Every now and again I come across a product or 2 that makes me stand up and say, “WOW! I really have to have that.” From audio cds to books, there are available to the Christian today an incredible array of teaching tools, entertainment options, and reference materials.
Some are incredible deals, some [...]

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Alright, people.  I want to see a show of hands:
Who read yesterday’s post about my lack of morning sickness and started praying that I would get sick?
Yeah, I thought so.  Now I get to practice what I preached.

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Morning sickness has been on my mind lately – or more accurately, the lack of morning sickness.
I have had only the barest hint of nausea. It comes and goes almost without my notice. This is not at all typical for me – I’ve had 2 pregnancies with minor nausea. One brought forth [...]

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Photo Sharing – Video Sharing – Share Photos – Free Video Hosting

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In honor of Shannon’s big bloggy event and in addition to our current $750 Vision Forum Giveaway (go enter now!) we are also excited to announce yet another giveaway sponsored by Vision Forum!
No need to have a blog of your own for this one:

Go to the Vision Forum website or view the catalog as a [...]

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Winner #1:
Sallie
Winner #2:
Kathie (I still need your mailing address!)

Winner #3:
Anita
Winner #4:
Diane (I still need your mailing address!)
Winner #5:
Suzof7
To the winners: please email me your shipping address at call her blest at gmail dot com. (no spaces)
To everyone else: Go tell the winners congratulations, and smile because we have good news: Guess [...]

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I know that not all Christians agree, but I wholeheartedly believe that the public school system is no place for a Christian child.
In California, the case has become even stronger. SB 777 has passed the California State Senate and was signed into law. This law, strongly supported by the California Teacher’s Association [...]

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For me, the best part of the film festival each year is seeing old friends and making new ones; greeting familiar faces even if I don’t quite remember the names; and meeting people in real life after knowing them online. I guess it’s a little like an extended family reunion – a big one, [...]

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The Vision Forum drawing is closed to new entries, so watch for an announcement of winners soon.
While you’re waiting, get ready for the next drawing – I’ll post details Monday!
And have you heard about the brand new Vision Forum affiliate program?  It was just officially launched this week!  If you love their products, you can [...]

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I’m probably on my way to the Film Festival right now, but thanks to the intelligence of Wordpress I can create the illusion that I’m right here to remind you that the drawing is ending soon.
If you haven’t entered the drawing to win your $150 wish list from Vision Forum, hurry up: there will [...]

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Deanna, Kait and I went downtown this evening to attend the opening ceremonies of the SAICFF. It’s late but I wanted to share a few of the photos we took this evening. hope you can get a bit of the flavor of the evening.

Here you see the registration table in the lobby of the [...]

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We’ll all be at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival on Friday and Saturday, in and out of the Vision Forum booth. Hubby will be there tonight with our 2 oldest children, snapping photos like a madman.
Will you be there? Come see us!
update:
Our very favorite storyteller George Sarris is debuting a new [...]

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6yo Becca came pounding on my bedroom door at 2:45 this morning. I heard her sobbing, groggy voice: “Mom, I have to go potty really bad and there’s something scary by the light. It looks like a… crab.”
I crawled out of bed to rescue her from a scary crab. Thinking I would [...]

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Ok I can’t keep this to myself this anymore. I have to tell somebody or it’s going to kill me.
Some of you very observant types may have already noticed on page 57 of the new catalog a small, unobtrusive paragraph about 2/3 down in the right hand column.
It read:
Online Affiliate Program
We are [...]

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If you want to move your current blog from Blogger to Wordpress, maybe we can help. We just brought over and merged 6 complete and separate blogs, and we learned a lot along the way.
You’ll need to decide if you can be happy with a free blog hosted at Wordpress.com. Keeping it at [...]

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