Some Links

I’m diverting from my normal post to share a few links with you. Much of my time lately has been going into working with a couple of websites. Some of this is paid work, some not. But, it has all been an amazingly wonderful journey for me thus far. I love it! There are some great resources available, and I just get giddy when I get to share them!

For the Family:

Clicking the image below takes you to Home Educating Family’s primary site.

From here you can explore:

• The magazine and planners, available in print and digital format. Although both are created for a target audience of homeschoolers, there is so much for non-homeschooling families as well. The magazine truly deals with general issues for the Christian family. And, as I flip through my new On the Go planner, I realize that homeschool will probably never touch it! I’m so excited about all of the planning space it has!
• Homeschool Block: If you have questions about homeschooling, chances are you’ll find the answers here! There still are some gaps, but our goal is to make sure to fill in those gaps as we become aware of them. So, if a question you have is not answered there, let me know.
• Media, reviews, and blog: This is where I work – well, in reviews and the blog. And I can tell you that these are not just for homeschoolers. We deal with books, products, and topics for the Christian family.

For Ministers’ Wives:

I think I’ve shared this link before, but I wanted to share it again. This is our new ministers’ wives blog, open to wives from all ministerial positions.

We love guest posts! If you have something you’d love to share with fellow ministers’ wives, please let me know! We have everything from devotional thoughts to funny stories to top ten posts. Most of all, though, we hunger to build community. So join us and share your thoughts in the comments.

Oh, and we have a Facebook page and would love to grow that community as well. Please “like” us and invite ministry wife friends. Here’s the link: A Common Bond Facebook page

For Prayer

Oh how we love this precious family. Clicking on their picture will take you to their blog. 

If you haven’t already “met” the Choates, will you do so now? They always need prayer, but right now is a pretty intense time for them. Joanna and the oldest three children (Sarah, Benjamin, and Olivia) left today for a two-week choir tour. Aaron and Katherine remained behind to finish packing for their farewell journey through multiple states and their travels back to the Solomon Islands. They will have no real “home” between now and early August when they fly out. Please pray for them as they spend many hours in transit, say heart-breaking goodbyes, and keep up a tiring schedule. Pray also for every financial need to be met. Their blog might not see a lot of updating between now and when they return to the mission field, but much will be happening in their family!

Resources

Have you ever been motivated or inspired to do something only to realize it’s harder than you thought? Discouragement sets in and you question whether or not you truly have what it takes to follow through.

Sadly, many believers encounter that frustration with Bible reading. The history gets them all confused or they just have no idea how to bridge the gap between Bible times and our times.

Over the years I have discovered several resources that help me learn to process what I read in Scripture. I thought I’d share a few of those with you today, along with a couple of others recommended by a friend. The links below are Home Educating Family review links that give you the pros, cons, and an overview of each book. In the boxes to the right there is a link labeled “website” that will take you to a purchase source for each resource.

As seen in these reviews, these books are presented as useful for homeschooling, but that is far from the extent of their usefulness. The same is true of many of the hundreds of reviews on the site. So, after you check out these reviews, don’t hesitate to browse around. I’ll try to share some other reviews of interest in future posts.

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Journey Into God’s Word

Most college students would never return to their professors requesting a scaled-down version of their class textbook for use in training the general public. That is exactly what happened after the publication of Grasping God’s Word by Biblical Studies professors J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays. The textbook teaches students how to embark on the academic journey of truly diving into the study of God’s Word. After exposure to the textbook, students and ministry leaders asked for an abbreviated version to use in less academic settings. Duvall and Hays obliged…~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook

Tools and resources abound to aid Christians in an understanding of the Bible. Although expensive commentary sets and software libraries offer wonderful Bible study aid, a good Bible handbook provides a much more cost-effective and easily understood resource for a Christian household. The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook is a great example.

