Day 4: Noah’s Ark (Rainbow), made by Holli-Marie Taylor using shrink plastic.
Day 5: Abraham (Constellation of Stars), made by Holli-Marie Taylor using paint on a wood cut-out.
Archive for October, 2008
Ornaments for Day 4 and 5!
Posted in Jesse Tree Project on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Latest Ornaments
Posted in Jesse Tree Project on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ornament # 12: Burning Bush by the Jahaske Family of Tuscon, using a St. Catherine’s of Mount Sinai Icon of Moses and the Burning Bush.
Ornament #25: Jonah’s Whale by the Pyle Family of Denver, using wool felt.
Ornament # 51: Song of Zachariah (Dove) by the Creaseman family of Texas, using a decorated dove cut-out.
Ornament #22
Posted in Jesse Tree Project on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
David Psalmist, Psalm 109 Footstool by the Ries Family in Ohio (the musical notation represents the Psalms).
Ornament #17: Ruth, Shock of Wheat
Posted in Jesse Tree Project on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Woven wheat ornaments made by the Schaefer family in Idaho
Ornament batch #2
Posted in Jesse Tree Project on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have to say I love all the ornaments that have been coming in.
Day 3: Plagues of Egypt (Frog) by the Viers Family in BC.
Day 16: The Ten Commandments by the Naff family in TX.
Day 27: Isaiah, Call His name Emmanuel by Naff family in TX.
Day 36: Zacharias and Elizabeth (censer) by the Rutledge family [...]
Ornament batch #1
Posted in Jesse Tree Project on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have fallen way behind and I am very sorry. Another batch of ornaments will be posted soon.
Ornament Day 10: Lion of Judah, by the McCollum family in TN.
Day 40: Manger, by the Mosher family in Connecticut using polymer clay.
Day 47: Naming of Jesus, by the Mosher family in Connecticut.
Day 48: Magi visits Herod (3rd [...]
‘Detachment from the world’ quotes
Posted in Detachment from the World, October, Spiritual Quotes, Virtue Study on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I thank Wendy M. who so kindly offered me her collection of quotes to start this page off with. More will be coming soon.
“But it is not enough for us to abandon our possessions if we do not abandon ourselves as well. What does it mean to abandon ourselves? If we abandon ourselves, where shall [...]
What I am doing with our virtue quotes
Posted in October, Self-renunciation, September, Virtue Study on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In addition to copywork, which the younger children trace and we paste into their virtue journals, and the older children neatly write into their journals, I am also using the quotes I am gathering in language arts worksheets that I am putting together through edhelper.com . This site is only $40 per year (for full [...]
Virtue Study for October
Posted in Detachment from the World, October, Virtue Study on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Still in development, quotes coming)
Virtue to be studied for the month of October:
Step 2 in the Ladder of Divine Ascent
Detachment from the world
“For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” -Matthew 16:26
“and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires [...]
