Day 128: Generosity

Daily Sheet: Day 128: Generosity

Family Book: “A New Coat for Anna”

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Travel: Denmark

Song: “Come Thou Fount”- Fernando Ortega (with lyrics)

 

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Day 119: Groundedness

Daily Sheet: Day 119: Groundedness

Family Book: “Migrant”

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Travel: Colombia

Video: “Home from Home” – Roo Panes

Song: “This Cup” – Sara Groves

Video: “I Am Mountain” – Gungor (official music video)

 

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Day 117: Modesty

Daily Sheet: Day 117: Modesty

Family Book: “If I Built a Car”

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Travel: Argentina, Chile, Peru

Video: “Obsolete” – Sara Groves (story behind the song)

Video: “Obsolete” – Sara Groves (live acoustic performance)

 

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Day 104: Optimism

Daily Sheet: Day 104: Optimism

Family Book: “Four Feet, Two Sandals”

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Travel: Afghanistan

Video: Sara Groves introduces “Floodplain” and talks about the role of positive thinking in our lives

Song: “Floodplain” – Sara Groves

Some hearts are built on a floodplain, keeping one eye on the sky for rain.  You work for the ground that gets washed away when you live closer…

Closer to the life and the ebb and flow, closer to the edge of I don’t know, closer to that’s the way it goes…  Some hearts are built on a floodplain.

And it’s easy to sigh on a high bluff, look down and ask when you’ve had enough.  Will you have the sense to come on up or will you stay closer?

Closer to the danger and the rolling deep, closer to the run and the losing streak and what brings us to our knees…  Some hearts live here.

Oh the river it rushes to madness and the water it spreads like sadness and there’s no high ground.  Closer to the danger and the rolling deep, closer to the run and the losing streak and what brings us to our knees…

Closer to the life and the ebb and flow, closer to the edge of I don’t know, closer to Lord please send a boat…  Some hearts are built here.

Video: “Brighter Day” – Gungor (drum cover)

Love came down and hope was found; Now we’re waking up to a brighter day.

Questions:

  • Do you like today’s story?  Does it make sense to you?  Why or why not?
  • Explain Ecclesiastes 11:4.
  • What is a floodplain?  What does Sara Groves mean when she says “some hearts live there”?  Do you think that means these people are optimistic or pessimistic?
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Day 100: Ambition

Daily Sheet: Day 100: Ambition

Family Book: “Uncommon Traveler”

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Travel: Angola

Map: Mary Kingsley’s Travels

Video: “Secret Ambition” – Michael W. Smith (official music video)  Uh, it’s 90’s.  VERY 90’s…

Nobody knew his secret ambition was to give his life away.

Questions:

  • How does ambition relate to purpose, focus, and vision?
  • Do you think ambition is a good and/or a bad thing?
  • What type of ambition does Paul warn us about in his letter to the Phillipians?
  • According to Paul, what should our ambition be?  Do you think that is good advice?
  • Mary Kingsley was curious and ambitious.  Do you consider her wise?

 

 

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Day 66: Diligence

Daily Sheet: Day 66: Diligence

Family Book: “And So They Build”

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Travel: Cape Verde

Map: First Voyages Around the World (Magellan and Drake)

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Map: Magellan Route Map (from Wikipedia)

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Song: “I Need Thee Every Hour” – Fernando Ortega

Song: “When the Wild Winds Blow” – Phil Keaggy

 

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Day 46: Industriousness

Daily Sheet: Day 46: Industriousness

Family Book: “Ox-Cart Man”

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Travel: Maine; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; New Hampshire; Vermont

Video: “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn” – Allison Krauss & Union Station (live)

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