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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

"The Quilted Heart" by Mona Hodgson

The Quilted Heart Omnibus: Three Novellas in One:    Dandelions on the Wind, Bending Toward the Sun, and Ripples Along the Shore  -     By: Mona Hodgson
 

A group of ladies outside St. Charles, Missouri meet weekly to quilt - and face post-war life together - each Thursday.  They quilt, pray, and keep each other going through the tough years during and following the Civil War.  They also counsel each other through healing and second chances at love and romance.

  The Quilted Heart is the very best kind of novella - it's a novella trilogy that follows a group of friends through the course of several seasons.  Hodgson wove love and romance through this group of friends, offering them all second chances at love, all while keeping the same wide cast of characters.  It really gave the reader the feel of a a big story instead of a small novella - you have the opportunity to fall deeply in love with the characters and to champion their causes.  The stories were deep, the faith questions real and the answers valid, and the problems are historically appropriate and interesting.

I really enjoyed reading about these people - these friends.  I must say, though, that I liked the first two stories the best, for all of the above reasons.  

The third was a bit different.  The third story felt more like a wrap-it-all-up story to me.  There were multiple love threads that were never pulled.  A sequel would be a great possibility, because I'd love to hang around these people again and hear more of their stories - but this one part felt unfinished to me.

The ending of the last story was also very open-ended.  There's nothing wrong with that, of course - but the love story was not quite wrapped up.  It really hadn't quite begun.  While you can see where the author was going with it, I personally prefer more details.  So maybe a sequel is in order.  I could certainly get behind that - but I wasn't ready for that final story to end.

Is that a good thing?  I don't know.  Read The Quilted Heart and find out for yourself.

I received a free copy of The Quilted Heart from Bethany House in exchange for an honest review.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

GratiTuesday - Only Two More Days!


If you've been reading here for any length of time, you might know that I didn't grow up in this Southern town where we now live.  

I grew up in the mountains of central Pennsylvania, surrounded by lots of farmers and Amish people and woods and streams and cows.

So when I went off to college I chose a small, private school not too far away.  I made friends and discovered our new college culture involved all sorts of things previously scorned - like cartoons and afternoon naps.  It also involved frequent Sheetz runs.

Sheetz is a Pennsylvania-based gas station chain with a restaurant inside.  You order your food at touch-screen computers so that it is all "Made to Order (MTO)."  Food that is prepared in a gas station might not sound so wonderful, but Sheetz has nailed it - specialty drinks, entrees that are flexible and include a wide variety of condiment/topping/veggie options - and it's one of my favorite quick places to eat.

So when I moved here, to this tiny Southern town nearly 13 years ago, and there wasn't a Sheetz anywhere around, I soon went into Nachos Grande withdrawal.  When my husband and I started dating and I suffered from a bout of homesickness, he would drive me across the state border after a small Sheetz opened there.  We'd get slushies and subs and eat in the car, and that taste of home made everything better.

Because for me Sheetz is a bit of home.  It's where I ate meals while road tripping.  It's where I filled the gas tank of my first car and shared nachos with friends during all nighters in college.  It's where I met friends after high school and grabbed slushies on hot days.


After detouring for Sheetz on every possible road trip for the past 13 years, Sheetz is finally coming to town.  It's being built about a mile from our house - and it's opening in just two more days.  It looks big and bright and beautiful, and I can't wait.

Some might say it's just a gas station.  It is that, but it's more.  It's the memory of friends and family and summer refreshment.  It's the feeling of safety when seeing the bright lights and big red sign from a strange highway.  

Just a gas station?  Nah.  

It's just a bit of home.  

Only two more days to wait.

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Hearts for Home Blog Hop - April 24, 2014


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Monday, April 21, 2014

A Little Break ...

We're taking a break over the next few days to celebrate a birthday and enjoy some time off together.  I'll be back on Wednesday with a review and a fun giveaway, though, so be sure to hop back over.

We had a chance to visit Duke Gardens on Friday, and I played with the camera and the kids amidst the tulips - my very favorite flower!  A few people I know are growing up much too quickly - hence the need for our short break.



See you on Wednesday!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Hearts for Home Blog Hop - April 17, 2014


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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Mid-week Missions: Resurrection Activities for Kids


Great activities abound at this time of year - and I think that when working with kids, the very best ones are those that point to the cross.  We need to be sure that our children are hearing the story of Jesus' love and sacrifice over and over, learning the layers and shades of meaning and great love that are woven throughout.

That means that this week we're having "Easter School" at our house.  Each day we're doing a different activity that points to the cross.  While I don't have finished pictures from all of these to share yet, I can point you to where I found most of these ideas, so here they are -our favorite Resurrection activities for Easter.


