Sharp tones are softened by thankfulness. A thankful heart does not express meanness, criticism, or harshness.
CHANGE THE TONE OF YOUR HOME: THE POWER OF A THANKFUL HEART
The Making of the Saving Grace Cover
See how Jess made the Saving Grace cover!
Saving Grace Book Trailer!
Picking up where The Seabirds Trilogy left off, The Columba Diaries follows the Grey Goose gang on new adventures sorting through the aftermath of the Holocaust as the world spins towards the Cold War.
The Creative Exchange
The Glasner’s are still at it! We have been honored to contribute to the Creative Exchange based in Wales, UK, an incredible online school of creativity hosting speakers like @fawn.parish, @thejamiewinship @cathwooly and other wonderful Jesus loving brilliant creatives! It’s completely free and there are sessions on everything from creativity in leadership and drumming workshops [...]
How Did All This Crazy Begin?
by Madi Bowman Painting is how I process and capture moments that are dear to me. It’s how I bless people. It’s a form of storytelling. I’ve found my pen to tell my story; it looks like a paintbrush. Art has been a staple in my life as far back as I can remember. I [...]
New Article on CHEC
Hey everyone! The wonderful Shari McMinn at CHEC (Christian Home Educators of Colorado) asked me to write an article for the latest issue of the Homeschool Update! It was so fun to come back home after our weekend in Castlerock and see it in print! Please click on this link to view the electronic issue [...]
Have I told you lately…..
How you choose to treat your loved ones right now is what can set the tone for the future of your family and whether or not you can exit these troubled times with stronger more meaningful connections than you ever thought possible.
Shoring Up the Banks
The weaker your boundaries, the easier it will be for you to reach capacity and spill over the edge, lose speed, direction, and purpose, and wreak havoc on those around you and what you have spent years building.
Feeling Alone?
In the meantime, remember that God gave you your spouse and your family so that you and they would not be alone. As such, start the journey of living “together,” as God intended, today.
The Great Exchange
By Tamara Glasner A few years ago, I found myself trying, once again, not to wake my husband by my tossing and turning. I had been gripped by fear for the millionth time over different things. This was another one of those nights, and on this night, I was panicked over the safety of one [...]
Homeschool on the Range!
Several months ago, Yvie Fields from Homeschool on the Range reached out and asked if she could review the Seabird's Trilogy World War II Companion Curriculum. Her kids were our first "test students!" Check out their adventure with Piper and the gang below! Homeschool on the Range Companion Curriculum Review!
Why History Matters More than Ever Before
Jessica Glasner “One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.” ― Golda Meir, My Life When we first set out to write a WWII history and writing curriculum to go with The Seabirds Trilogy, we had no idea that its release would come at such [...]
We’ve Been Working Really Hard… And Look What We’ve Got Now!
Jessica Glasner If you had told me at this time last year that within twelve months, not only would we have released the entire Seabirds Trilogy but also developed a complete high school history, social studies, and writing curriculum, I wouldn’t have believed it. Certainly, it would take at least a year or two. But [...]
Resilience
Tamara Glasner Resilience: An ability to recover from or adjust easily to change or misfortune. Our family went to Forest Home Family Camp summer after summer as our girls were growing up. The camp was one of our favorite family memories, as we all had incredible times with each other and also with God during [...]
A Question of Vengeance
It is bewildering to reconcile the commandment to honor your father and mother while carrying a justifiable deep root of bitterness.
More Dads Please!
Part 1 of Not Many Fathers By Lawrence Glasner When I was a kid in the 1960s, one in ten children grew up in a home without a dad. Today, it’s four in ten. Family law judges routinely grant the mother primary custody in divorce litigation. And greater than fifty percent of Millennial births are to [...]
Falling Frozen Elk Steak
Lawrence Glasner Peace in the Home #1: Listen First. Then Talk. Answering before listening is both stupid and rude. Proverbs 18:13. I am both stupid and rude. Occasionally. A few nights ago, I woke at 3:00 am and wandered into the kitchen to kill my diet. A repetitive clicking sound reverberated from the freezer. CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK. [...]
Unity in the Community
By Tamara and Lawrence Glasner Our little community consists of our niece and two adult daughters. We’re together under one roof until the Covid-19 quarantine lifts, perhaps longer. Stuck in the same house for weeks on end could be a recipe for disaster. Tight quarters. Powerful personalities. Energy trapped with nowhere to go but a [...]
