I migliori Plumfield Moms podcast (2024)

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Reflection: They Set Up Their Own Signs for Signs 5:35

1d ago5:35

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"When God was leading his people through the wilderness and laying down his laws, he gave instructions for things that were to be set up for worshiping him and remembering his deeds. He gave detailed directions for setting up the tabernacle. Often, he commanded an altar or monument to be set up as a sign or memorial. God knows we need tangible remi…

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Book Review: Kensuke's Kingdom 2:50

3d ago2:50

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"In this story, there is an accident while Michael is sailing, but he is with his parents at the time. They are a small, happy family on a trip around the world in their yacht. It’s not an every-day situation, to be sure, but I found it refreshing that the parents aren’t the bad guys. It isn’t long before Michael discovers that he is not the only h…

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Author Interview: S. D. Smith Talks About New Book The Found Boys 1:17:04

3d ago1:17:04

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In this lively interview with S. D. Smith, we chat about his new book: The Found Boys. We also talk a little bit about his most recent release, the sequel to Jack Zulu, Jack Zulu And The Girl With The Golden Wings. As things so often do when we chat with Sam, we dug into some of the big cultural questions that we are all facing today. You can pre-o…

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Book Review: Jane of Lantern Hill 4:14

7d ago4:14

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"Despite some over-the-top incidents, such as Jane being instrumental in capturing an escaped circus lion, she is a loveable character. Montgomery gives her some unbelievable wisdom and talents for a girl her age, which isn’t unusual for Montgomery’s heroines. Bringing Jane’s parents together because of a life-threatening illness is an awfully tire…

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Book Review: The Found Boys by S. D. Smith 9:11

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The Found Boys by S. D. Smith is an exciting and interesting story about ordinary boys growing up in two churches on either side of the river in 1980s West Virginia. Scott and Tommy are white boys from Valley Baptist Church who like to jump off of swings, shoot hoops, run along the shoreline, and chase after adventure. Dooley is a black kid from Mt…

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Reflection: You Feed Them 5:05

9d ago5:05

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John’s gospel says that Jesus asked Philip where they were going to get enough food for all the people and that, “He said this to test him for he himself knew what he would do” (John 6:6). In any case, the disciples went to find out exactly how much food was available - five loaves of bread and two fish. What in the world could anyone do with that?…

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Author Interview: M. I. McAllister of The Mistmantle Chronicles 1:04:25

12d ago1:04:25

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This is a re-release of an old favorite: our interview with M. I. (Margi) McAllister of the Mistmantle Chronicles. It has been about two years since this interview aired. The original interview was broken into two episodes. Our new audio engineer (Sara's son Michael) took some time this summer to clean up the sound and trim the interview so that it…

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Book Review: The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin 5:06

14d ago5:06

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I was wrong. The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin is not cheesy. It is, in fact, quite lovely. I must have been in a mid-winter funk when I read it the first time. This time, I was quite taken with it. Now, that said, it is not as strong as The Librarian Spyor The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, or my real favorites, Blacko…

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Reflection: It's Black and White 4:30

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"Contrary to the shrill voices we hear from the world more loudly every day, John says, “I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth” (2:21). The definition of truth hasn’t changed. The Greek word for truth is aletheia. It is “the unveiled reality lying at the basis of and agree…

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Book Review: The Big Jump and Other Stories 5:30

21d ago5:30

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“In the old days, no one but a King could have a dog for a pet.” One day one of the King’s dogs runs to a boy named Ben and doesn’t want to go back to the King. Ben wants to keep the dog, but he knows only a King can have a dog, so he asks what he would have to do to become a King. I won’t tell you how he does it, but “that is how Ben came to have …

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Book Review: Mooses with Bazookas by S. D. Smith 3:36

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I have had ten copies of Mooses with Bazookas in my library since it was released last fall, and all of them are constantly checked out. As one copy gets returned, someone grabs it out of the return pile and asks to have it checked back in immediately so they can check it out themselves. If you search my TinyCat account right now (while I am writin…

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Reflection: Kindness and Severity 5:48

