by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 2, 2012 | About Our Family
First, the sunflowers. Next, the dahlias. The delphiniums didn’t do well this summer — too hot and dry. Gladiolas did great! I think zinnias might be my favorite. Flowers for the Mercer County Fair in July. The tomatoes were perfect this year. Was...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 2, 2012 | Devotional
Excerpt from The Attributes of God by A.W. Pink God is true. His Word of Promise is sure. In all His relations with His people God is faithful. He may be safely relied upon. No one ever yet really trusted Him in vain. We find this precious truth expressed almost...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 2, 2012 | Raising Children
Letter from a reader: My question to you is — can you please elaborate on children working in the home. At what ages and what types of things did you have your daughters take over in order to learn how to run a household? What can boys do? Any advice or ideas...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 2, 2012 | Literature, Reading Aloud
The following is a response from one of our readers to Kelly — concerning her son not liking to read. Hello Kelly, I thought I might post this to give you some encouragement. My oldest son, now a 21-year-old college student, sounds just like your son. We...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 28, 2012 | Children's Books, History, Literature
Could you recommend a good read-aloud about the life of Martin Luther? Someone gave us a book about him, but it is more like a textbook, which doesn’t make for interesting read-aloud sessions — for any of us! L.J. Here’s my favorite Martin Luther...