A devotional for teachers, this book leads the reader through the frustrations and joys of the profession.You will enjoy the author's Bombeckian humor and be inspired by her childlike reliance upon God in every situation, whether it be with a boa constrictor or fourteen first-graders encased in mud after a Mary Poppins-style flight over mud puddles.
Blessings for teachers abound in this gift book of inspiring thoughts from authors such as Billy Graham and Kathy Troccoli. Also enjoy lighthearted school day stories from real people who have been blessed by and though teaching. Poetry and verses from the New International Version Bible will give teachers something more than just an apple to enjoy during those quiet moments when a word of encouragement can make their day.
From homework-eating dogs to zipper-eating pencil sharpeners, hatching butterflies, and overflowing restrooms, The Gospel According to First Grade helps you discover the joy, humor, and grace of God in the life of every grade school teacher, including your own.
I was seventy when I began Morning Glory, and now I am seventy-nine years old. I come from a family of fourteen children: seven boys and seven girls. The boys' name started with L and the girls with J. I was the tenth child, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa! I grew up in Lawndale, California, and presently live in Klamath Falls, Oregon. I am married to Jim and have a son, Dan, and a daughter, Jennifer. I also have three grandsons who are a gift from God in my old age. Teaching God's word is what I have loved to do since I was eighteen years old! I love being married, being a mom, and a grandma! God has rewarded me with sharing my memories of struggles and joys of a fleshly life, all the time aspiring to become the woman God wanted me to be. Morning Glory became an outlet to remember my past and became an instrument for my well-being in Jesus Christ. To God, I give the honor and the glory in all of heaven and in all the earth!
The Gene Wars have turned Earth into a blighted wasteland. Mile-long airships patrol the skies, exacting crippling tribute from the scattered ground communities. Threatened by mutant vegetation and predatory creatures, forced to the brink of starvation by the Sky Lords, Minerva - a former feminist utopia - has had enough. Its rebellion is swiftly crushed and Jan Dorvin, a Minervan warrior, is winched aboard a Sky Lord; towards a fate worse than death. For as a ground dweller and slave - but above all, as a woman - she is now regarded as the lowest form of humanity and is consigned to a life spent serving the sexual appetites of male slaves. But no Minervan could be kept slave for very long.....
