on January 2, 2017
Cover to Cover Challenge 2017 (Day 1)
Bible Reading Challenge . Family . Home SchoolingLast night we began the 2017 cover to cover challenge. After dinner, our family gathered in the living room with our Bibles. Everyone, Benny age 3, Anna age 5, Mary age 7, and Stephen age 7, David age 13, Zach age 9, Joshua age 11, Jeremiah age 13, and Rebekah age 16, Brenden age 17,
on December 31, 2016
Time for a Challenge (Cover to Cover in 2017)
Bible Reading Challenge . Family . Home Schooling . Katie's RamblingsIt is that time of year again. Time to take the challenge. Here at the Hirn house we are all going to do the cover to cover challenge again. We will be starting the cover to cover challenge. Starting tomorrow evening we will be reading through the Bible as a family, out loud each evening.
on December 23, 2016
Is Christmas and Easter Pagan? Does it Matter?
Family . Holidays . Katie's RamblingsI love history and especially ancient history. So I read a lot of ancient documents and transcripts of them. I love it. Do I think there is evidence that Christmas and Easter are pagan or have pagan roots or traditions? Yes, I do. But can someone else come and find documents to argue against my
It is that time of year again. You know when we think abut what we accomplished in a year, and hope to accomplish new things in the new year. So I thought as long as everyone is thinking about such things, I would give a challenge for the new year. I call it the
If you have been a reader of our family blog for a long time, then you have journeyed with us through years of holiday changes. Back when Jeremy and i first got married, we enjoyed family holiday time like most American’s do. We went shopping on Black Friday for deals, we made a list of
So, I am putting these two days together, because I am a little behind on posting. Yesterday was preparation day at our house. This means we prepare our hearts and mind and our home for a day of rest in YHVH. To start our preparation day, we always read a passage in scripture. So yesterday