Created to Be Creative: Part 2
by Tamara Glasner When our girls were still young, we transformed our playroom into a small theatre. It had everything. Curtains, lighting, costumes, and props! The love for theater grew into a very small movie studio with the help of i-movie and a video camera. I can't tell you the hours of fun it provided! [...]
The Book Nook Reviewed The Seabirds!
The lovely Meghan of the Book Nook Review just posted a wonderful review of The Seabirds Trilogy. It is such a blessing to know people are enjoying the series! Check it out here!
Created to be Creative: Part 1
By Tamara Glasner In the beginning...God Created! He loves His creation and we are made in His image and after Him we create. We create to bring him glory. From the time our children were very young, we could see the joy and laughter that came as they ventured out creatively. Everything from play-dough sculptures, [...]
Creative Home/Creative Business?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1LubQIMno0&t=416s Check out the new webinar we recorded for the upcoming Teach Them Diligently conference!
Hidden Treasure Book Trailer is Out!
Our Family Promotional Quilt!
The Weekly Ration: Episode 1
The Seabirds Trilogy World War II Companion Curriculum Coming Soon!
So... How are we spending our time ‘Socially Distancing?’ We are hauling on the Seabirds Companion WWII Curriculum. Miraculously, we will wrap up Part 1 (of 3) this afternoon! Woo hoo! I cannot express how excited I am about this content. Amazing first-hand accounts, movies, projects... I seriously wish I had this when I was [...]
Hidden Treasure Available Now!
That's right! Our mother-daughter project, ten years in the making, is finally ready to share. We have been waiting for this moment a very long time, and we hope you love it as much as we loved putting it together. XXXOOO You can purchase Hidden Treasure on Blurb.com.
The Seabirds… Curriculum?
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be un-lived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Maya Angelou As of this week, the wheels were set in motion for a full-fledged History and Biblical World View curriculum based on The Seabirds Trilogy (released Fall 2020). All the pieces came together in such a [...]
Running Towards Risk
‘Only those who risk going to far know how far they can possibly go.’ TS Eliot I think this could be one of my favorite lines ever written. The last few years have been filled with a lot of risks. In some spaces, I discovered I couldn’t go as far as I thought... in other [...]
Song of the Storm Petrel Book Trailer
Flight of the Seahawks Book Trailer!
Voyage of the Sandpiper Book Trailer!
Racing Pigeons and Donuts
*A special holiday excerpt from The Song of the Storm Petrel, Book 3 in the Seabirds Trilogy. (Also available in print!) Racing Pigeons and Donuts Dorris squinted into the pigeon loft, a special coop for the drafted birds of the U.S. Army stationed in Townsville, Australia. “So, they are just like regular pigeons?” “Regular [...]
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The Second Glass
At Table. On the night after I was betrayed. He lifted high. A silver glass of silver-red wine. And blessed the Creator. For the gift of the vine.
Moral Courage
Lawrence Glasner For the Kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk, but power—moral power and excellence of soul. I Corinthians 4:20 Sometimes you’ve got to stand and do what’s right. No matter the cost. You might lose a deal, clients, friends and family, your reputation or livelihood. You might get vilified, fired [...]
Bon Voyage!
The Seabirds is finally available!
Cleared For Takeoff
Aslan is on the move folks. Under the shade of the grand Colorado Rockies, I heard the call, the whisper that change was in the air.
Going Backwards?
Sometimes, we do not make it to our intended destination because it is not God's intended destination. Sometimes, he has a completely different plan in mind.
Peace Talks
Like the surf, conflict relentlessly pounds our world, our families, and our lives. For a second, everything seems perfect, and then, boom! Another wave crashes on our shore, washing all our hard work away and leaving a wake of hurt feelings, fear, and offense.
The One About Chuck Norris…
I learned two things about greatness from Chuck Norris. First, despite his real transcendence in the sport, he taught my class of rank novices as if our lives depended on what we learned. He was serious, inclusive, and efficient. Second, he gave us his undivided attention. He was not full of himself. He was full of us. And his bearing was noble, gentle, and authoritative.
He’ll Take Care of the Rest
Better to do what he made you to do than wind up in heaven, looking down awkwardly and mumbling, "But all my art supplies were in storage."
The Season You’re In
So every time you open your closet you are looking at periods in your life that don’t exist anymore or will never exist.
Starlight
God delivers big time when you hunger for the right things. Peace of mind, satisfaction, and other tangible and intangible rewards.
Heart Beat Here
Madeline Glasner https://www.madelinegstudio.com "Come on home and let yourself healYou could sleep for a thousand yearsI won't let you disappearLet your heart beat here""You've been running far and wideDoing what you hope is rightChasing what you feel insideI will take your path as mine""I feel it in my ribsFeel it in my soulThe pulse just [...]
