Good Stuff! Jesus Revolution

In 1969, Greg Laurie, was seventeen and going to high school Newport Harbor High School in California. Fourteen miles from Disneyland. Just one mile from the beach. Laurie was raised by a single mother who had seven marriages and struggled with alcoholism. They moved often, sometimes to very different locations such as New Jersey and

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Good Stuff! The audio production of Lockwood & Co.

I’m excited to share the Lockwood & Co. series by Jonathan Stroud. It’s a delightful audiobook experience for the whole family. Nellie introduced me to it on our road trip to Yosemite last October. And, oh my gosh, how we’ve enjoyed listening. They’re young adult paranormal thrillers with a good dose of humor and English

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30 books you should read before you die

An avid reader friend of mine began reading through the books in a list called “100 books you must read before you die.” She got to Jack Kerouac’s On The Road and went to Facebook and posted the following: “I don’t get the appeal. It’s about a group of boys/men who are irresponsible, drunks, whoring

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Good Stuff! Crossnet and Bang!

Today I have some good fun coming your way. The first is a game called Crossnet. It’s a mixture of volleyball and the playground game four square, and it’s a blast. You can have one person per square or two people. And just like four square, those wanting to play line up by square one,

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Good Stuff! News of the World and two for the Downton Abbey crowd

I recently watched a move and two British TV mini-series that were just terrific. The movie is News of the World. It’s a Western set in 1870, starring Tom Hanks as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a former Confederate officer who makes a living traveling from town to town in Texas and reading newspapers to local

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