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Nichole Nordeman The Unmaking CD Review & Giveaway

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I recently received Nichole Nordeman’s latest CD, The Unmaking, to review. Nichole Nordeman is a recording artist and songwriter for Sparrow/EMI CMG. She has had numerous number-one and top ten singles and cumulative CD sales of over one million.  Nichole is a two-time Gospel Music Association winner for Female Vocalist of the Year. She has also won a total of nine Dove Awards, including the best selling album, Music Inspired by The Story.  Nichole Nordeman’s  best known songs include Holy, Legacy, Brave, This Mystery, Why, and What If.

 

 Nicole Nordeman

 

Now Nichole is back with her newest CD, The Unmaking. There are 6 new songs on this CD.

 

The Unmaking
Not to Us
Name
Love Your More
Something out of Me
Slow Down.

 

 

I listened to this CD several times while driving with my family. I listened with my husband, two teenagers, a couple of 20 year olds, and even my 79 year old mother at different times. Everyone enjoyed listening to the songs. There is something for everyone on this CD. Some songs are slower, some faster, and some a mix of both. This is a great CD for the whole family.

 

I really like this quote from Nichole Nordeman:
Before things in our lives can be resurrected and given new life, certain things must die.  Before beauty blooms in spring, roots must do the hard work under the hard frozen soil of winter.  Before you renovate and re-build, you tear down the parts of the structure that are weak or damaged or dangerous.  Before we make, we must unmake.

 

Nicole Nordeman The Unmaking

 

For more information about Nichole Nordeman and The Unmaking, you can visit Official Website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and can see more videos at VEVO.

 

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Until My Name Is Known Book Review

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Until My Name is Known by Sonya Contreras is book one in the  Tell of My Kingdom’s Glory series. Until My Name is Known tells the story of the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The book opens with Moses returning home and telling his wife Zipporah that God spoke to him at the burning bush.

Until My Name Is Known

 

 

Until My Name Is Known

 

The Exodus of the Jews from Egypt is a love story between God and His people. God woos His people to Himself as He prepares them to leave. Before leaving, God must fight Pharaoh for possession of His people. See how God changes all people: some for the better, others not. None stay the same. How will He change you? Can you trust a God Who destroyed a nation before your eyes? Would you want Him as your Friend?

See God free His people from Egypt’s bonds before a watching world. Trace His Finger in the lives He touches. The time: 2450 BC. The Place: Old Kingdom of Egypt where Pharaoh is god. His people worship him. Israel’s God arrives. He challenges Pharaoh. His power touches all people. They must change. Some do not concede. They suffer. Others yield. They find freedom.

Until My Name Is Known brings all to see the one true God. Read it to see Him. Today’s historians and archaeologists puzzle over the fall of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, But the world at that time heard of God. The world knew that He is the Lord. His Name was proclaimed in all the earth.

 

 

 

I like that Sonya Contreras uses the Bible, archaeological records, and historical records in the writing of this book. Because of the author using these records, you will see different names and places than in other books set in this same time period. In Until My Name is Known you will see what life, was possibly, really like for the Israelites. You’ll see, and understand a little better, what is was like to live through the 10 plagues.

 

The book ends after Moses and the Israelites cross the Red Sea. They watch as Pharaoh and his army are overcome with the waters of the Red Sea moving back into place. The really couldn’t believe their eyes. Was Pharaoh really defeated? Were they really free?

Once they realize that they really are free, they sing a song of praise to the God that delivered them from Pharaoh’s hand.

“The Lord is my strength and my song:

He has become my salvation.

He is my God… And I will exalt Him…”

 

You can read chapter 1 of Until My Name is Known on the authors website.

 

In the back of the book are the author’s remarks, a glossary, a bibliography, and more. I love when books contain this extra information for the reader.

 

Until My Name Is Known is not just a retelling of the same story that we all know. Until My Name is Known is a fresh telling with new archaeological  and historical information. I really liked reading Until My Name is Known. If you like to read Christian historical books, you will like Until My Name is Known.

