Author: Little Roots Co.
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Why Moms Need More Than a Good Devotional
Note: Since the original edition of this blog post (2020), there have been excellent devotionals published that have helped to bridge these gaps. My favorite to recommend is Paul Tripp’s Everyday Gospel which takes you through the entirety of Scripture in a year, while offering gospel connections to the passages you have read. I lost…
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My Bible Reading Plan for 2025 (and why you should make one too)
“Mark this well for a new year: your desires, good and bad, are not givens. Now, you may not, in the moment, simply be able to will yourself into some specific delight, or disgust, but you can retrain your palate over time. In fact, with each passing day, you’re either solidifying and deepening your heart…
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Advent Guide 2024
“Yes, the manger signals something about this baby, but it is not simply his poverty. By being placed in the manger, he is revealed as both the rightful son of Adam charged with caring for his creation and also the eternal Son of God who created them and who provides for them. So instead of…
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Tips for an Intentional Summer
We’ve been in the summer mode for a few weeks now since we ended homeschool at the beginning of May, but I’ve been thinking alot about the concept of using my summer wisely. What does it mean to steward what I’ve been given and use this next season intentionally? I wanted to share with you…
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Easter Guide 2024
Top 3 Family Recommendations Who is Jesus? 40 Pictures to Share with Your Family This beautiful book is one your entire family of all ages can learn from and enjoy together. I would recommend reading through it the entire 40 days of Lent. Easter Blocks by the GoodKind “Slow down and reflect during Holy Week…
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Time
“Behold, I am coming soon. Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.” Revelation 22:7, 11 Did you know there’s a list of the things that run out at the end of the book of Revelation? For the believer…
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My Bible Reading Plan for 2024 (and why you should make one too)
As we wrap up a month of Christmas traditions and Advent studies, I think many people enter a new year already feeling tired. We did all the gift buying and holiday planning, all the food prep and family traditions, all the decorations and outings. Lots of us have probably already packed away the tree and…
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Advent Reflections
For 400 years the people of God had waited. “There were no visions, no prophets, no word from Yahweh, only rituals and routines to maintain a connection to the Lord.” Sacrifice after sacrifice, feast after feast, offering after offering, year after year. Could God not have come after 100 years? Or maybe 150? Surely at…
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Advent Guide 2023
“This season of reflection is also a reminder that in our present day and age, we are still Before Christ, perpetually inhabiting a second Advent. We still need our Saviour to come and make all things new. Advent is a space to remember that longing for the Messiah isn’t just a nice thing we say…
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Christmas Picture Book List
Are you looking for a short list of picture books that you might want to add to your home library? Here is a curated list of 10 picture books that are worth a place in your book basket each year to help your family celebrate the Advent season! The Story of God with Us There’s a Lion…
