Wisdom And Righteousness

New Look & Big News!

  If things look a little different around here, it is because I decided it was time for a website overhaul!  Do you like it?  I am so excited for these changes!  You will find the site will now adapt to whatever device you are on, and products should be much easier to find.  Checking out of the shop is now a breeze, and downloading your files is easy-peasy.  The final upgrade was to integrate a new "contact me" form since the one I was using was only sending me messages on a … [Read more...]

What Lies Ahead in 2017… Embracing Peculiarity

I love a new year.  It just is a time-marker - a split second in time that begs us to slow down, to refocus, to remember. I embrace the hesitation - the reflection, focus, and dreaming....Looking back over the years I have lived, and looking forward to the time to come - each second God allows me to breathe. And I wonder - what would I change?  What would I focus on? This year has me a little more reflective than others - I battled hard this past year with mysterious health problems. In … [Read more...]

Bare Souls

We are so comfortable with a casual glance and hello, than we are with deep conversations and life stories.  It is so much easier to connect with people on a level just below the surface and than to reveal our struggles and inadequacies.  And so we move through life, never knowing deep friendship.  Afraid that if someone really knew us, they wouldn't like us that much.  Probably because we know ourselves pretty well, and there are times we don't like ourselves that much either.  We put on our … [Read more...]

When It is Not For Our Good…

It started back in April - the signs of illness starting to rear it's ugly head.  We tried a number of obvious solutions which failed to deliver a cure.  More doctors, more tests, more unknowns.  Extreme fatigue and nausea left me unable to do much and my five young kids learning to fend for themselves.  There were so many people praying for healing, and so much advice. I was thankful for the prayers. So thankful. I started out praying for healing, but healing continued to allude.  And others … [Read more...]

Famished

A friend of mine told me her story - how she bled that others might live and how she thought of Him in the midst.... Let's start at the beginning and I will tell the story the way I see it in my mind..... She's running slightly late, thinking of all the parts of her day left undone - the laundry, the errands - even lunch, which never found time to be eaten.  She drives quickly, but not so quickly as to alert any official - afterall, she is married to one of them, and what would be more … [Read more...]

Whatever you do…..

I ponder long, racking my brain for what words I might pen to a one-line statement. How do I summarize a life?  We spend our lives with words - speaking who we are out loud to others, but also the conversations in the deep inner parts.  Those words that bring worry or regret, rejoicing or peace.  We turn words over, repeating them.  They have the power to encite, to stirr up anger and wrath or to calm - a peaceful hymn murmered when things are turning sour and you just have to hold. on. … [Read more...]

Redeeming Valentines Day – A Biblical View on Love for Kids

I HAVE AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT and a GIVEAWAY!!! Are any of you frustrated with our culture that sells cheap lust and casual friendship as if it is real love?  Add to that an attitude of "its-all-about-me" and self-entitlement, and you have a recipe for disaster.   With Valentines Day on the horizon, I am anticipating the conversation hearts and heart-shaped chocolate boxes that will be filling the store shelves.  While I love any excuse for chocolate, I sense that the sweet message … [Read more...]

Binder Book Layout Guide – 1.1-1.4

For those of you who have completed other years of the "My Memory Work Lapbooks" and enjoyed using the alternative "Binder-Book" layout, I am happy to announce, the suggested layout guide is now available for free download HERE! Using the same file, you can decide how to lay out your templates.  This can even vary by child!  If you have one that enjoys something a bit more interactive, choose the lapbook option.  If one student is older and you would like all of your extra CC pages in one … [Read more...]

My Memory Work Lapbooks 1.1-1.4 Quick Print Guide!!!

I am so excited to return to Cycle 1 with the ten commandments and some Ancient History!  As I prep for the upcoming school year, I remembered that I posted a quick-print guide when I first released the Lapbooks for Cycle 1. Here are the links for all of you!   Lapbook 1.1 Quick Print Guide Lapbook 1.2 Quick-Print Guide Lapbook 1.3 Quick Print Guide Lapbook 1.4 Quick Print Guide   Happy Lapbooking!   Blessings, Karen … [Read more...]

The Woman

Four years ago I was still working full-time with three kids, and a fourth on the way.  Around that time, I wrote a post for (in)courage which is a division of Dayspring (the Christian cards, etc.)  A few days ago, a friend asked me to re-post that article from the archives.  Although my situation has changed - I am no longer rushing to work outside the home, but am in our fourth year of homeschooling, and we now have a fifth baby due soon - this post still resonates with me, urging me forward. … [Read more...]