Author Archives: Dawn Stephens

2023 Goals – How to Make and Accomplish SMART and Biblical Goals

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What are your 2023 goals? I bet you have specific things you would like to accomplish this year. Maybe you’ve made a list. Or perhaps, you hesitate to write them down for fear you do not achieve them. Educators are very familiar with goal setting. They are often asked to write SMART goals for themselves and their students. SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound. This is a critical practice. However, shouldn’t the goals we create for ourselves and our children also be Biblical? Here are five steps to ensure they are SMART and biblical!

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Five Important Categories of Food that Jack Sprat Could Eat on Thanksgiving Day

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When Planning your Thanksgiving dinner with kids, it can be fun to think about what Jack Sprat and his wife could eat. The story, “Jack Sprat Learns About Food” helps children to learn about the different categories of food that we should … Continue reading →

Pentawhadda. A Christian Children’s book about the Pentateuch

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Pentawhadda is a children’s picture book by Lynn Calvin Plater and published by Westbow Press. It is designed to teach children about the first five books of the Bible. In the tradition of Pilgrims’ Progress, the characters’ names have a … Continue reading →

7 ways stories grow like plants

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Did you know that stories grow like plants? At least fruitful stories that grow in the hearts of your readers do. When I do author visits to schools, churches, or homeschool groups, I am sometimes asked to conduct a writing … Continue reading →

Jesus as a Lamb. A book to explain it all.

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When children hear of Jesus as a lamb they do not always understand why. Just ask a few of them why they think Jesus is called the lamb of God. I once asked several students this question and heard answers like “Lambs are gentle like Jesus”, “Lambs are loving”, and even “Because Jesus is the shepherd”. Obviously, I had some work to do in helping them understand this important name of Jesus.

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Beatitudes from the Bible and 8 Lamentable “Bee” Attitudes that grow the fruit of the Spirit.

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Those of you that know me, know I am all about growing the fruit of the Spirit in every situation. This fruit, however, is most plentiful when trials and lamentable situations occur. Our world is full of them. I recently … Continue reading →