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The Victor Journey Through the Bible

Have you ever read about a place or event in the Bible and wondered what it actually looked like? The Victor Journey through the Bible is a beautiful resource that has helped our family really understand Bible history and geography. Filled with photographs, maps, and drawings, this book helps the reader visualize important biblical moments…~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Bible in World History

We read the Bible. We study world history. Often, though, we have a hard time truly grasping how the two overlap. In his book The Bible in World History, author Stephen Leston offers a brief glimpse into the connection between sacred and secular history, showing how useful it can be to appropriately tie them together. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Kregel Pictoral Guide to New Testament Archaeology

As we started homeschooling, and I began using resources to help my children understand the Bible better, I found that I was learning to understand more about it as well. Not having any personal experience with the locations or customs mentioned in the Bible, our family sometimes misses out on important information. The Kregel Pictorial Guide to New Testament Archaeology has helped my family better understand the Bible through delightful pictures and interesting descriptions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Christian History Made Easy

Two millennia have passed since the founding of the church at Pentecost in Acts 2. What has happened in the life of the church since then? How can we know our heritage as Christian believers? Is there a summary to turn to for an introduction to that history? There is: Christian History Made Easy. The 12 chapters of Christian History Made Easy break up those millennia into manageable units. Each chapter begins with a one-page summary of the most important…

Want to Give a Magazine?

Some people like to give the gift of a magazine subscription for Christmas. I know I’ve enjoyed that gift from others on occasion! Home Educating Family Magazine is offering a code for a $10 subscription! The Christmas issue is headed to mailboxes right now (I am anxiously awaiting my copy), and the next issue will focus on adoption and abortion. If the editor is to believed (and she’s pretty trustworthy), it’s going to be a powerful issue, offering a wide range of perspectives and opinions.

For the record, I do write for HEF, but I get no special treatment or kickbacks for sharing this information. I just know I like the magazine and thought I’d pass it along!

Here’s the code…just click the image to go to the website!

A Different Kind of Gift

It can be fun to occasionally give Christmas gifts a little differently by donating to an great cause in someone’s name rather than simply buying a gift. Every December I try to share some of the organizations that have come across our radar through the course of the year. I’m a little late this year, but I thought I’d still share!

1. For those among you who are Southern Baptists, Lottie Moon Christmas Offering information should be available in your churches. This offering contributes to the cooperative support of Southern Baptist missions worldwide.
2. Wycliffe Bible Translators remains near and dear to our hearts. There are several ways to give to support Wycliffe’s devotion to put heart-language Bibles into the hands of every language group in the world.
   1. Look at the online gift options through the the 2012 Gift Catalog or help fund specific projects.
   2. Support missionaries directly. Need a name? Go visit our very dear friends Aaron & Joanna Choate and their children Sarah, Benjamin, Olivia, and Katherine. (Here’s a link to give directly to this family.) Even if you don’t feel led to support them financially, I encourage you to get to know them through their blog and support them through prayer. You cannot help but be blessed by this amazing family!
3. Last month we had the privilege of meeting Eric & Gaye Ramsey and their daughter Alisha from Tom Cox World Ministries. Their organization seeks to look outside the box, finding creative ways to share the Gospel worldwide, and there are several ways to contribute to TCWM’s ministries.
   1. Sponsor a Child
   2. Give a Gift
   3. General Donation
4. Sometimes it’s fun to have something under the tree or in a stocking that offers a visual reminder of the financial gift that has been given. WorldCrafts offers that option by selling products made by fair-trade businesses operating in impoverished locations worldwide.

Of course, these options are not only available at Christmas. If you are so inclined, keep them in mind for gift-giving occasions throughout 2013!

Back Up and Running!

A “real” post is coming soon – hopefully by early afternoon if get my last child’s fall clothes sorted before lunch! In the meantime, I want to encourage you to visit Home Educating Family’s review site. An amazing team has been working so hard to work out kinks and make the review site (and every other aspect of the site) better than ever. From what I’ve seen so far, I can tell you they have succeeded!

Even if you’re not a homeschool family, we still have much to offer you! While our priority is to review resources for homeschoolers, we have so many reviews that apply to the general public as well. We review fiction, nonfiction, biographies, games, and resources for the general spiritual training of the family. Think of all the ideas you can find for Christmas gifts! Plus, every week we will host giveaways and offer discounts on certain reviews. Just click on the image below and check us out. Share us with your friends. Comment and let us know what you think. I am so proud to be a part of this organization, and I am excited to share our work with you.

New Novel from Tricia Goyer!

