wonderful plans for him/her. This book reminds me of my own book, My Journey with Jesus Christ, in which parents can write a prayer/love letter to their children. While I am picking this book as my book of the month, I do have a few slight issues with this book.
That is all for now. Continue to pray for me as I pray for you, Corine |
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