Top Ten Ways for a Parent to Fight High Gas Prices

1) Only drive your kids to destinations that are downhill from you.

2) Tell your boss you can’t come into work in honor of Stephanie Tanner's
birthday (and hope he doesn’t watch Full House).

3) See if your automobile will run on syrup.

4) As a science project, have your kids siphon your neighbor’s gasoline.

5) Throw a family block party at your house; but instead of a side dish have
guests bring a barrel of crude oil. (Call it an OPEQ themed party.)

6) Car pool with neighbors and friends, but whenever it’s your turn to drive
tell them to take the bus because you're going green.

7) Use the squeege for the car windows at the gas station to wash your
whole automobile.

8) Make your kids quit all sports except cross country.

9) Check into the legal restrictions of taking riding lawnmowers onto U.S.
highways.

10) Have your vacation at home. (Tell your kids you're pretty sure that your garage is just like Universal Studios.)

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by Cheryl Moeller

Moeller family collie found after five years!

Ebook to be released this week - Lexi's Homeschool Diary by Cheryl and MacKenzie Moeller

What Homeschool Parents, Homeschool Leaders and Others 

Are Saying About 

“Lexi’s Homeschool Diary”

“Lexi is easy for young children to relate to because she’s fun-loving,
talkative, likeable, and humorous…I can definitely see this book as the
first in a series.”  -- Heidi Strawser, homeschool mom, E-Book Reviews Specialist,
The Schoolhouse Store, Marketing Assistant, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine,
http://www.theoldschoolhousemagazine.com/

“Cheryl and MacKenzie Moeller have created in Lexi a character so
true-to-life. She reminds us that family is, and should be, a wonderful place to grow up, and that having Christ in the center of that family brings both glory to God and security to our children. Who wouldn’t love to have Lexi in their family?” -- Rachel, homeschool mom, Arlington Heights, IL

“An easy read with children or grandchildren on your lap. Not only entertaining, but many old fashioned (Godly) truths within the story line.”
-- John Schmid, father of three homeschool graduates, President, Common Ground Ministries, a singing and prison ministry, http://www.johnschmid.com/, Berlin, OH

“Darling! Loved it! I look forward to sharing it with future grandchildren.”
 --Nancy, homeschool mom of graduates, Arlington Heights, IL

“A window into the heart and mind of a sweet, six year old girl.
 This book will serve as an encouragement to both you and your
young homeschooled children.”
  -- Jennifer Burns, homeschool mom, Head of Homeschool Classical Consortium and H.E.A.R.T., Barrington, IL

“A read aloud for youngsters or to enjoy on their own. Mom-and-daughter authors Cheryl and Mackenzie Moeller have a knack for turning the everyday into a magnetic read.” -- J. Louise Larson, Author, FabJob Guide to Become a Party Planner, Editor, Ennis Journal, Ennis, TX

“Endearing Lexi is wise beyond her six years. I would like to grow up at her house!” -- Pam, homeschool mom, Mendota Heights, MN

“A delightful and exciting story.”
--Mary Ann Green, grandma of three, Fenton, MI

“We love Lexi!” -- Anne and Grace, homeschooled kids, Duncan, OK

“Thanks for writing a children’s novel with homeschooled characters. I haven’t found many fiction books out there from that perspective. I look forward to reading Lexi’s Homeschool Diary to my grandchildren.” -- Karen, homeschool grandma, Brainerd, MN

"Lexi’s Homeschool Diary enables us to feel the rich environment a prayerful
family can enjoy through choosing to homeschool.” 
-- Barbara, homeschool mom of graduates, Accounts Payable, Total Living Network Television,
Vice-President, Peter P. Loeb Builders and Glasgow Concrete, Inc., Big Rock, IL"

“My daughter and I loved reading about Lexi…It’s an encouragement to
homeschool moms to see we’re doing the right thing.”
-- Amy Pedraja Burnham, homeschool mom, Virtual Assistant, Prospect Heights, IL 

“I'm going to tell all my friends about Lexi.”
--Lauren, homeschooled 3rd grader, Glenview, IL

What 'ya goin to do when the "dog days of summer" hit?

What 'ya goin to do when the "dog days of summer" hit? When it's so warm and muggy; your dog won't walk to the mailbox with you? It's time to sit at the beach during the day or the porch swing at night and read our friend's Chris Fabry's new fiction coming out August 1.

Theme: wholeness, forgiveness

Free ebook

Planet Mom

Planet Mom is a wild and wonderful place where kids swing on ceiling fans, diapers appear four days later in the trunk, and children think bread is made out of deer (doe (dough)…a deer…a female deer).

Find out 99 true and amazing reasons why you should become a permanent resident of Planet Mom (or be thankful if you already are!). You’ll realize that you’re doing the most important job in the world…and the results are out of this world!

Together, Jill Hart and Cheryl Moeller are a dangerous and delightful team who share their real life experience.

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Congratulations to Brent on his College Graduation

Brent and his beautiful girlfriend Bre celebrate Brent's Graduation this week. Brent has a great job in marketing and has already started a MBA.

Christmas Sermon - Christmas On Location: Home to the Powerful and Cruel

Christmas on Location: Rome - 4 B.C. Home to the Powerful and Cruel

By Bob Moeller

Luke 2:1-7

“In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.” Luke 2:1

Who rules our world?

1. God sets up and takes down the people who control our lives.
• Daniel 4:32 “Seven times (years) will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes.”
“(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.” Luke 2:2-3
Who rules our world?

2. God directs the decisions that impact our lives.
Proverbs 21:1 “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; (God) directs it like a watercourse wherever He pleases.”
“So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.” Luke 2:5

Who rules our world?

3. God chooses the time and place where our lives will be changed forever.
• Micah 5:2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me One who will be Ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. "
“He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.” Luke 2:5

Who rules our world?

4. God controls the suffering others can impose on us.
• Acts 4:27-28 “Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.”
“While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:6-7
Who rules our world?

5. What others use to hurt us God uses to save us.
• Genesis 50:20
"Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

Conclusion: Some very good reasons to be strong and courageous this Christmas season…
• No one can do anything to you until God gives them permission.
• If God gives them permission they now are serving Him like it or not…
• When God is finished so are they…
• In the end Heaven wins and so do we.


(Like a River Glorious)
Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand,
Never foe can follow, never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry, not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there.
Every joy or trial falleth from above,
Traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love;
We may trust Him fully all for us to do.
They who trust Him wholly find Him wholly true.

(Be Still My Soul)
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change, He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend,
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake.
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know.
His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.
Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord. When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.