A writer discovers the radical impact of one small gift When you donate money to a charity, does it actually reach a person in need? Author Kay Marshall Strom was determined to find out. Intrigued by gift catalogs, which allow donors to select livestock, educational supplies, and medical provisions, Strom traveled to Africa and Asia and learned that not only were these gifts reaching real families, they were changing lives. Harvest of Hope will inspire you to discover the radical impact one small gift can make in the future of another person. Strom also offers tips for evaluating the financial integrity of an aid organization. (InterVarsity Press)
Jeff Foxworthy asks, “Are you smarter than a 5th grader?” Get your family together on Thursday nights to learn the answer. Filled with stimulating entertainment instead of the usual brain drain, this educational show is one of the rare few the entire family can watch together. For extra credit, test your wits against the trivia game at fox.com /areyousmarter. 8 p.m. ET/PT (Fox)
These great books will help your family celebrate Thanksgiving and remember God’s blessings. Read these aloud while the turkey is in the oven or as you warm up leftovers.
Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving by Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson).
Thanksgiving: A Harvest Celebration by Julie Stiegemeyer (Concordia).
Available at your local Life Way Christian Store and online at lifewaystores.com.
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Extra helpings for mom If you’re looking for a great new pumpkin cheesecake recipe for Thanksgiving, or if you’re wondering what to do with those last bits of turkey and cranberry sauce, head to kraftfoods.com. Enter thanksgiving in the search box to find hundreds of quick and easy recipes. Your family will gobble these up.
To grandmother’s
house we bingo
Get your family in the game during
your holiday travels with Travel
Bingo (eeBoo). Players mark off
familiar objects on pads while
driving, and the first person to get
five in a row wins. Four pads with 20
pages each and four colored pencils
are included. For ages 3 and up.
Introspective lyrics that can generate great conversations with your kids Gospel Music Association’s Group of the Year, Casting Crowns, has taken a slight departure on The Altar and The Door. The music is more rock-infused, but the same challenging lyrics that generated two platinum-selling albums still permeate this latest project. The album speaks to real people with real hurts, a testament to the group’s local-church ministry focus. Lead singer Mark Hall explains the album’s title: “The Christian life is the journey between the altar and the door — trying to get the things you’ve got in your head into your hands, into your feet, into your life.” (Reunion)
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