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A Winner!! This Means War
Congratulations to Akbowlin88, who won a free copy of This Means War: Equipping Christian Families for Fostercare or Adoption! I hope all of you who didn't win will consider heading over and buying a copy. This is a book every family who is considering adoption or fostercare ought to read! Keep an eye out for…
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What To Do With A Tick
One of the realities of hiking, camping, or even just working in the yard is the possibility of ticks.  Now, I'm not quite like Humphrey Bogart and the leeches in Africa Queen, but close enough -- I really don't like the little bloodsuckers. I was over at Duke Medical Center yesterday for an appointment and…
Posted by Hal in Uncategorized
News from the Brethren in Mexico
I hate that we are so far behind in posting these updates for the Richardsons in Mexico. We've been away at Hal's family's lake camp and in contrast to previous years, the internet service was so wretched we were not able to do nearly what we needed to online. Please be in prayer for our…
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What They Won’t Learn in School
The King's School is the oldest independent private academy in Australia.  The headmaster of the all-male, K-12 boarding school, Dr. Tim Hawkes, presented a paper at the International  Boys' School Coalition conference in Toronto, Canada, a few years ago, starting his presentation with this observation: When the philosopher, Aristippus of Cyrene, was asked some 400…
Posted by Hal in teaching boys
Serving God on a Wooden Saddle!
Another update from Mike Richardson, missionary in Mexico in the area devastated by Hurricane Alex: Subject: God is good Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 23:06:24 -0500 Early this week I was asked by the government disaster relief agency to all the damage to the orchards here in our valley. Then they came back and asked…
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Real Men Standing Firm in Devastation – Please Pray!
Dear Friends, The following messages are from our dear friends, Mike and Pam Richardson, missionaries in Mexico.  Their area has been devastated by Hurricane Alex, some dear brethren losing their entire source of support, their orchards.  We thought you'd want to be praying for them and would also enjoy hearing about how Mike's sons have…
Posted by Melanie in Uncategorized
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Hero Tales Part One
New from Great Waters Press! Hero Tales from American History By Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt As read by Hal Young Part One You have heard it on our podcast -- now you can order it to keep! This series of five stirring accounts from early American history illustrates the values of heroism, courage, patriotism,…
Posted by Hal in Hero Tales
Boys and Music
The always thought-provoking Douglas Wilson (author of Future Men) has an interesting post on getting boys engaged with music, particularly to worship God but in other aspects as well. His first point? 1. It is more important that your boys grow up masculine than that they grow up musical. You don't necessarily have to choose,…
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