Book Corner Archives - Missionary Mama https://lauramthomas.com/category/missional-mothering/book-corner/ 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 Lessons from Pinocchio http://lauramthomas.com/2019/02/22/lessons-from-pinocchio/ http://lauramthomas.com/2019/02/22/lessons-from-pinocchio/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:58:00 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20595 You know a book has made an impact on your child when they pick it up and throw it across the room! Never before has a book I have read to my children pulled out of them such feelings of anger, frustration, and justice as...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2019/02/22/lessons-from-pinocchio/feed/ 0 20595 7 Things I Learned While Writing and Self-Publishing a Book http://lauramthomas.com/2017/06/14/7-things-learned-writing-self-publishing-book/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/06/14/7-things-learned-writing-self-publishing-book/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:00:12 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17873 Hello Ladies! I hope your summer is in full swing and that you’re reading this while slathered in sunscreen, watching your kids splash water everywhere. I absolutely love summer. As a person who’s always ready for a break in humdrum routine, summer feels gloriously languid...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/31/flourish/feed/ 0 17813 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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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/04/21/review-around-world-kate-mack-book-giveaway/feed/ 2 17624 What Are You Learning? http://lauramthomas.com/2017/01/11/what-are-you-studying-this-year/ http://lauramthomas.com/2017/01/11/what-are-you-studying-this-year/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2017 06:00:34 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17142 2017 is in full swing but somehow I’m still on my Christmas trip. We’ve been crisscrossing the East Coast for three weeks and it’s been lovely to be with family and friends. I am, however, ready to sleep in my own bed, tackle some longstanding...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2017/01/11/what-are-you-studying-this-year/feed/ 0 17142 Your Kids Can Change the World http://lauramthomas.com/2016/08/31/kids-can-change-world/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/08/31/kids-can-change-world/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:29:04 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16299 God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil. — E.M. Bounds As a homeschooling mother of four, I teach my kids a variety of subjects every day....

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/08/31/kids-can-change-world/feed/ 1 16299 Summer Madness or Summer Fun? http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/20/summer-madness-summer-fun/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/20/summer-madness-summer-fun/#respond Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:00:40 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=15688 I’ve been a mother for 10 years now. And over the past 5, I’ve had kids in school. Now while I LOVE the initial excitement of “Schools out for the summer!!!”…. somewhere in the middle, I’d seem to find myself asking… “Why is this fun again?”...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/20/summer-madness-summer-fun/feed/ 0 15688 Why Should You Count It All Joy? http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/18/count-it-all-joy/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/18/count-it-all-joy/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2016 06:00:41 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=15708 “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4,  This motherhood...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/18/count-it-all-joy/feed/ 1 15708 Motherhood: A Journey, Not a Destination http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/17/mothering-joyful-intentionality/ http://lauramthomas.com/2016/07/17/mothering-joyful-intentionality/#respond Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:56:34 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=15716 Almost eight years ago my mothering journey began with an unplanned trip to the hospital after my water broke almost five weeks before my due date. As I waited in the quiet of my dark bedroom, seeking to relax my nervous heart as my husband...

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