Daily Sheet: Day 123: Efficiency
Family Book: “Building an Igloo”
Travel: Alaska
Video: “Scientists in Japan” – Sara Groves talks about the meaning behind the song
Video: “Scientists in Japan” – Sara Groves (official music video)
Tag Archives: Preparedness
Day 117: Modesty
Daily Sheet: Day 117: Modesty
Family Book: “If I Built a Car”
Travel: Argentina, Chile, Peru
Video: “Obsolete” – Sara Groves (story behind the song)
Video: “Obsolete” – Sara Groves (live acoustic performance)
Day 114: Preparedness
Daily Sheet: Day 114: Preparedness
Family Book: “Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport”
Travel: Russia
Additional Reading (from “I Heard Good News Today” – Cornelia Lehn):
Hymn: Softly and Tenderly
Song: “People Get Ready” – Margaret Becker
Day 109: Peacefulness
Daily Sheet: Day 109: Peacefulness
Family Book: “Where the Poppies Now Grow”
Travel: Algeria; Tunisia
Song: “God and Country” – Gungor
“You can take my money, take my land, but not my son!
…Those who live by the gun, die by the gun.”
Day 107: Fortitude
Daily Sheet: Day 107: Fortitude
Family Book: “Yatandou”
Travel: Mauritania
Song: “Carry On” – Phil Keaggy
The following verses, both written by Paul, will help you answer today’s questions:
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. -Romans 5:3-5 (ESV)
Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. -2 Corinthians 1:6 (NLT)
Questions:
- Discuss the relationship between fortitude and the following words:
- Perseverance
- Endurance
- Suffering
- Patience
- Hope
- Come up with your own definition for the word “fortitude.”
Character core curriculum 