Risky Business
I drove to the school, brimming with enthusiasm and the righteousness of my mission, got up behind the podium, looked into the faces of all those teenagers, and... I froze.
Expectancy
We live in a culture of expectation, something that is altogether different than a lifestyle of expectancy.
Vengeance is Mine
Lawrence Glasner “Chronic pain costs $600 billion annually in medical care and lost productivity exceeding the costs associated with heart disease, cancer, or diabetes.” "And in 2017, over 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids—a two-fold increase in a decade.” Annals of Internal Medicine and the National Institute on Drug [...]
A Family Song
The songs you sing, the songs you listen to, are powerful influencers. If you listen to life-giving songs, you will receive for more life. I wanted our family song to be one that would stick with my family forever, one that would become a core part of their genetic makeup.
Cuanto la Gusta
The frenetic singing to Cuanto la Gusta started up and Edie began to sway. “You and your sisters were singers in a hip underground jazz club. You must have picked up some of the new moves. Why don’t you teach us how to swing a little? Horatio, come here! Peter, you take Piper. Lorelai, you can demonstrate with Frank.
Cooking Dinner
My heart longed to host—but the anxiety it produced was a real hindrance to joy in our home. So much so, that at one point Lawrence looked at me and said “I don’t want to have guests over anymore if you get this nervous, its not worth it. Its too hard.”
To Look At the Snow
To look at the snow, and not say a word, Count the colors and feathers of a round soaring bird.
Winter in the Valley
Madeline Glasner "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock."Matthew 7:27 Check out Maddy's Art at https://www.madelinegstudio.com/product-page/winter-in-the-valley
I’m a Lawyer, Jim.
Lawrence Glasner Between January 12, 1990, the day the President of the State Bar of California swore me in as an attorney, and January 4, 2015 the night a triage nurse checked me into the Los Robles Hospital Emergency Room near death, if you asked me about myself I’d tell you straight up, “I am [...]
Coming Out Gold
Going through the fire is hard. And like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, instead of a quick visit to the fiery furnace, I had moved in. And the fire kept getting hotter, and hotter.
All Aboard
Risk? Scary word, I know. But you can't stay on God's train bound for divine destiny unless you risk. It's the cost of the ticket.
THE POWER OF RUNNING AS ONE
Otherwise, we had a beautiful romantic and fun marriage. But running together just didn’t work... so we gave it up. I would run by myself or with my daughters, and if we were doing a half marathon “together,” it was in reality, separate because I would run ahead on my own.
happy trails
I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, [...]
Beautiful Love
℗"Beautiful Love" Emily Glasner, 2019 I remember you and I Are like a river Flowing on through time, And through my life And on till forever. It's a beautiful love that breaks to pieces All my wonderings, and waitings, And even hopings and longings, To something deeper and surer It's your love One, one, we [...]
When the Lights Go Out
As of today, we have been without electricity for 6 days. It began last Tuesday around midnight. There was a loud banging noise, and then the lights flickered ominously once or twice, and then the silence desceneded. No gentle hum of the heater. No buzz of the refrigerator. It was dead quiet, except for the [...]
Lessons from the Valley of the Shadow of Death
The issue is, have I learned anything meaningful in the past four years? Short answer, yes, a few things, I hope. Here they are...
Remembrance Day
On February 11th, the anniversary of my father's open heart surgery, I leaned against the kitchen counter and scrolled through my father's photo library on his phone while my mother formed ground turkey into burger patties. There we were at Tahoe for Thanksgiving a few years ago... There were pictures of my parents wandering around [...]
Life’s Journey to Life
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28 Visit Madelinegstudio and check out more of Maddy's work.
The Sanctified Table
You don’t have to wait for a new day to deal with the issue at hand. You can stop what you are doing, sweep your house free from tension, and enjoy the rest of your evening (or morning, or afternoon).
Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence believed we didn’t need to do great things. He knew that little things are just as important as big things.
Leaving the Nest
You spend weeks, months... years. A paragraph here, a chapter there. And then, all of a sudden, you have a story. It has a beginning, an end. It even has a middle.
Serve Somebody
“Don’t stay around here late because you think you’re impressing anyone. You’re not. This is not a sprint. It’s a marathon."
It’s Here!
Saving Grace is officially out! It's the best book in the series yet and I can't wait to share it with you! Check it out on Amazon or Barnes and Noble! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P5G5GWH
The Seabirds Trilogy Trailer
New Seabirds Trailer in time for Christmas!