by Lisa Jordan | Mar 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Debut author Leeana Tankersley constructs a literary collage of memories and mementoes from living in the Middle East during the Iraq War in her travel memoir, Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places (Nov. 2009). She reflects on discovering beauty in a foreign...
by Lisa Jordan | Mar 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
The other day I helped a child write the letter of his first name. I cupped my hand over his and demonstrated how to make a straight line, beginning at the top and going to the bottom, and then adding two bumps. That may not be the technical explanation for a letter...
by Lisa Jordan | Mar 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sons of ThunderbySusan May WarrenLisa’s Thoughts:I received Sons as Thunder free from the publisher in exchange for this book review, but even if I hadn’t, I would’ve bought the book as soon as it hit the shelves. I’ve been a Susan May Warren...
by Lisa Jordan | Mar 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
As a mom and avid scrapbooker, I’ve recorded many first moments in my boys’ lives. Part of my day job includes recording developmental growth in children. Leve Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist, who took a constructivist’s view in child development. His zone of...
by Lisa Jordan | Mar 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m an emotional person. My mom used to say that if people looked at me cross-eyed, I’d burst into tears. If I see another person crying, I tear up. I cry at movies, sentimental commercials, and those Mom moments that tug on the heart.Emotions help us to...
by Lisa Jordan | Feb 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Pure Pleasure by Gary Thomas.A stone massage, homemade chocolate cake, a round of golf, the perfect cup of coffee, your morning run – or your afternoon nap. These are all simple pleasures that God created for us to enjoy – not feel guilty about. Bestselling...