Today I am re-posting a post that I wrote last year (March 9, 2012). I have added a bit to it and tried to update links and information. I hope you enjoy! So I am not theologian...I just find that God speaks to me from His word when I study it. I get some help when I write my posts and I ... read more
Memory Work Monday: May 20
Don’t do anything only to get ahead. Don’t do it because you are proud. Instead, be free of pride. Think of others as better than yourselves. None of you should look out just for your own good. You should also look out for the good of others. You should think in the same way Christ Jesus does (Phil ... read more
Biblical Worldview
I am teaching a Bible study that began this week and will run for six weeks. It is so exciting to open the Word of God with new friends. And yesterday, someone was asking me for a book recommendation. I listed a few of my favorites, especially the ones I have used to prepare for the class I am ... read more
Teaching the Word
Last week I posted about using a Family Mission Statement to guide the teaching of the Word to our children. Here is how we did this, in our family. We started with a statement: The Lafont family seeks to glorify God in all that we do, remembering that each thought, word and action is our ... read more
A Handy Tool from The Family Workshop
I was talking to a friend at Bible study last night about the difficulty of finding Christian parenting books that provide good practical application of scripture to family life. There are lots of great books that minister to us when we HEAR what they have to say...but it can be hard to find one ... read more
Teaching Them Diligently…
As I mentioned in the most recent post for Memory Verse Monday, the kiddos and I are learning The Shema this week. Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisrael) ("Hear, [O] Israel") are the first two words of a section of the Torah, and are the title (sometimes shortened to simply "Shema") of a prayer that ... read more
Family Mission Statements: Part 1
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established (Prov 16:3). Christians are called to be set apart, holy, and dedicated to God. But so often, the People of God walk in ways that make them indistinguishable from the people of the world. Sometimes we are comfortable in our sin ... read more