Popular Culture & Entertainment Archives - Missionary Mama http://lauramthomas.com/category/missional-living/popular-culture-entertainment/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:41:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 97442083 Lessons in Spiritual Transformation with C.S. Lewis http://lauramthomas.com/2019/08/30/lessons-in-spiritual-transformation-with-c-s-lewis/ http://lauramthomas.com/2019/08/30/lessons-in-spiritual-transformation-with-c-s-lewis/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:39:27 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20798 The Chronicles of Narnia have been a gift to our family as I am sure they have been to many of you. I’ve been thinking today about the transformation of Eustace in Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Lewis writes about this boy, “There was a...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2019/08/30/lessons-in-spiritual-transformation-with-c-s-lewis/feed/ 0 20798 Making Love Last: Investing in Your Marriage in 2018 http://lauramthomas.com/2018/01/10/making-love-last-investing-marriage-2018/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/01/10/making-love-last-investing-marriage-2018/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2018 06:00:25 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19158 Hi Ladies, Welcome back to reality! It’s the second week of January and we’re all likely back to our daily routines with hopefully a few New Year’s resolutions still going strong. I’m so excited to be here with my friend, Laura Taggart, a gifted marriage...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/01/10/making-love-last-investing-marriage-2018/feed/ 0 19158 When I Say, “Me Too” http://lauramthomas.com/2017/11/09/when-i-say-me-too/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/11/09/when-i-say-me-too/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2017 01:40:22 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=18816 For those who are unaware, in mid-October, actress Alyssa Milano shared on Twitter: “Me too. Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote “me too” as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/11/09/when-i-say-me-too/feed/ 0 18816 What I’ve Gained by Giving Up Social Media for 40 Days http://lauramthomas.com/2017/04/19/ive-gained-giving-social-media-40-days/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/04/19/ive-gained-giving-social-media-40-days/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2017 17:34:58 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17526 Once upon a time in this country, we did things like eat meals, visit with friends, go on walks, visit museums, and spend time with family without taking selfies of the whole experience and sharing it with 1,000 other people. I remember having a rotary...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/04/19/ive-gained-giving-social-media-40-days/feed/ 0 17526 On Valentine’s Day http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/09/on-valentines-day/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/09/on-valentines-day/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2017 15:46:07 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17266 I think I saw the red and pink hearts in Target somewhere around January 3rd. I think I actually bought the kiddos their class valentines somewhere around January 7. (Planning ahead for the win!). I used to hate Valentine’s Day, and I still think it...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/02/09/on-valentines-day/feed/ 0 17266 Celebrating the Life of Saint Nicholas http://lauramthomas.com/2016/12/06/celebrating-life-saint-nicholas/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/12/06/celebrating-life-saint-nicholas/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2016 17:21:38 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16975 This Christmas, your house or yard may be decked out with Santa and his reindeer, but do you know the “man behind the myth?” Whether or not you “do Santa” in your house, Saint Nicholas himself is a guy worth getting to know! St. Nicholas or...

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