2011 November

Announcement & WLW Wednesday Link-Up Party!

November 29, 2011 By Courtney 25 Comments

Squeal – I’m so excited to share with you my latest and greatest project!!!

For the last month, I’ve been working as Special Projects Manager with Candace Cameron Bure (also known as DJ Tanner from Full House! ), and Ruth from The Better Mom and Clare from Peak 313 (both Sr. Editors). We have put together a brand new website with amazing contributors to encourage, help, uplift and guide women!

Here’s Candace’s welcome video:

(For those receiving this via email – click here to view the video)

I have 2 other projects also in the works that I hope to share with you in the coming months! But until then, I invite you to visit RooMag.com. Check out the contributors , why the title Roo (our mission), follow us on Facebook and twitter and check out new content daily!

But now it’s link-up time! It’s Women Living Well’s Wednesday Link-Up Party!!! Join the fun, do a little blog hopping and don’t forget if you join below -please add the Women Living Well Wednesdays button to your post so your readers can find us here! (Posts can include the topics of marriage, parenting, homemaking, finances, recipes, organization and more!)

To find the code go to the sidebar – or right click and “save as” the button and then upload it into your post!

Walk with the King!

Filed Under: Uncategorized, Women Living Well Wednesdays

Free Advent Devotionals

November 28, 2011 By Courtney 12 Comments

I am so excited to share with you this free resource titled Reasons for the Season! It is 24 Ready-Made Family Devotions that will put the focus back on Christ and Christmas. Starting December 1st there is a verse, discussion starter, short lesson, activity, prayer and then an optional extra activity that you can do with your children! Fun! !

Kathy from www.toddlerbitesblog.wordpress.com has created this ebook. She sent it to me and I have permission to share it with all of you. I think it’s a huge blessing! I have it all printed out and I’m excited to do the activities with my children.

Simply click on the image above and the ebook will open!

Thank you Kathy for a great resource!

I also wanted to include two other resources for family devotionals:

John Piper’s website, Desiring God, recommends this Advent Guide .

And my friend, Ann Voskamp is offering this Free Jesse Tree Family Advent Devotional to all those who subscribe to her blog.

For many women, the demands of Christmas will be heavy over the next month.

I pray that you will create moments of solitude – alone with Jesus – to recharge your batteries.

I also pray that you will nuzzle your children in closely each night for a time of worship.

Often times we think it’s the shiny ribbons, bows and twinkling lights that the children will cherish when they are grown…but truly it’s those intimate moments of family time together.

Christmas independent of God is empty.

Walk with the King,

Courtney

Filed Under: Holidays, Quiet Times

I’m Speaking & I Have a Ticket to Giveaway!

November 27, 2011 By Courtney 135 Comments

I am beyond honored to be speaking at Sally Clarkson’s upcoming Mom Heart Conference. There will be 3 conferences in the new year and I will be speaking at the Dallas, TX conference held February 17 th& 18th! If you live in the area – I want to meet you!!!

I attended the Dallas Mom Heart Conference last year and wrote about it here (Part 1 – What I Learned) and here (Part 2 – Living a Beautifully Dignified Life). It was amazingly inspiring and encouraging and I hope you will consider coming ( and meet me!!! lol! )

Sally has offered one Women Living Well reader a free ticket to the Dallas Conference! The winner will be chosen randomly from my comments section Saturday, December 3rd.

To enter:

Leave a comment sharing one struggle your Mom Heart is facing.

For Bonus Entries:

Facebook, Tweet, Google+, Pinterest or blog about this giveaway including a link back to this post. Then leave a comment below letting me know what you did.

I can’t wait to see some of you there!! For more information about the conference click here.

Walk with the King!

Courtney

Filed Under: Giveaways, Parenting

A Christmas Gift Suggestion for Your Kids!

November 25, 2011 By Courtney 12 Comments

I know the toy catalogs have all arrived in the mail and the kids are circling their little hearts out…but many of those toys promise to deliver much more than they ever could deliver and we’ll find them on the garage sale table this summer.

It’s Black Friday and you might be Christmas shopping so I wanted to suggest something to add to your list that is of eternal value!

What’s in the Bible? It’s a series for kids created by Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales. We have 6 of their DVDs plus their Christmas DVD and LOVE them – they truly are like a Muppets Christianity 101 class for children.

I am a contributor over at The Better Mom and the star of the series made a video special just for The Better Mom readers! Check out how cute this is!

Following this video over at The Better Mom, Ruth did an interview with Phil Vischer where he explains how he left Veggie Tales, his concept behind What’s in the Bible?, and what resources they have available.

Phil writes:

“VeggieTales was a great way to introduce specific Christian values or specific Bible stories, but it wasn’t a good format for explaining tricky concepts like “redemption” and “sanctification,” or walking kids all the way through the Bible.”

The Better Mom asked:

“What do you hope children and families take away from this ministry?”

Phil answered:

”A very clear, life-changing understanding of all the basics of our faith. What is the Bible? Where did it come from? Why do we say it’s so important? And what difference does it make in my life? It’s Christianity 101 for the whole family to enjoy together. As if the Muppets went to seminary, came back, and decided to teach it to all of us. What Sesame Street did for literacy, we hope to do for biblical literacy – to help raise a generation of Christians who know what they believe, and know what it looks like to live out that belief in front of a watching world.”

OH this is my hearts cry for all of our children – that they would know God and his word!

To read the rest of this interview head over to The Better Mom and I hope you will consider this series as a gift for your children, grandchildren, or neighbors children! lol! They also have an on-line website for kids where they can play games and view videos at JellyTelly.com. I just love what Phil is doing and there’s no greater gift we can give our children than to teach them “What’s In the Bible“! Shine brightly mamas!

Walk with the King,