I loved our family’s summer boating trips for many reasons. Among them was, that as long as my husband and son were willing to heave and ho, I could bring along as much stuff as I wanted. This meant boxes and boxes of books and supplies that I used to plan the coming year’s homeschool....
Could you further explain the following passage from your book Business Secrets from the Bible? “One would have expected the political left to excuse what it calls the “greed” of capitalism and to recognize it as nothing other than Darwinian law applied to the life of modern man. Yet, this is not possible; something as...
Do it right the first time! How many times have you heard those words? How many times have you uttered that phrase? You’ve heard it from your parents, from your educators and from your boss at work. You’ve said it to your children, to anyone you’ve been responsible for training, and to your employees. Why...
Most of the time in formal Jewish life, men and women are referred to as, “So and so, the son/daughter of (insert father’s first name). So, on a marriage contract or when a man is called up to the Torah that is the nomenclature that is used. The exception is when we are beseeching God …
A ‘Your Mother’s Guidance’ post by Rebecca Masinter I think all mothers should read the story of Korach’s rebellion (Number 16). Can anyone at all relate on some small level to Moses? Moses, who never even used a donkey that belonged to anyone else (verse 15) but, on the contrary, devoted his life to doing...
This has been an unsettling week for me. A number of years ago, my mother’s sister passed away, the last of the five siblings. This month, her children sold my aunt’s house and one of my cousins had the unenviable job of cleaning it out. In the garage she found a few boxes that had...
Greetings: My question is what does scripture say about interracial marriage? My husband and I have recently had occasion to discuss this and I am asking for wisdom to respond to some of his concerns. We both were raised in rural WV where our culture frowns on this. I used to agree with the reasons...
Old man rhythm is in my shoes It’s no use to sittin’ and a-singin’ the blues So be my guest, you got nothin’ to lose Won’t ya let me take you on a sea cruise? Johnny Rivers 1974 We go on a wonderfully relaxing cruise every week. It’s only a 25-hour cruise but it makes...
A ‘Your Mother’s Guidance’ post by Rebecca Masinter In the car one day this week, one of my daughters told me a story that resonates with a lesson we learn from Numbers 13. Last summer she had been in day camp for a few weeks, and one day she had been on a bus with...
Recently, one of our daughters sent my husband and me a link to a podcast that she thought we would find interesting. We did. We each independently listened and then we each responded to the podcast’s creator, Kate Hendricks. I asked if I could share the link to her podcast with my Practical Parenting and...
