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Episode 117: The Rapid Fire Edition! [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_117.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here.) Adam and Leah take this week’s episode to catch up on several topics in rapid-fire fashion. We hope you site enjoy the subjects and the banter! Resources Indescribable: 100 Devotions for Kids about God and Science (Louie Giglio; Amazon) Shaping Hearts for God When Your Kid is Hurting (Dr. Kevin Leman; Amazon) More from A Legacy of Faith To subscribe to A Legacy of Faith by email for free click here. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Subscribe via rss Find us on Stitcher Radio Visit the show archives
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Lessons from the Front Porch
A few weeks ago I spoke at a Ladies’ Day in Alabama that had as their theme “Lessons from the Front Porch.” They did a magnificent job with the decorations and every detail for the day was planned and executed with perfection. As I sat and thought about what I might speak about for this particular theme, I was transported back to a time in my life when front porches (or sometimes back porches) were very common on most houses. I grew up living next door to my paternal grandparents and their house had a huge (or at least it seemed huge to me) front porch. It was one of those porches…
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An Awful Cheap Thrill
As our world devolves into more depravity, what amuses us or gives us a thrill not only gets more depraved, it also gets cheaper. (Need proof? Look no further than the explosion of pornography and how it provides that “thrill” for millions.) But there is another cheap thrill that has been around for centuries, and each time it is found, it is awful, destructive, and insidious. Yet…it keeps going. It is the cheap thrill of gossip. Think for a moment. What could be cheaper than tearing down someone who is not present only to make (1) them look worse, and/or (2) you look better? It’s cheap because it is taking…
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Do You Have the Courage to be Unpopular? (Why I Didn’t Watch the Grammys)
Who watched the Grammys this past Sunday night? Not me! I have no desire to watch them. I won’t watch the Oscars either, or any other Hollywood award show of any kind for that matter. You know why? Because they aren’t what they were (I’m not saying they were ever wonderful). There was a time in America when we would watch movies or listen to music and then see who won the awards at the end of the year just for fun. The “stars” weren’t ever perfect morally but they at least they weren’t so abrasive and political. Now I can’t watch at all and still feel like I know…
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Legacy Recipe: Italian Soup [Free Printable]
This polar vortex is not for wimps! Maybe the cold weather has made you wish for a new soup recipe in order to get warm. This one is a hybrid of some recipes I looked at and then adapted. Hope you enjoy! Ingredients: 1 pkg. kielbasa sausage (I use turkey) 1-2 pkgs. frozen cheese tortellini 1 box chicken broth 1 can tomato sauce 1 can tomato soup ½ pkg. frozen chopped spinach Italian seasoning In a large stock pot (or insta-pot) sauté bite-sized pieces of ½ the sausage until browned. Add the box of chicken broth and tortellini. Bring to a boil until tortellini is cooked through, about 5 minutes.…
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Why Did He Use That Word?
It was an important college football game. The winner of this particular game would play for the national championship. One would think that every imaginable detail would have been addressed by coaches and players and that there would be no room for what some call a “bonehead” incident. However, such an incident did, indeed, occur. Somehow there was enough confusion to cause the team with the ball to take too long between plays. The referee threw the flag. He made the appropriate signal. He turned his microphone on and announced what everybody already knew. The penalty was for “delay of game.” The head coach was not happy. That was to be expected. What was not…
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Episode 116: Reading Long-Form Literature as a Family [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_116.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here.) For a number of years, Adam and Leah have read long-form literature with their kids as a family. On this week’s episode, they talk about why they do this, and give some tips about reading these with your family. Below, you will find a helpful list of books, as well as those they have talked about in the episode. Resources 1000 Good Books List [Classical Christian Education Support Loop] “The Wizard of Oz” Collection [All novels in one set; Amazon] “Black Beauty” [Amazon] “Swallows and Amazons” [Amazon] “Caddy Woodlawn” [Amazon] More from A Legacy of…
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JUST Family Time
Last weekend, a Christmas gift finally “paid off,” sort of. On Christmas morning, I had surprised our family with plans for a quick weekend trip to St. Louis to watch a basketball game and to go eagle watching over the Mississippi River. Well, the weather did not cooperate, so we headed south, instead, and just enjoyed visiting some old favorite spots in Nashville. It was still a great trip, even if it did not have any new experiences. It was something that was said on the way there that has had me doing a lot of thinking, though. As we were nearing Nashville and talking about what we were going…
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One Word Makes a Difference
As I was worshiping this last Sunday and listening to B.J. Clarke preach from 2 Corinthians, I thought about how one word in a passage of Scripture sometimes makes all the difference. In Paul’s opening remarks to the Corinthians, in the third verse of chapter one in this second letter the apostle writes, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.” Concentrate on that word “all.” Paul did not say that God was the God of comfort. He said God is the God of all comfort. For me personally, that passage means so much more because of that…
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The Man I Never Knew
He was one of the players on a baseball team posing for a picture. He was kneeling on the front row. He was the one holding the bat. His first name was the same as my middle name. I was told that my mother wanted me to be named after him, but that he didn’t want to saddle his son with the name “Delmar.” When I consider the kind of man he was, I can think of a lot of things that would have been a whole lot worse. [Editor’s note: The picture is the one used above for the header of this article.] I knew Delmar Faughn from the time I became aware of…