30d ago5:48

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"We see expressions of God’s kindness in the Psalms with words such as lovingkindness, mercy, goodness and faithfulness. Note, however, that David and other writers often plead with this same God to shame their enemies. They expect him to break the teeth of the wicked and melt them like wax."Di Plumfield Moms

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Book Review: Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call 4:00

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"When American men began to go to war by the hundreds of thousands, women took up the slack. They filled the jobs men left open, planted Victory Gardens, sold war bonds, worked with the Red Cross, and conserved food and fuel. But women had never been allowed in the army. They didn’t even have the right to vote. These women went to war anyway. They …

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Reflection: (Don’t) Change Me 5:30

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"Am I like the people of the Gadarenes or like the Samaritans? Do I pray, 'Dear God, please make me happy, but don’t change me'? Have I ever said, 'Thank you, Jesus, for the miracle, now please go away so I can get back to normal'?Di Plumfield Moms

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Book Review: Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers by Kevin T. Ford 5:00

1M ago5:00

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Fans of The Green Ember and Mistmantle will be delighted with Lepunia: Kingdom of the Gallopers by Kevin T. Ford! This new middle-grade fantasy series starter is beautifully written and tells the kind of story that we love being inside of while reading and want to return to once we are done. Not only does this exciting story have interesting world-…

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Our Reading Life: July 2024 1:06:01

1M ago1:06:01

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Welcome to our July 2024 episode of Our Reading Life where we chat with our dear friends, Tanya Arnold and Sarah Kim from Biblioguides about our reading lives. We are so glad that you are here! Tanya’s References Let’s Play Math by Denise Gaskins The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin Sarah Kim’s References Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Glowrushes b…

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Reflection: Straight Paths for the Lord 5:15

1M ago5:15

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"Not everyone was willing to listen to John’s assessment of their sin. Many were disappointed that the news wasn’t more spectacular. This wasn’t what they had been hoping for. Where was the mighty king coming in a procession with his servants, his throngs of followers, and his army to set his people free from Rome? Those whose hearts were too crook…

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Our Librarian Life: July 2024 49:53

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Welcome to our July 2024 episode of Our Librarian Life where we chat with our dear librarian friends, Kristi Stansfield and Sherry Early, about our reading lives. We are so glad that you are here! In this episode, we chat about what happens when everything suddenly changes - whether it is from a need to close for a while due to renovations, injury,…

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Book Review: A Mathematician's Lament 4:30

2M ago4:30

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“The first thing to understand is that mathematics is an art. The difference between math and the other arts, such as music and painting, is that our culture does not recognize it as such.” There is an astonishing amount of power and truth packed into this 140-page book. If, like me, you feared and resented math in school because it made you feel s…

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Reflection: In Whom Do You Now Trust? 4:40

2M ago4:40

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“For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: ‘Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.'” (Isa. 8:11-13…

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Reflection: God Can Garden in Wagon Tracks 5:10

2M ago5:10

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"Paths, wagon tracks, and roads are fit for their intended uses but are difficult places for vegetation to grow. Reclaiming them for growing things would take back-breaking work. But if God wants hard-packed earth to produce fruit, it will. Just because a place looks like barren desert to me doesn’t mean it would be the least bit difficult for God …

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Plumfield in Person: Why Libraries? 9:45

2M ago9:45

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"Through a series of extremely fortunate events, over the past nine months or so, I have become acquainted with several women scattered around the country who run private lending libraries. The ones I know are homeschoolers or former homeschoolers who collected good books for their children’s education and edification. At some point each of them be…

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Book Review: Team Burger Shed by Tavin Dillard 4:15

2M ago4:15

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Team Burger Shed by Tavin Dillard made my reserved and faintly aloof husband snort and then laugh out loud. And I wasn’t even reading it to him. In fact, he was sitting on the couch reading his own book while the kids and I were talking about Tavin Dillard’s latest antics in the chapter I had been reading. I reached for my phone and turned on the a…

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Reflection: Dressed for Action 5:35

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"Peter later elaborates on this. “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet. 1:13). “Preparing your minds for action” is one way to translate the Greek words that mean, “girding up the loins of your mind.” Picture, then, …

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Reflection: The Holy One of Israel 4:45

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"Because God is the all-powerful, all-knowing Creator, it stands to reason that his ways and thoughts are higher than ours. But he explicitly tells us who he is if we’re willing to seek and hear."Di Plumfield Moms