Okay, so I didn’t get a “real” post written today. Instead, I’m going to help out a friend by giving you a peek at her newest novel. If you know me, you know that I am typically not a promoter. I review. But, I can say without a doubt that if you enjoy Christian fiction and have not yet discovered Tricia Goyer, you are definitely missing a treat! Nothing can beat Tricia’s historical fiction, but she has also successfully delved into Amish fiction. Her newest novel, scheduled to release on October 23, fits into this genre and is entitled The Memory Jar.

Intrigued yet? You can pre-order The Memory Jar by clicking here. Who knows…you might even find yourself creating your own Memory Jar!

Helpful Hints Tuesday: Blogging Through the Bible

I’m a little behind on my 1 Peter Bible study this week, so I’m going to trade places with my study post and Thursday’s typical Helpful Hints post.

This week I want to send you to my husband’s blog. I absolutely love the way Doug works through Scripture. He is a history buff, so he knows a lot of the history and context for much of the narrative. And, he is one of the most observant people I know, so he picks up on much that I miss in Scripture.

Last month he decided to start a project of blogging through the entire Bible, chapter by chapter. So far it has been fantastic! (Yes, I will admit to being biased, but I also know good insight when I see it.)

I’m slow getting this shared with you – he posted Genesis 17 yesterday. So, here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to include the links for Genesis 1-17 here in this post. From there you have a few options. (Just click on the option to follow the link.)

1. Follow me on twitter (annbhibbard), as I will be tweeting each new post as it comes up.
2. Follow Doug on twitter (dheagle93), as he tweets when he puts up a new post.
3. Subscribe directly to Doug’s blog.

And here are the Genesis 1-17 posts. Each title should link you back to that post.

Genesis 1, Genesis 2, Genesis 3, Genesis 4, Genesis  5, Genesis 6, Genesis 7, Genesis 8, Genesis 9, Genesis 10, Genesis 11, Genesis 12, Genesis 13, Genesis 14, Genesis 15, Genesis 16, Genesis 17

Helpful Hints Thursday: Chick-fil-A

Well, I had an awesome helpful hint in mind for you. But, I didn’t write it down. And, most of you know what that means. Yep – it never happened.

Oh well. So, as I sit here contemplating a new idea, my eyes just happen to land on the Chick-fil-A calendar on my wall. Voila! I think I’ll mention a little secret about Chick-fil-A coupons that you may or may not know.

The expiration date isn’t a big deal!

Yep, it’s true. I have a coupon holder full of last year’s calendar coupons, and more likely that not, Chick-fil-A will honor them.* So don’t throw those out of date coupons away!

*Ultimately it is the individual restaurant’s decision whether or not to take out of date coupons. So, there may be cases where the coupons are refused.

Helpful Hints Thursday: Table

I honestly don’t know how I ever managed projects without today’s helpful hint item.

Yes, it’s a table. It measures 4ft by 2ft and has three heights. The lowest height is perfect for working with my kids. The middle height is great for an average height table, and the tallest height is like a counter or standing work table. (If you click on the picture below it will take you through to Sam’s website. Click on “see more images” and you can see the heights in action.)

But, what I like the most is the way it folds! See the bottom inset picture? That’s what it does – it folds into a nice, flat little 2ft square, about four inches thick. It can slide almost anywhere out of the way! And, it is very lightweight, so it’s easy to move it from room to room.

I balked at spending the money on this when Doug picked it up for me last fall. I knew it would be handy, but I just didn’t want to put a strain on the budget elsewhere. But, I have to say that it didn’t take long at all for all hesitancy to fly away. We’ve used this as extra counter space in the kitchen when doing massive cooking days. I used it daily while working on Christmas projects. It’s perfect as a pattern cutting table – I don’t have to bend over to cut! But, it doesn’t have to take up permanent space. I can use it and then put it away. (It hasn’t been put away in over a month because of continual projects, but that’s beside the point!!)

An extra flat work surface that does not have to be permanent and therefore does not have to take up space or collect junk. Yep, that sounds like a winner to me!

Just for the record, we did purchase this table, and I receive no kickback of any sort for referring you to the Sam’s site. We just bought it at Sam’s, so I knew they’d have pictures!

