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)
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)
Daily Sheet: Day 122: Helpfulness
Family Book: “Children of the Yukon”
Travel: Yukon Territory
Song: “Right Now” – Sara Groves
What you need from me, I can do it right now.
Daily Sheet: Day 121: Forgiveness
Family Book: “The Lord’s Prayer”
Travel: New Mexico; Arizona
Song: “Find Me In These Fields” – Phil Keaggy & Brian Zahnd
Video: “Peace Be With You” – Roo Panes
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
Daily Sheet: Day 99: Freedom
Family Book: “Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation”
Family Book: “You Are Special”
Travel: Nebraska; Kansas
Video: “Set You Free” – Nomos
If you did, if you did, even if you did… Been where you shouldn’t have been, Seen what you shouldn’t have seen, Dreamed what you shouldn’t have dreamed, that doesn’t mean you have to be locked up here forever. I’m going to set you free.—And if you did, if you did, even if you did… Done what you shouldn’t have done, Run when you shouldn’t have run, Lost when you shouldn’t have won, that doesn’t mean you have to be paying the price forever. I’m going to set you free.—And if you did, if you did, only if you did… Strayed from the beaten track, Maybe you never got back, Went in off the black, that doesn’t mean you have to be lying around here forever. I’m going to set you free.—Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did… Suffered from a broken heart, Got off to a poor start, Maybe you fell apart, that doesn’t mean you have to be paying the price forever. I’m going to set you free.—And if you did, if you did, even if you did… Known what you shouldn’t have known, Shown what you shouldn’t have shown, Thrown what you shouldn’t have thrown, that doesn’t mean you have to be lying around here forever. I’m going to set you free.—Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did… Been where you shouldn’t have been, Seen what you shouldn’t have seen, Dreamed what you shouldn’t have dreamed, that doesn’t mean you have to be locked up here forever. I’m going to set you free.
Video: “Deliverer” – Audrey Assad
You are not possessive, You respect all things
You are not invasive, You have no envy
You are not insistent, You do not force me
You are not controlling, You make me free indeedYou’re my deliverer, You’re my deliverer. You won’t pass me by.
Your law is freedom and mercy is Your rule
Though You dwell within me, I can’t contain YouIn the ruins of my heart, You preach to the poor
Turning over stones to show me there is more
More than all I ask, more than I’m looking for
In the ruins of my heart
Video: “Land of the Living” – Roo Panes
Where they go
That we shall cherish and that I wrestle
Don’t want to be like the dust that settles
This empire of nothing
I find that I’m king of all these empty homes
That are ruled by my own flaws
But you can’t be an old fire
If you are burning with a new flameSo remember that, you are never a forgotten name
Cause I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
I hear the voices of my childhood singing it’s the world beyond those doorways
Where we use to playCause every moment
Is a chance to define what you want to become
You’re not a slave to things you’ve done
Be brave and be bold
Be childish and old it’s the same old story
Every life needs a hope of glory
But you can’t be an old fire
If you’re burning with a new flameI was born to be free, you were born to free me
Cause I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
I hear the voices of my childhood singing it’s the world beyond those doorways
Where we use to play
I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
Oh we’ll go back, we’ll go back to the beginning
And we’ll pick up on the trails of forgotten ways
Song: “Finally” – Gungor
Call me back into the silence, into the sunlight.
Every breath a standing defiance of death and of clamor; Let darkness be scattered now.
I’ll be here waiting in silence, waiting for sunlight to make all the world shine bright.
All the stars fall in line and the seas bow their heads. We remember our dead and we sing another day.
As the silence, it grows and the worlds fade away; All the sons empty their graves.
We will sing another day.
Questions:
Daily Sheet: Day 88: Vision
Family Book: “On the Oregon Trail”
Travel: Idaho; Oregon; Washington
Hymn: “Be Thou My Vision” – Chelsea Moon
Be Thou my vision, oh Lord of my heart. Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best thought by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my wisdom and Thou my true word. I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord. Thou my great Father, I Thy true son, Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one.
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise. Thou my inheritance, now and always. Thou and Thou only, first in my heart. High King of Heaven, my treasure Thou art.
High King of Heaven, my victory won. May I reach heaven’s joys, oh, bright heaven’s sun. Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my vision, oh Ruler of all.
Video: “Be Thou My Vision” – Fernando Ortega (set against images from the Hubble telescope)
Consider the following three translations of Proverbs 29:18:
Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law. (New American Standard Bible – NASB)
Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; But blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction. (New International Version – NIV)
Where there is no vision, the people perish: But he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (King James Version – KJV)
Questions:
Daily Sheet: Day 87: Leadership
Family Book: “The Lewis and Clark Trail”
Travel: Missouri; Iowa
Map: The Lewis and Clark Trail
Questions:
Song: “People of God” – Gungor
We could have tongues of angels; We could move mountains with our faith; We could give everything away, but if we don’t have love we’re left with nothing.
We could see blind eyes opened, know all the mysteries of our faith. We could sing all the highest praise but if we don’t have love, we’re left with nothing.
People of God, Rise up. Rise up and shine God’s love. We are the light of the world.
Love is what holds it all together. Love never fails, it never dies. There is no deeper truth. We know that God is love, our God is love. Tear down the walls that divide us; Let love rebuild and unite us. All we need is love.
Daily Sheet: Day 86: Obedience
Family Book: “The Other Side”
Travel: Ohio; Indiana; Illinois
Song: “When Will I Ever Learn” – Phil Keaggy
…You brought it to my attention that everything was made in God. Down through centuries of great writings and paintings, everything was in God. Seen through architecture of great cathedrals down through the history of time, is and was in the beginning and evermore shall ever be.
When will I ever learn to live in God? When will I ever learn? He gives me everything I need and more. When will I ever learn?
…And up on the hillside it’s quiet where the shepherd is tending his sheep, and over the mountains and the valleys and the countryside is so green. Standing on the highest hill with a sense of wonder, you can see everything is made in God. Head back to the roadside and give thanks for it all…
Daily Sheet: Day 81: Courage
Family Book: “They Called Her Molly Pitcher”
Travel: Louisiana; Arkansas
Song: “Song For My Sons” – Sara Groves
“Your dad and I pray for strength and understanding for things we couldn’t see or comprehend.”
Song: “Sing for the Wind” – Roo Panes
“Love’s the journey of a lifetime, and where you finish isn’t where you start.”
Questions:
Daily Sheet: Day 48: Inquisitiveness
Family Book: “The Moon Over Star”
Travel: Hawaii
Video: “To the Moon” – Sara Groves