1.  Resurrection Garden - This has been making its way around Pinterest, and we decided to try it this year.  We planted it several days ago and hope that it begins to sprout by Easter - but if it doesn't, we'll enjoy it next week.  The kids loved planning the layout of the garden and finding the perfect rock to seal the tomb - and as the week goes on, we'll be adding crosses to our garden.

2.  Resurrection Eggs - Directions abound for what to put in these eggs if you choose to make your own, but I purchased mine years ago during an 'after Easter' sale at a local Christian book store.  I've been using these to tell the story to My Big Helper and My Little Man for about six years now, and they get excited each time we pull out the bright orange egg carton.  This is a great way to make the storytelling interactive, and the symbols help the smallest children remember the main points of the story.



3.  "The Crossmaker" by See the Light Shine - This set of Easter-centered art projects is awesome!  There are lessons using creative lettering - seen above and below - as well as chalk pastels, watercolors, a story, and some really neat bonus features.  We're having fun working through these lessons together, and I appreciate the way that the Bible stories are so well tied into art projects where the kids are learning and producing 'masterpieces' that I can display and keep for years to come.



4.  Easter Cards - We send cards to our extended family members every holiday season, big or small.  At least, we try to - it's one way that we try to stay in touch with people who are far away. This year the kids chose to make cards several different ways, so not everyone will be getting the same style of cards, but some will be receiving this one.

5.  Empty Tomb Resurrection Cake - I don't think that our cake is going to look quite like this, but I am excited about the idea of morphing our traditional Bunny Cake into a Resurrection Cake.  I think we're going to have fun building a sugary garden, too, and I love the meaning that we can build into that.

6.  Resurrection Rolls - This has been a popular side dish for years, and it never gets old around here.  We'll make and serve these at our Easter feast. 

7.  An "Easter" Seder Meal - We're actually doing this twice this week - once with our church and once with our school group, but it's a pretty exciting event.  At the first one there was a Jewish rabbi and a Duke Divinity Professor present, and while one taught us the traditions involving the Seder post-Temple, the professor pointed to how Jesus fulfilled those traditions.  It was a great experience that led to a rather deep discussion with My Big Helper upon arriving home.

8. Resurrection Cookies -  This is a really fabulous way for young children to understand the story of the Resurrection.  It takes two days to complete, and you'll need a Bible and some unusual cookie-baking ingredients, but it's well worth the time and trouble.  The directions for these cookies follow the Easter story so closely that the recipe consists of scripture - and you look up each reference and then do to the ingredients what it says.  Meaning that you'll taste the 'sour wine' vinegar that Jesus was given when He thirsted on the cross. You'll smell and taste and use all of your senses as you move through the story - and end up with 'empty,' hollow cookies at the end.

How will you point your children to the cross this week?

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

GratiTuesday - "Let the Little Children Come to Me"



Have you ever seen Resurrection Eggs?  

It's a dozen plastic eggs, Easter-style, and each one contains a symbol of the Easter message.  They have numbers so you can get them in the right order, and I've been using them to talk about the Easter message with my kids since they were in preschool.

Last week, though, I asked them to keep quiet about the story.  We decided to use the eggs with our church's elementary-aged youth group, and I wanted them to be sure to give the other kids a chance to answer.  I figured everyone would be excited and talking and ready to shout out about what each symbol meant.

I was partly right.

The kids liked the eggs.  We sat in a circle on the floor, and they had hands in the air and wiggly bottoms as I held up each egg.  They were eager for the opportunity to open it and find out what was inside.

But they didn't know what the symbols meant.

They didn't know that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, or that He was whipped, or wore a crown of thorns, or that soldiers gambled for His clothes.  They were excited to learn, and they listened intently to the story, but they didn't already know.

One kid knew, though.  Funny thing was, he wasn't one of our usual kids.  He came because his mom helps lead, and he had to tag along that night.

See, he's not old enough for the group - he's only three.

But that little three-year-old kid had heard this story before - this story that the older ones either didn't know or couldn't remember - and he couldn't wait to tell the rest of us all about it.

As soon as each egg cracked, this little guy was talking a mile a minute - telling us all about what each symbol meant.  He knew the whole story.  He knew the scary parts, the super sad parts, the bloody parts, and the full-of-love parts.  Turns out his preschool teacher taught him the story - I bet she has the eggs, too - and he learned it well.

Our kids are never too young to learn about Jesus.  That little one was so excited that he couldn't hold it in - and he's only three.  What might he do with that excitement and enthusiasm?  Who could he teach - both now, as a cute kid, and later, as a wise adult? 