Helpful Hints Thursday: Blog

If you are a regular reader of my family blog, then you already have a glimpse into today’s Helpful Hint. If you don’t read the family blog, I encourage you to click through and read Tuesday’s post Giveaways and New Releases! Meanwhile, today I want to focus on just one aspect of the things I highlighted in the post from my family blog.

Home Educating Family is expanding in fantastic ways. I’ve referred you to the review site that I have the privilege to be a part of, and I would encourage you to subscribe to the newly expanded Home Educating Family Magazine. But, for today’s Helpful Hint, I want to direct you to the newest unveiled expansion: the blog. It’s not just a blog, it’s a resource.

Here’s an “official” statement about the new blog:

Home Educating Family is proud to announce the launch of its updated blog! Grab a cup of coffee or a glass of water before you click over. You'll want to spend some time browsing articles from past issues of Home Educating Family Magazine and peek at new features. Our blog is also another place for you to chat with others in the homeschool community. We invite you to leave comments with your own opinions--tips, tricks, questions, insight, etc. The more that people interact, the more we can learn from each other's experiences!

On Thursdays you'll find a new feature called Beyond the Planner where we discuss real life: the good, the bad, and the funny. Saturdays you can stop by for special needs articles and Saturday Select, a short list of interesting reading around the internet. Make sure you visit on Wednesdays to find out what the new Weekly Giveaway is! Of course you'll find great guests and information on other days, too.

So, do you have your beverage of choice in hand? Get comfy and visit us now at HomeschoolConvention.com/blog. Be sure you let us know you were there!

So, hop on over and visit us at the blog! We’d love to hear from you!

Helpful Hint Thursday: e-Recipes

I intended to have Tuesday’s book review done today. But, finishing the Christmas sewing took precedence. Hopefully next week…

So, with all of the Christmas cooking in full swing, I thought I’d share my “recipe book” tip. If you have an e-reader, read on. If not, you can skip this one.

I have cookbooks that I like, but I inevitably find myself printing recipes from the internet. I have ended up with a huge supply of printed recipes hanging around, and I wasn’t doing a great job of getting, much less keeping, them organized. So, I started changing my tactic. Instead of printing them, I have been saving them to a Word document and then sending that document to my Kindle. Or, copying them into a single document, putting a table of contents at the beginning of the document, and sending the whole thing to the Kindle. Either way, voila – a new cookbook that is easily updated!

I use a clear plastic cookbook protector/stand to put the Kindle in while I cook.

The one hitch is that the Kindle sometimes shuts off before I’m done with whatever I’m cooking. But, turning it back on is not a big deal.

I do have all of the recipes backed up in a file on my computer, just in case.

Happy cooking!

Helpful Hints Thursday: Silicone Baking Mat

Okay, these things have just revolutionized cooking for us!

Mats are purchased based on pan size. We have mats for our half sheet and quarter sheet baking pans.

At first, I wondered if they were really worth the investment. We started using parchment paper a little more in cooking, though, and noticed a difference in the quality of the food. So, we thought the one-time expenditure for a baking mat might just be worth the cost.

And it was!

• No pan greasing needed.
• Food does not stick, thus preserving the look of the food and easing the clean-up.
• The baking mat cleans very easily, leaving very little on the pan to be cleaned.
• The food cooks more evenly. I won’t bake cookies without it anymore!

Any negatives? I’m not sure I’d call these negatives, as long as you know to expect them. But, here they are…

• Food does not crisp as well on a baking mat. You have to be intentional about crisping.
• The mat cannot withstand a knife blade. While this is typically not an issue for us, we do have one recipe that requires cutting in the pan. We solved this with a plastic knife. It is not sharp enough to cut the mat, but it is wedged enough to cut most things that might end up on the mat.

So, where might you get such a thing? Amazon.com has a wide selection, as I’m sure kitchen stores do. A popular brand is the Silpat brand.

Helpful Hints Thursday: Giving

I don’t know what your Christmas giving looks like, but in our family we have frequently enjoyed finding at least some way to give to a missions organization at Christmas. We try to be creative in how we plan and do it, but it’s a lot of fun no matter how it happens.

