MY FAVORITE RESOURCES

--FAVORITE RESOURCES BY TOPIC--

FOR DISCIPLESHIP:

• Knowing Scripture by R. C. Sproul
• Discipline: The Glad Surrender by Elisabeth Elliot
• True Woman 101: Divine Design: An Eight-Week Study on Biblical Womanhood by Mary Kassian, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
• Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives by Richard Swenson
• Feminine Appeal: 7 Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother by Carolyn Mahaney
• A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene Peterson
• The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict by Ken Sande
• Embracing Soul Care: Making Space for What Matters Most by Stephen Smith
• Women Helping Women: A Biblical Guide to Major Issues Women Face by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Carol Cornish
• Heaven by Randy Alcorn
• The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs

FOR MARRIAGE:

• What Did You Expect?: Redeeming the Realities of Marriage by Paul David Tripp
• A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God's Gift of Sexual Intimacy by Douglas Rosenau
• Feminine Appeal: 7 Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother by Carolyn Mahaney

FOR PARENTING:

• The Mission of Motherhood: Touching Your Child's Heart for Eternity by Sally Clarkson
• Raising Godly Tomatoes: Loving Parenting With Only Occasional Trips to the Woodshed by Elizabeth Krueger
• Boundaries with Kids: When to Say Yes, How to Say No by Drs. Cloud &Townsend 
• The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition by Kathleen Huggins
• Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God by Voddie Baucham
• Feminine Appeal: 7 Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother by Carolyn Mahaney
• A poem of encouragement: DO THE NEXT THING

FOR HOMESCHOOLING:

• Things We Wish We'd Known: 50 Veteran Homeschoolers Share edited by Diana Waring
• Walk by the Spirit in Your Homeschool Decisions by Margaret Howshall
• Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto
• A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century by Oliver DeMille
• Sir Ken Robinson's lectures about learning 

HOMESCHOOL CURRICULA:

• The Mystery of History, Vol. 1: Creation to Resurrection by Linda Hobar - for elementary to middle school ancient history
• What in the World? (Ancient Civilizations and the Bible: A Biblical World History Program From Creation to Christ, 1)- CDs by Diana Waring
• Learning Wrap Ups for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division - for math practice
• Wordly Wise 3000 - for vocabulary development
• Sequential Spelling - for spelling
• Mind Benders A1: Deductive Thinking Skills - for early logic development
• Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline - we LOVE this book by David Downs. Excellent example of THINKING biblically about ancient history.
• Singapore Math
• Excellent Learning GAMES

FOR WRITING:

• How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich
• Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) by James Scott Bell
• The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron

FICTION:

• Safely Home by Randy Alcorn
• The Complete Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton
• Hinds Feet On High Places by Hannah Hurnard
• Stepping Heavenward: One Woman's Journey to Godliness by Elizabeth Prentiss
• Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

COOKBOOKS:

• The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook 3rd Edition
• Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day