It reminded me of the part of the story where Jesus told the onlookers that if He quieted the "parade" attendees, that even the stones would cry out to Him.

This preschooler was like that - he just had to share.  Of course, many preschoolers feel the urge to talk your ears off - but when's the last time one just had to tell you all about Jesus?

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Monday, April 14, 2014

Menu Plan Monday - April 14, 2014

Happy Holy Week!  We're going to be exploring that theme in lots of different ways this week, in our school time, our art, and even in our snacks.  :-)   The weather has been forecasted to be beautiful for half of the week and a bit chillier the other half, so we'll be outside when we can and being creative inside when we can't.  That may dictate our menu plans a bit.  

Here are a few general ideas:

Breakfast:


 
- scrambled eggs, juice, bananas

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-Apple muffins and oranges

Dinner:


 

- Pizzadillas with Easy Bolognese Sauce, Pepperjack cheese, & onions; salad
 
 
- Grilled steak fajitas with peppers, onions, salsa, and rice
 
- Easter dinner:  baked ham, Guilty Good Green Beans, Mom's Baked Corn, S'Mashed Italian Potatoes, Resurrection rolls, applesauce, and Resurrection cake for dessert.
 
- Leftovers
 
 
We're going to bake a Resurrection Cake on Saturday to have for dessert on Sunday.  In the past we've made this Bunny Cake.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

Living History: On Board the R.M.S. Titanic


I love history.

History means story and people and the hows and whys of the choices that they make.  It means understanding a different time and place and coming to learn how that time affects our own.

I come from a long line of storytellers, and I grew up hearing family stories, many of them dating back to the Civil War.  But when my grandmother took me to Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts and I walked into one of the tiny huts that resembles a Pilgrim dwelling from that first harsh winter in America, I was hooked on seeing history come alive.

Last week, it really did.

For a year a group of friends and I have been planning a Titanic unit with our kids.  The idea was that each child would choose a person who had a connection to the fatal maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic and then research that person deeply.  The family would study the ship and anything connected with it however they chose - but on April 4th we would come together for a Titanic-style luncheon.  Each child would dress as their 'character' and each family would come bearing a dish that was really cooked on board.  The parents would then serve the children, who would converse in character and share what they had learned.

One of our moms most generously offered to host this gathering.  It takes a rare and kind person to allow 18 children of all ages to invade her home, eating off of fine china and silver and wiggling happily on beautiful chairs - and she is definitely that kind of person.

And so, venture out we did.  



I couldn't help but wonder: what did passersby think of these antique-looking people?




As everyone arrived, we took pictures by family and with close friends.  Think Prom.  This turned out to be a really big deal!



Of course, the Titanic could not sail without Captain Smith.



Our hostess went all out.  The girls seated themselves in her dining room, amid many giggles and smiles,



while the boys all retired to the butler's pantry, where I heard many glasses clink to shouts of 'cheers!'





We ate very well, and we ate beautiful, wonderful food that was authentic to the voyage.




The children chose a wide variety of people connected with the Titanic.  The Astors were present, as was Harold Bride, Marconi operator; Thomas Andrews, ship designer; Violet Jessup, nurse/stewardess; Captain EJ Smith; and many others.  One family with an infant even dressed up the baby and chose a character for her!

This was an event that we will not soon forget.  Though it was fun, our children studied history, literature, science, scripture, writing, health, and grammar.  They talked about pride and money and etiquette and whether one really needs to eat nine courses of dinner.  

While we're all happy to live in a time that doesn't require such grandiose manners or focus on luxury in quite that way, we can learn a lot from those who lived it.

And we'll never forget the Titanic.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Hearts for Home Blog Hop - April 10, 2014


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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Mid-Week Missions: The "Rock" of My World


I've decided to start a new feature here at the Nest - one based on missional activity. Some of these ideas will come from the lessons I teach to our church's elementary-aged youth group, others will be things that I do with my own kids, still others we do as a family.

I am particularly excited to start with this one, because it involves one of My Little Man's most favorite things:  rocks.

My Little Man picks up rocks everywhere he goes.  There are always rocks in his pocket and I find them all through the house - in the washing machine, on the floors, in his bedding, and between the couch cushions.  Gets to be a painful thing, sometimes.

But Jesus talked about rocks.  About how their strong and sure, a good thing on which to build a foundation.

They're all through the Old Testament - where people experienced something spiritual and placed rocks in a certain arrangement to mark the place where their revelation occurred.

They're also plentiful, and, well, ... cheap, which makes them the perfect ingredient for a mass-kid activity.
 