One thing that can be difficult, though, is sorting out which organizations are legitimate and which ones actually end up passing the donated money on to the causes they claim to support. My goal for this post was to make a list of some of the organizations we have given to over the years, but my wonderful husband beat me to it! So, I’m just going to link you over to his post:

Christmas Giving Guide 2011

Whatever, however, and to whomever you give this year, I pray that your giving will glorify God in amazing ways. It’s beautiful to me how even simplest gift to a family member can bring honor and glory to the One whose birthday we are celebrating. May your giving strengthen your relationship with Christ in the most beautiful of ways!

Helpful Hints Thursday: Advent Devotional

Yes, I’m shamelessly promoting my wonderful husband because I think he’s awesome!

I know we’re several days into the advent season so you’d have to catch up, but if you’re looking for a daily devotional to use between now and Christmas, Doug’s advent book might be just what you’re looking for. It is based on the gifts of the wise men – well, at least for the first three weeks. The fourth week focuses on the other people of the Christmas story.

The book is available from Amazon for Kindle for 99 cents. Click on this link to purchase.

Advent Reflections 2011: The Gift Cycle

Don’t have a Kindle, but still interested? You can always install a Kindle reader on your computer or phone. But, the book is also available (for free) in PDF format. I only ask this: if you download it for free and if you like it, will you click on the Amazon link and review it for Doug? Of course, it would be great for you to do that if you purchase it as well! Also, if you have any suggestions for how to improve the format or content for next year, will you send Doug an email? (His email address is included in the book.)

Happy reading!

Helpful Hints Thursday: Meals

The kitchen can be an intimidating place for me. If it’s not about baking cookies, breads, granola bars, etc., it’s just not fun. I can cook. That’s not a problem. If I have a recipe in front of me, I rarely have a problem creating something palatable. And, I’ve learned enough from my mom and hubby that I can sometimes even prepare meals without recipes. But, there is one major thing that paralyzes me: figuring out what to fix. And frequently when I finally come up with something that sounds good, I find I’m lacking a key ingredient to fix it. With the grocery store 15 minutes away, there’s no way to run out and grab that ingredient quickly and make our noon meal at any decent time, especially considering we need to be doing certain school tasks while I’m working on dinner.

The solution for me is two-fold.

1) Plan ahead. Make a list of meals, post them in slots on the calendar, and post the calendar on the fridge. I also list it in my school planner. That way it’s in front of me all the time. I know exactly how much effort needs to be put into the meal, and I don’t spend all my prep time staring into the pantry with a glazed look on my face.

2) Cook ahead. Even if I know what I’m supposed to prepare, I don’t have a lot of time in the mornings to make a meal. I do all of my teaching in the mornings, except for a little one-on-one time with the girls after lunch. I essentially have thirty minutes before lunch to devote to being in the kitchen once the breakfast dishes are cleaned up. That would automatically exclude some of my kids’ favorite meals like quiche, pot pie, parmesan chicken cordon blue, and peachy chicken. So, I will cook ahead. Right now I have enough meat sauce in the deep freezer, subdivided into meal-size portions, to make six to eight meals of lasagna and spaghetti. I have four meals worth of peachy chicken, and five or six of parmesan cordon blue. I have three and a half dozen balls of frozen pie dough ready to thaw and roll out for quiche or pot pie. And, next time I make a pot pie filling, I’ll at least double it so I can freeze a bag or two of that as well.

When I take the time to do this, it makes a HUGE difference in our week. When I don’t, well, our meals are just not pretty. Or healthy, for that matter.

If this sounds helpful to you, do you need some recipes and tips for planning ahead? I recommend 30 Meals in One Day. About a year ago I posted about our first experience with the program on my family blog. Here’s part one and part two. We don’t typically follow the plan to a “T”, but some of our favorite recipes (such as the peachy chicken and parmesan cordon blue) come from that book, and I learned so many freezer tips as well.

Helpful Hints Thursday: Tic Tacs & Red Hots

I can imagine you’re wondering how in the world Tic Tacs and Red Hots can be a helpful hint. Well, believe it or not, they were for us starting a couple of months ago!

My oldest is to the age now that she really needs to take medication in pill form. Especially stuff like Claritin, which is so expensive and which she has to take so much of when it’s in children’s form! But, she just couldn’t figure out how to swallow a pill. It was pure trauma, and I hated to force it on her.

