Amy Larson, Author at Missionary Mama http://lauramthomas.com/author/amy-larson/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:43:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 97442083 Walking Alongside Those Who Others Devalue http://lauramthomas.com/2017/08/18/walking-alongside-others-devalue/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/08/18/walking-alongside-others-devalue/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:00:53 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=18164 No matter how much I know that racism exists, hearing blatantly racist comments shocks me in a way I hope never goes way. It isn’t an ignorance that these things don’t exist. It is a heart reaction, experiencing in real time, hate or pride in...

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Being Built up by Biographies, Quotes, and Remembrance http://lauramthomas.com/2017/07/21/built-biographies-quotes-remembrance/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/07/21/built-biographies-quotes-remembrance/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:00:29 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=18023 As I was reading “The Pastor’s Wife” by Sabina Wurmbrand recently, I realized it had been awhile since I had read an autobiography or biography (except reading them to my kids). Too long. For many years I have been endeared to biographies and for whatever reason hadn’t...

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Awaiting unspeakable joy http://lauramthomas.com/2017/06/16/awaiting-unspeakable-joy/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/06/16/awaiting-unspeakable-joy/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:00:30 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17878 About the time Jude our third son was beginning to be formed by the hands of a loving eternal Father, tucked away safely in my womb, cancer was growing in the body of our first born Jeremiah, still unknown to us. The beginning of two very different stories that...

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A Homeschool Conference – a Delight, an Education, an Experience http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/19/homeschool-conference-delight-education-experience/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/19/homeschool-conference-delight-education-experience/#respond Fri, 19 May 2017 11:00:49 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17777 The last two years I have gone to the “Great Homeschool Convention” in Cincinnatti (they have 5 conferences around the country). The first year, an ad came up in my Facebook feed that one of my favorite authors Ann Voskamp was going to be there,...

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Winner for the Free Copy of the Around the World with Kate and Mack book! http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/04/winner-free-copy-around-world-kate-mack-book/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/04/winner-free-copy-around-world-kate-mack-book/#respond Thu, 04 May 2017 11:00:34 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17709 Thank you to those who commented on my Around the World with Kate and Mack book review from April 21st or who liked our Missionary Mama page on Facebook in the following week. I am sorry for the delay in getting out the winner for the...

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Review of “Around the World with Kate and Mack” with a book giveaway!!! http://lauramthomas.com/2017/04/21/review-around-world-kate-mack-book-giveaway/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/04/21/review-around-world-kate-mack-book-giveaway/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:00:34 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17624 Around the World with Kate and Mack is a delightful book! It is a published by Wycliffe Bible Translators, written by Melissa Paredes, and illustrated by Ben Rupp. I estimate this book would be the most fully enjoyed by children age 4-10 years but it can be engaging...

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A Family Legacy: Redemption, Repentance, and Restoration http://lauramthomas.com/2017/03/17/family-legacy-redemption-repentance-restoration/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/03/17/family-legacy-redemption-repentance-restoration/#respond Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:20:11 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17392 I looked down at my dad’s response. Right next to it was a heart symbol. In the midst of many things for which I am thankful, my dad and I have had our share of relational struggles. Hurt, disappointment, miscommunication, and anger. Over the years, intertwined with...

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Raising children who empathize and strengthen http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/17/raising-children-empathize-strengthen/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/17/raising-children-empathize-strengthen/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2017 06:30:06 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17292 Although my personality is prone to ponder, analyze, wrestle, and engage with the events of my life and the events in our world, never have I felt the weight and weariness like the last months. Not one to typically shy away from the messiness of life I...

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Holy Ground: An Intersection of Heaven and our Lives http://lauramthomas.com/2017/01/20/holy-ground-intersection-heaven-lives/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/01/20/holy-ground-intersection-heaven-lives/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:00:58 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17173 Monday was a long day. My son Jeremiah had been sick for two days and woke during the night with difficulty breathing. I was unable to get it under control with breathing treatments so off to the hospital we went. Many previous trips to the hospital makes it easy...

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Grief: Walking Forward with Hope http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/26/grief-walking-forward-hope/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/09/26/grief-walking-forward-hope/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:00:04 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16443 I can honestly, and maybe strangely say, grief is a topic near to my heart. My classroom has been walking through the trenches, crying buckets, feeling anxious, feeling fearful, despairing of life, feeling mad at God, putting one step in front of the other, experiencing trial after trial, falling...

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