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Our Reading Life: June 2024 1:04:26

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Welcome to our June 2024 episode of Our Reading Life where we chat with our dear friends, Tanya Arnold and Sarah Kim from Biblioguides about our reading lives. We are so glad that you are here! Show Notes: https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/show-notes-our-reading-life-june-2024/Di Plumfield Moms

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Reflection: Are You Persuaded? 5:55

2M ago5:55

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"Like most of us, I haven’t physically committed the big, obvious sins like murder and adultery. I can honestly say I don’t outright lie or steal. But am I persuaded of what Jesus says about the sins of the heart?"Di Plumfield Moms

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Our Librarian Life: June 2024 25:27

3M ago25:27

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This summer we are making more time to play with our books and spending less time in the editing chair. But, we didn't want you not to have an episode... so here is a short episode on how we choose which book format(s) we prefer when trying to be good stewards of our resources. Check out the show notes here: https://plumfieldandpaideia.com/ask-the-…

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Book Review: Bellwether by Connie Willis 2:59

3M ago2:59

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I decided to listen to Connie Willis’s Bellwether while my seventeen-year-old and I were doing a renovation in my library. He loves science and is starting to love Connie Willis’s writing. This novella was especially fun for us to listen to together. Chaos theory, trends, group behavior patterns, and human nature are all part of the dynamic human e…

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Reflection: Longing to Gather You 7:15

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After God had brought the Israelites out of Egypt, he told Moses to tell the people, “You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is …

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Book Review: The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs 4:55

3M ago4:55

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"Huck is terrified when he first sees the stegosaurus. He goes as quickly as he can to Chief Whitewater to tell him there is a monster someone needs to kill. Of course, the chief doesn’t believe him. So, the next time Huck goes to the spring to wash clothes, he takes his grandfather’s gun with him. Before Huck can shoot the dinosaur, he learns that…

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Reflection: Incline Your Heart 5:36

3M ago5:36

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"It is right, with proper humility, for us to ask God to incline toward us. But it is we who need practice inclining toward God."Di Plumfield Moms

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Book Review: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 5:15

3M ago5:15

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In the middle of the 21st century, historian Ned Henry has a severe case of “time-lag.” Exhausted from fruitless time-travel jumps to Coventry Cathedral in various times before the WWII bombing and fire, Ned has not been able to satisfy his boss, and find the hideous but elusive “Bishop’s bird stump.” Lady Shrapnel is on a mission to have every det…

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Reflection: Just Plant 6:20

3M ago6:20

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“The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all tim…

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Our Librarian Life: May 2024 1:01:55

3M ago1:01:55

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Join us as we discuss barcodes, book tape, inventory, summer reading programs, and renovations! Picture Book Preschool Five in a Row Biblioguides Book Tape Book Tape Dispenser Label Protectors Shelf Notes Barcode Generator Barcode Scanner Dymo Label Printer Library Thing Barcodes The Card CatalogDi Plumfield Moms

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Book Review: Wolf Hollow (CAUTION - NOT FOR LITTLE EARS) 9:52

3M ago9:52

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In the last few years, I have heard the great American classic, To Kill A Mockingbird, frequently being recommended for middle-grade readers. I staunchly disagree with the general practice of recommending that tough book to readers below eleventh grade. Could there be a particular child for whom it is a good fit? Maybe. But, it is my opinion that t…

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Reflection: Stand in the Breach 5:50

3M ago5:50

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"We know that not everyone is called to stand in the spotlight before crowds. In fact, few of us are. We are not all called to fill the same holes in the wall, but we are all called to do something. There is no checklist of day-to-day activities for a breach-stander. However, the more we read the word, pray, and listen, the more the general command…

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Our Reading Life: May 2024 55:52

3M ago55:52

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Join us for our May 2024 Our Reading Life episode where we talk about spies, codebreakers, and geeky grammar. Tanya’s References The Pink Refrigerator by Tim Egan D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose Sarah Kim’s References Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Tow…

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Book Review: Good Luck Duck 4:00