Then one evening we were visiting with some friends, and they told us that their parents taught them how to swallow pills by getting them to swallow Tic Tacs and M&M’s! How brilliant is that? None of that nasty taste when they don’t go down immediately!

So, we tried it. Except we used Red Hots instead of M&M’s. Because, after all, why waste a delicious M&M by just swallowing it?

And it worked! We gave them to both of our girls, and they both can now swallow pills without a second thought.

For the record, there are some brilliant parents out there. I’m glad some of them are my friends!

Helpful Hints Thursday: Chop Stir

Today’s helpful hint is a kitchen gadget. We have only had this handy tool for a couple of years at the most. But, now that we have it (actually, them – we have two!), I have no idea how we lived without it!

The gadget is the Chop Stir. (Click on the name to see a picture.) It is a handy little tool that does exactly what it says it does – chops and stirs at the same time. The description in the above link talks about using it for ground meat, which we do. But, there are so many more uses! Mixing up juices from frozen concentrate. Blending chunky items in a pot. Cutting up casserole on a child’s plate. Mixing the different components of fruit salad. Just to name a few!

The “blades” are pointed to give them a cutting edge, but the entire utensil is solid plastic. So, it doesn’t scratch surfaces.

So there you have it. A new and very necessary kitchen gadget. You’re welcome!

Helpful Hints Thursday–Schooling

This week’s edition of Helpful Hints Thursday is all about education – and not just homeschool education, either!

First, an article entitled “Homeschool Blindspots”. (Click on the title to read the article.) This article was originally published in Virginia Home Educator Magazine and then reposted on Josh Harris’ blog, and I think it’s a great article for parents in general, not just homeschoolers. Good reminders for me, for sure.

Second, a book recommendation. First, let me say that I have not read this book. But, I want to. And, if it is what I expect it to be, I want to have a couple of copies always on my shelf to share with other families. The book is entitled Going Public, and I first read about it in a review written by Tim Challies. (Click here to read the review.) Going Public deals with Christian families raising godly children while educating them through the public school system. I hunger to encourage all families in the education of their children. But, I personally have very little knowledge of how to encourage families whose children are in government schools. David and Kelli Pritchard, however, do have that experience, and they share it in Going Public. Like I said, I haven’t read the book yet, but I trust Tim Challies’ perspective enough to share it as a “probably worth checking out” title.

Helpful Hints Thursday

I’ve been wondering for a while what I might slip in the Thursday slot on this blog. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I try to post a thought of some sort. Tuesday is book review day. Thursday was a little lonely! So, I thought I’d go with a totally different approach on Thursdays: some sort of helpful hint.

Well, at least sharing something that’s been helpful to me and my family. Hopefully at least someone else will find each suggestion helpful!

There’s no telling what will end up in these posts. Books that don’t make the review schedule. Links. Product suggestions. Activities. Ideas and suggestions.

I’m going to start with a link. And yes, I’ll go ahead and confess that I’m a little biased. But, other people do like this link, too!

I recommend to you my darling husband’s blog. www.doughibbard.com

Why?

1. If he has an opinion, he can clearly back it up. Reading his blogs, whether you agree with him or not, can open your eyes to see another side of an issue, help you solidify why you do or do not agree with an issue, or simply teach you more about how to clearly express your opinion. I love that about him – always have. You can disagree with him, but it’s hard to flat out argue with him because he articulates so well.
2. His topics are varied. One day he might write on thoughts from Scripture. Another day on sports. Another on politics. Another on random life. If you don’t find something that’s up your alley one day, come back the next. He’s well-spoken on many topics!
3. This one is the most fun for me. Doug posts his sermons and their outlines every week, but then he goes beyond that as well. Have you ever wondered what gets left out of a sermon? What things come up in the course of study and preparation but just aren’t shared from the pulpit for whatever reason? Well, Doug blogs about those things.
4. He is very well read and posts a book review a week like I do. But his genres are a little more diverse. His reviews are great and worth the read!

Now, keep in mind that he is a full-time pastor and carries a decent load of seminary classes as well. So, there are weeks that you will only see the sermon podcasts/outlines and the book reviews. But even then, it’s a good read.