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Playmobil Advent – Day Ten
Today’s boiling pot, stand and fire are from Playmobil kit #4884 and can be viewed/ordered here. In setting up today’s scene, my daughter wanted to put Mary by the pot, but I insisted that Joseph would be more useful at the pot boiling water than she would be. Having been a part of a temporarily unassisted…
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Playmobil Advent – Day Nine
Today’s bucket of fresh hay and bag of oats are from Playmobil kit #4884 and can be viewed/ordered here. Day 9 – Genesis 3: 8-15 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from…
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Playmobil Advent – Day Eight
Today’s stump, wood pile, axe and mouse are from Playmobil kit #4884 and can be viewed/ordered here. This passage has lots of fun utopian imagery and symbolism that kids don’t get, but the idea of a family tree that gets cut down seemed to connect. We have reason to believe that Mary and Joseph would have…
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Playmobil Advent – Day Seven
In seeking to establish a family Christmas tradition, this year my wife and I purchased a few Christmas and Nativity scene kits from Playmobil. Every day from now until Christmas Eve we will reveal more pieces and characters for our scene, tell a little bit more of the Christmas story, read a short passage of…
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Playmobil Advent – Day Six
In seeking to establish a family Christmas tradition, this year my wife and I purchased a few Christmas and Nativity scene kits from Playmobil. Every day from now until Christmas Eve we will reveal more pieces and characters for our scene, tell a little bit more of the Christmas story, read a short passage of…
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Playmobil Advent – Day Five
In seeking to establish a family Christmas tradition, this year my wife and I purchased a few Christmas and Nativity scene kits from Playmobil. Every day from now until Christmas Eve we will reveal more pieces and characters for our scene, tell a little bit more of the Christmas story, read a short passage of…
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Witness 2: The Reawakening
The relationship between Mennonites and the entertainment industry hasn’t always been a good one. On the one hand, “we” (and I use that term loosely) haven’t always been happy with the morality of what appears on our screens. On the other hand, we are often used as characters in their storylines that misrepresent us. Today’s…
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Playmobil Advent – Day Four
In seeking to establish a family Christmas tradition, this year my wife and I purchased a few Christmas and Nativity scene kits from Playmobil. Every day from now until Christmas Eve we will reveal more pieces and characters for our scene, tell a little bit more of the Christmas story, read a short passage of…
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Playmobil Advent – Day Three
In seeking to establish a family Christmas tradition, this year my wife and I purchased a few Christmas and Nativity scene kits from Playmobil. Every day from now until Christmas Eve we will reveal more pieces and characters for our scene, tell a little bit more of the Christmas story, read a short passage of…
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Playmobil Advent – Day Two
In seeking to establish a family Christmas tradition, this year my wife and I purchased a few Christmas and Nativity scene kits from Playmobil. Every day from now until Christmas Eve we will reveal more pieces and characters for our scene, tell a little bit more of the Christmas story, read a short passage of…