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  Think of ways you can enjoy this summer for free: Hiking Visiting parks in your area Swimming Camping in your backyard Visit a public museum or library Now, add more fun and imagination to your summer through the Odyssey Adventure Club ! The Odyssey Adventure Club will give you streaming access to more than 800 Adventures in Odyssey episodes plus a sneak peek of exclusive audio and video stories, on-line activities and daily devotions you can’t find anywhere else. Start a free 14-day trial for your family today and make the summer even more fun!

I have joined Wendie Pett 's free Walk It Off Now 6-Week Challenge. I'd like to invite you to check it out and sign up here . I'm really excited about this challenge because I've tried to lose weight but it has been a struggle. I hope that the support and accountability provided by this challenge will help. From reading the information on Wendie's website, I like the fact that she doesn't just focus on physical health and wellness but she also includes keeping mind and spirit healthy. I also like her idea that our body is our gym (no equipment or gym membership ever required). The 6-week challenge is absolutely free. When you sign up, you will get the full 6 week plan and video emails to keep you moving. But you can upgrade to the annual membership with all the perks including daily interaction with Wendie!  For a limited time, the upgrade is on sale for $47. See what people said about the last Walk It Off Now Challenge: “ This challenge has helped me gai...

My Review: I'm a perpetual planner-want-to-be :). I was excited to receive this Daily Planner from Anchored Press ! It's a planner, devotional, prayer journal, meal planning, and memory-keeping put together in one sturdy, classy notebook. It's not your ordinary planner. This one is beautiful and meaningful. Spending time with God daily is very important to me. I'm glad to see that the Anchored Press 's owner and planner's creator, Deana, feels the same. She created this planner to help women get anchored in God's Word and stay organized. This Daily Planner will help you be intentional about managing your time. The planner includes a Family Memory Making page, Family Go-To Dinners page, and Family Goals page. Each month starts with an insightful quote and ends with a Prayer Requests & Notes page. Daily page has an hourly scheduler from 6 am to 8 pm, My First Four (top 4 things to do), What's For Dinner?, Bible verses, short devotions, and ...

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Review: Mothers love their sons. But mothers need to respect their sons, too, whether they deserve it or not. Often moms have difficulty relating to their sons, especially as they get older. This book comes to the rescue!  Mother & Son   shows moms why respect is so important to sons, what respect looks like and sounds like, what God expects of a mother, how to apply respect-talk, what boys and men innately desire, and more. At the end of the book, you'll find Appendix A: A Quick Start For Those Who Feel Pressed for Time, Appendix B: A Checklist (Apply G.U.I.D.E.S. to His Six Desires: C.H.A.I.R.S.), Appendix C: Daughters, Adult Women, and Mommy Issues, Appendix D: Tell Us Your Story, Appendix E: Emerson's 21 Days of Inspiration in Applying the Respect Message, and a bonus chapter, "The Real Reason to Parent God's Way" from Love & Respect in the Family. I'm thankful for this book since I myself have two sons (17 & 14 years old). I find  Mother ...

Ashes of Eden is a crime drama about 18-year old Red who struggles in his relationship with his police-officer mom and suffers from the consequences of his wrong choices and troubled past. When he steals drugs and sells them in order to help his mom pay the mortgage, he becomes a wanted man hunted by both the police and drug dealers. People are getting killed. His desperate mom turns to God for help. I like the fact that the movie deals head on with real life issues facing today's families, without sugar-coating. Don't expect Hollywood's quality regarding film production, acting, and script writing. However, don't miss the important message and lessons you can get out of this film. It covers drug addiction, family, peer pressure, choices & consequences, faith, and redemption. Some of the lessons include: Bad company corrupts character;  No one is beyond God's grace and forgiveness; and No one can serve two  masters (w e must choose whether we will serv...

Opening Date:                  Friday, June 17  Rating:                               PG Running Time :                 95 minutes Thirteen years after Finding Nemo ,  I was looking forward to watching Finding Dory and I was not disappointed. In Finding Dory , we get to see Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres)'s backstory. As a young fish, she lives happily with her loving & understanding mom (voice of Diane Keaton) and dad (voice of Eugene Levy). But her short term memory loss has always been a challenge throughout her life. Forgetfulness can be frustrating and frightening. She gets separated from her parents and grows up without them. All of a sudden while living in the coral reef with Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks) and Nemo (voice o...

  Give your family summer vacation a makeover this year and turn it into a "staycation." Have your kids forget their summer boredom, turn off their screens, and instead circle the globe with Focus on the Family's "World Explorers" summer adventure kit ! Throughout the next two months, travel our colorful, diverse world, visiting 27 different countries on six continents. Part of the fun will be figuring out where the next stop is, using five clues that reveal interesting facts about the next country. Once you've determined where you're going, use the games, activities and faith lessons to give your kids a glimpse into that country's unique culture. Click here to sign up and receive your free summer adventure kit. Don’t Be Bored This Summer! Now is the time to make sure your kids have the greatest adventure this summer with more than 800 Adventures in Odyssey episodes and non-stop listening fun! Sign up for the Odyssey Adventure Club tod...

This summer, you can join Adventures in Odyssey’s Clubhouse Magazine and help children in the Middle East go to school and learn English. It’s Adventures in Odyssey's Clubhouse Magazine Exercise to Educate summer challenge! The Problem Nearly 7,000 miles away from the United States, there's a war going on in the country of Syria. Many families have been forced from their homes. Parents have had to leave their jobs, and children have had to leave behind toys and friends. Many of these families now live in refugee camps in nearby countries. They have tents instead of houses. Clean water is hard to come by. This war has put 2.6 million children out of school – some for more than four years already. The Solution Our friends at Focus on the Family Middle East know many families who don't have the money to buy a school uniform and pay for their children to go to school. They also know people who would love to teach children English in local churches. You may not have...

I love Phil Wickham's music so I was really excited for this opportunity to review his new album, " Children of God ". I'm thankful that he's been completely healed from his surgery that removed a vocal polyp in 2014 and able to sing again. His renewed passion and deep gratitude for God are evident in this album. Below are the 12 songs in the album : 1. Doxology/Amen 2. Better Than Life 3. Your Love Awakens Me 4. The Secret Place (feat. Madison Cunningham) 5. Wide Awake 6.  My All In All 7. Starmaker (Above The Earth) 8.  Children of God 9.  Stand in Awe 10. Body Mind & Soul 11.  As It Is In Heaven 12. Spirit Of God I enjoyed all the songs and started to sing along. My favorites are The Secret Place  (this song is about spending time alone with God) and Spirit of God (it's a beautiful song of prayer). I also really like My All in All (Jesus is my All in All), Children of God (identity song...who we are in Christ), Stand in Awe (song about...