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Calling all Leaders of Littles, Get it here!  Your completed edition of the  January - An Idea for Every Day Calendar  is now hot off the press and ready for printing, pinning, paper-clipping, or bookmarking for your planning needs. To view all January calendars , including more current ones, visit our JOY for Today page. This is only a graphic.  For active links on calendar, click here . Ideas for Use New to the Idea for Every Day Calendar?  No problem.  The intention of this calendar is to supply you with a menu of activities to engage your learners this January.  We chose a National Day for every day in January and selected complementary link pairings for academic tie-ins so you can celebrate every day with your littles.   That being said, please don't view this calendar as another item in a long line of to-do's, but more a gathering of ideas.  Browse the menu and choose activities that ignite your heart, fit with your curriculum, or excite your learner

Friends, We are back with the ninth chapter of, "Mission Born: Space Twins!"  If you have yet to meet the twins, or if you need to catch up, find all previous chapters at the appropriate link below: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 If, however, you're wondering what lies in wait at this asteroid base, read on, dear friends, read on.                 “You know, Jess…   The more I hear our story, I start to see a major problem.   Something is happening in this universe that is not the way they taught us back on Earth.”   Walter looked over at her with a head tilted in thought, from one of the two simple chairs in the plain gray bunkroom.                   “You mean like nuthin’?   ‘Cause that’s what they taught us Wally.   An’ this end o’ the universe seems crazy!   The Council is up to sumthin’, it don’t look good neither….”   Jess shrugged and leaned over the caution-painted side of the bunk.

Welcome Back Leaders of Littles!  How we've missed you!  As promised, you're seeing us in 2020!  The January Idea for Every Day Calendar remains a work in progress.  But, as 2020 commences tomorrow, the need for activities emerges.  Today we unveil the first eleven days of activities and selected link pairings to go with them. New Year's Day Ideas We wanted to specifically feature New Year's Day as it is tomorrow and you're likely short on time to get some of these ideas in.  We'll blast social media, but also wanted it featured here.  To start your 2020 off right, consider whipping up a special breakfast.  Good Housekeeping has 33 recommended recipes for just this occasion.  Or, make your favorite.  What is your favorite brunch recipe?  We'd love to know!  Whether it's new or tried and true.  Our favorite is a sausage brunch braid  from Amelia Meaux featured at Taste of Home.  It's beautiful, tasty and relatively easy to make.  Give it

Welcome Back Readers! We're glad you are here and ready to read Chapter 8 of Mission Born: Space Twins .  If you're new here and would like to start from the beginning, or maybe you need to get caught up, find the appropriate link here: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 But, if you've shared the journey all along the way, or prefer jumping into the middle of the action, Chapter 8 starts now.  Get on your spacesuits and enjoy the ride!                 As the ship staggered out of translight, Jess spotted an asteroid belt that twisted around two planets.   One of the planets was a severe black, as if it were absorbing all light.   The ebony planet had streaks of red through it in jagged lines.   A second ivory colored planet, with streaks of blue flowing around it like stripes on a candy cane, resided across the way.   She used the sensors to scan for a closer look at the system.   A ping came up on the star map.  

(Updated 12/1/2022) Welcome back, friends!   I am thankful that you are here today. In a previous blog post, “ Christmas Time is Here ,” I mentioned that we, as Christians, assume the herald role.   We are to proclaim and pave the way for others to walk the path to meet our King.   As I considered this role, another question emerged.   One that initially seems simple, yet quickly deepens in complexity:   This Christmas season, are you acting as a Herod or a herald? You’re already answering: “Of course I’m a herald.”   Done.   Click away.   What blog post am I reading next? But WAIT! There's more! What if the answer is not that simple?   What if you are showing Herod traits without even realizing it?   Maybe the process of acting out your role as herald is morphing you into a Herod.   The Format To compare Herod and herald, we’ll institute a side-by-side approach.   Character trait by character trait.   This is how we’ll do it: Identify comparable traits of e