Monumental

Kirk Cameron, an actor from Left Behind and Fireproof is now directing and producing a new movie called Moneumental: in Search of America's National Treasure. Watch the trailer below:






This is something that all Americans need to see. So often these days, American citizens just do not know why our nation was founded, or what the principles upon which it was founded are. This country was founded upon biblical principles, yet what is happening? Our history is being re-written to no longer include these facts.

Sometimes the only way forward is to go back.

Oh, I would like to recommend a course on the U.S. Constitution. It is a free, 10-week course that is being put out by Hillsdale College to learn about the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Here is the link: http://www.hillsdale.edu/constitution/

In Christ Alone,

Courageous

My family and I went to see Courageous last Tuesday. It is an absolutely amazing movie! As soon as it finished, I wanted to go see it again :D. It was super hilarious, sad, and had a very good message. I just finished reading the book on Monday. It was really neat how they weaved a backstory into it... I really enjoyed both. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you should go soon!


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CHAP conference

In the middle of May we went to the CHAP homeschool conference (in case you were wondering, CHAP stands for Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania :D). I was glad we were able to go both days!


The three main speakers we went to were Doug Phillips, Mark Hamby, and Ken Ham. I was sooooo glad that Ken Ham was able to make it... I've never got to see him speak (at least, only in tapes), and he had been kicked out of a couple of homeschool shows for mentioning that somebody else's "Bible" curriculum wasn't all it claimed to be. Unfortunately, we only went to one or two of his talks, because we had to go to the other speakers.

Mark Hamby's sessions were a lot on parenting, but I still enjoyed them. He is an awesome story teller!

Doug Phillips was great as well. And I was sooooo absolutely glad we went on the second day... if we hadn't I still wouldn't have known anything about the Alone Yet Not Alone movie! At one point, Mr. Phillips was talking about media... how it can be bad, but if it's used right, can be used for the glory of God. Well, he mentioned how he was in a movie. This is what I heard... he was in a movie... was a red coat... in the French and Indian war... That must be Alone Yet Not Alone! I whispered it to Jess, and the next thing he said was that this movie was called Alone Yet Not Alone! Later, Mom talked to Joshua Phillips about it, and he said that the website (http://www.aloneyetnotalone.com) will be up and running sometime soon, and that the movie is coming out this fall. I could hardely contain my excitement! Don't worry, I did get something out of his messages other than that :D.

Oh, and we each got to pick out one or two things to buy. I bought the "Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney" audio CD. I really love to read or hear read letters and things that are really old... and I know it my sound crazy, but artifacts and things don't excite me much, but if I find a book with the date 1904 on it, that gets me all excited. Anyway, after I listened to that CD, I decided to start a letterbook. I hope I get to fill it up soon.



In Christ Alone,

Day 24: A Movie No One Would Expect Me to Love

Star Wars! Actually, I've only seen from the last half of the 4th movie and on through the last one because I didn't think I'd like it. Dad had recorded them all, and he and Jess were watching them (of course, not on the same night. lol!) but they looked kind of scary to me, so I only watched snipets here and there when I had to pass where they were. I don't know what made me start to watch them... but after I did, I thought they were pretty good!


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Day 2: A Favorite Movie

Again, I don't know how I could pick just one! So here are three:

Faith Like Potatoes

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Patriot

In Christ Alone,