3M ago4:00

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"When the Ferris wheel seems to be running again, Timothy and the duck get stuck at the top. 'Up above, the duck on the seat whispered excited little whispers to Timothy. He liked it far above the noise of all the crowd. He was glad to be away from all that noise. He flapped his wings and whispered. He quirked and jerked his stubby tail. He was pro…

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Reflection: Our Dwelling Place 5:27

4M ago5:27

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"As I think about it in terms of wishing, in the midst of all our moves, for a place to nestle, I can see how gently persistent God was in teaching me to find my true dwelling place in him. He had moved me from what had become my comfort to a new state where we were strangers. Then he took us to a different country altogether, one where we knew we …

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Special Project: 1924 Books 1:13:13

4M ago1:13:13

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Taken from Sherry Early’s blog: It was indeed a different era. What was going on in 1924 when these books were being published and read? The 1924 Paris Olympics, Leopold and Loeb murders, the premiere of Rhapsody in Blueby Gershwin. Vladimir Lenin died, and Mallory and Irvine disappeared while attempting to summit Mt. Everest. Robert Frost won the …

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Book Review: Virginia Hall, an Extraordinary Woman 6:20

4M ago6:20

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Whether they loved her or hated her, everyone who knew her considered her an amazing and memorable woman. Klaus Barbie, the infamous Butcher of Lyon became obsessed with finding the “Limping Lady of Lyon.” He had posters made and offered a huge reward for information leading to the arrest of “The Enemy’s Most Dangerous Spy.”…

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Reflection: Bad Company Corrupts Good Morals 5:56

4M ago5:56

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"Don’t you love this sort of pithy proverb? You can toss the platitude to a teenager whose friends you don’t approve of with the assurance that its truth is indisputable and needs no context – exactly the way we like our favorite Bible verses. Because the maxim is simple to understand and examples of its truth abound, it was a perfect topic for an …

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Book Club: That Hideous Strength - Ransom Trilogy Part 3 1:10:20

4M ago1:10:20

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Hello, friends! We are working on some big projects behind the scenes and realized the need to take a little break from recording new book clubs. Also, we have gained quite a few new followers in the last twelve months. And so, we thought that now might be the right moment to revisit three of our most popular book clubs: the books of the CS Lewis S…

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Book Review: Snow Treasure 3:25

4M ago3:25

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Part of the plan to sneak the gold out right under the noses of the Nazis involves teams of Riswyk children each carrying 75 pounds of gold on their sleds down to a fjord where the crew of a fishing boat waits to load the gold for transportation to America. The plan works seamlessly. Until the snow starts to melt before they have transported half t…

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Book Review: The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek 4:00

4M ago4:00

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"What child wouldn’t love to discover a living dinosaur in the backyard? What if that dinosaur could talk? That’s what happens to Joey and Joan Brown, freckled, red-headed twelve-year-old twins. On the first few pages of the story, we are made aware of the family Problem."Di Plumfield Moms

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Reflection: Go and Learn What This Means 5:55

4M ago5:55

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The Pharisees dogged Jesus so relentlessly they should have known his teachings as well as his disciples did. It’s tragic that they weren’t trying to learn anything from him other than how to discredit him. Have I learned what Jesus meant when he said, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice”? It is hard to misunderstand what he means in the first chapter o…

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Reflection: Servants Through Whom You Believed 5:54

4M ago5:54

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"If you are a believer, someone had to plant the seed in your mind. Someone else watered it. Acknowledging these gospel gardeners gives us perspective. When it seems like life has been mostly dark, it can remind us that Jesus has been there all the time."Di Plumfield Moms

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Book Review: The Remains of the Day 4:19

4M ago4:19

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I found that Downton Abbey and the Jeremy Irons Brideshead Revisited miniseries gave my imagination some kind of scaffolding upon which to understand this very subtle, very restrained, and very sophisticated fictional memoir. To be perfectly frank, I really don’t know what this book is about. I know that it’s about dignity. I know that Mr. Stevens …

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Reflection: Judgment or Discernment 5:35

4M ago5:35

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"We know Jesus did say, 'Judge not, that you be not judged.' Are we to take this as our motto without context? In this same sermon, Jesus also tells us to beware of false prophets. How will we know true from false if we don’t judge anything?"Di Plumfield Moms

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