After talking about the above parable and related stories with the kids, each one chose a rock from some I had brought.  They were all fairly smooth and small enough to fit inside your pocket.

The children wrote on their rocks whatever they wanted.  Some wrote 'faith' or 'joy' or simply 'Jesus.'  They chose what was meaningful to them.

Then each child was given a piece of an index card.  My Big Helper chose to write about Jesus on her card, as you can see in the picture above.


On the other side of the card, they glued on this graphic and poem I created.  When everything had dried, they had a poem and a rock - both things that they could carry in their pockets to remind them of Who the rock of their world really is.

Who's your rock?

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Hearts for Home Blog Hop - April 3, 2014


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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

GratiTuesday - Dream Big

 
A few months ago, something challenged me to rethink the way that our children's youth group at church worked.  We'd been using a simple curriculum with lots of scripture memorization thrown in, but what if we weren't limited by money, materials, or volunteers in any way?

What sort of group would I want my kids to be involved with?

So I began praying and making lists and praying some more.  I started doodling and seeing mission activities and Bible lesson plans everywhere.

Part of this dreaming-big process involved church camp.  My week at Camp Penn completely changed my life about 25 years ago, and I knew I wanted my kids to have that same opportunity - although they are still a bit young.  I found a great Christian camp nearby, though, and started researching how to get a group of kids from our church to camp.

All the while feeling that if we could get maybe 5 kids to day camp there, including our 2, that we'd call that a successful first year.  We could carpool, fitting all of the kids in one mini-van, and that would help with gas expenses for the two-hour round-trip commute.

Then in the midst of Christmas craziness, we found that camp registration had opened.  Who knew people signed up for camp that early?    With a deep breath and lots of prayer, we started talking about camp at church.

We signed up.  Our two kids were now committed to camp - but some of those other dreams started coming true.  People began donating supplies for our kids, and now there were bags and boxes of art supplies to organize, as well as money to track, events to plan and advertise, and communication with all sorts of people to make happen.

As we worked to raise money to help pay for kids to go to camp, they started to sign up.  Just four at first, but that was okay.  We had to start somewhere.  Then we jumped to six, then eight, and then in the space of a week, our numbers rose again - to TWELVE.

As the number of campers rose, I found myself worrying more and more about the money. Sending kids to camp was a painful expense for many families, and while they all deemed it important, we were hoping that our collective fundraising would mean a significantly decreased cost in the end - but would it happen? 

Our last two big fundraisers were this past week.  The second, a bake sale, is something we've done before, but the first was a different story.

We planned to hold a spaghetti dinner, hoping to earn several hundred dollars' in one swoop - but tickets proved to be hard to sell.  We were hoping to serve 100 people, but for several weeks, it looked as though we'd be making dinner for 60, instead.

Then in the days before the dinner, ticket sales and reservations exploded.  It looked as though we would be serving 130!

The big day finally came.  Volunteers came out of the woodwork, and we got the space decorated beautifully with kid-created placemats and springy flower arrangements.  Our camper-wannabes all played a part in the evening - from being greeters and door holders to ticket takers, hosts, busboys, photographers, and table setters.  They looked professional and adorable both as they worked hard to serve our guests.

And guests we had - nearly more than we knew what to do with!  We ran out of bread after serving somewhere above 150 plates, and people continued to trickle in.

  By the end of the evening, we had taken in more than twice our projected amount - merely because people gave generously.  That generosity means that our families don't have to worry about camp money, because we can now pay down those camp bills in big ways, which is great - because kids are STILL signing up for camp!  We're up to 13 with a few more thinking about it.

So I hoped for 5 kids and enough money to cut their camp costs close to half.  Instead, we're sending nearly every child in our small church to camp - and parents should end up paying far less than half of the total cost per child.  No single mini-van is going to get these kids to camp anymore - unless we tie them to the roof.  Just kidding.  At the rate we're going, we might need a bus - but now I'm sure that God's got the transportation angle worked out, too.

Me?  Days later and I'm still dreaming about spaghetti.  I'm in awe of just how kind and generous everyone was on spaghetti night and how on-task and professional these elementary kids could be.  God has reminded me that no matter how hard any of us worked to make this happen, it's not about us.  It's not about me, my kids, or my dreams.

Dreaming big is fun, but dreams are just that:  dreams.  In this case, though, I don't think that's exactly what these were.  I think that God wants our kids at camp this year and He's had His hand on this project all along.  I think that He wanted to shake up our expectations and routines and is going to be making big things happen at camp this summer.

I can't wait to see it.

Where have you seen God at work lately?

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