 

See what others have to say on the Litfuse Until My Name is Known page.

 

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Air Angel Air Sanifier and Purifier Review

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I recently received an Air Angel Air Sanifier and Purifier to review. Unlike an air purifier, which only circulates a portion of a room’s indoor air and pushes it through a filter, Air Oasis’ Surface and Air Sanitizers, including the Air Angel, produce safe catalytic molecules that are blown throughout a room to sanitize both the air and surfaces year-round.

The Air Angel is able to purify and sanitize the air and surfaces in rooms up to 250 square feet by using a proprietary technology developed by NASA requiring.

Benefits of the Air Angel, made in the USA, device include:

  • Provides clean air for a good night’s sleep
  • Destroys up to 99 percent (99%) of air allergens
  • Destroys up to 99 percent (99%) of odors (i.e. diaper pails, smoke)
  • Destroys up to 99 percent (99%) of germs in the surrounding air and on surfaces

 

I also received an Air Oasis Indoor Air Quality Test Kit so I could see for myself the difference the air sanifier made. The first thing I did was test the air quality in my house.

air quality test

 

The test kit was easy to set up. I followed the directions, and set up one dish. The picture on the right below is the before picture. After one hour open on the table, I closed the dish, put in back in the box & put it on the shelf for 5 days. After I put it on the shelf, I plugged in the Air Angel Air Sanifier and Purifier. I kept it plugged in and running for 5 days. I then put the second dish out out on the table for an hour. After the one hour, I put the second dish on the box on the shelf for 5 days, just like I did the first one.

 

 

air quality test    air quality test

I don’t think the after results are completely accurate. Everything was quiet in the house until after I put the second dish out on the table. Then my family decided to get super active. Repeatedly going in and out the door about 12 feet away from where I had the dish out. Then they walked by the dish on the table about a million times. (Ok, maybe not quite that much, but a lot!)

As you can see from the after picture on the above left, the mold is greatly diminished. The red bacteria spots are more, but I blame that on my family. I am impressed with how much mold was removed from the air. It’s kind of freaky to think about all that mold (& all that bacteria!) in the air you are breathing. I do have house plants, so that probably is the biggest contributor to the mold in the air. I wish I had had another dish to use after my family got so active, and in my mind, ruined the after sample.

 

air sanitizer

The Air Angel Air Sanifier and Purifier is easy to set up and use. It is designed to be able to use when traveling, as well as in your home, so it comes with a great carrying case.

air sanitizer

There are pockets to hold the device, as well as the car mount, the car cord, and the house electrical cord.

air sanitizer

The Air Angel Air Sanifier and Purifier is small so it will fit wherever you are using it at. The baby’s room, your living area, the car, or the hotel night stand. The included owners manual is easy to read and understand. It also has directions for removing and cleaning the stainless steel filter. No new filters to buy!

The filter needs to be removed every 2 months, or more often depending on where you use it at. The filter is easy to clean, simply remove, and wash with water or use compressed air on it. It then slides back in easily.

air sanitizer

 

I haven’t done any traveling since I received the Air Angel, so I haven’t been able to test it in the car. I do have seasonal allergies, so I think this will be great for our next road trip. Since the Air Angel comes with a car mount, it will be easy to take along. You can see the car mount on the under side of the Air Angel in the picture below.

air sanitizer

It has a low profile when mounted in the car. The Air Angel slides off the car mount easily for use in nurseries, bedrooms, playrooms, hotel rooms, planes, and more. Where ever are, this will help protect your children (and yourself!) against germs, viruses, and harmful pollutants in the air and on surfaces around them. I think the Air Angel will be amazing during cold and flu season.

 

air sanitizer

The Air Angel Air Sanifier and Purifier is fairly quiet when in use. Most of the time, we didn’t even notice that it was on. I only could hear it first thing in the morning, before everyone else was up. lol

This cutting-edge NASA technology was also recently awarded the influential Parent Tested Parent Approved™ (PTPA) Winner’s Seal of Approval for excellence in the baby and toddler category. With North America’s largest volunteer parent-testing company, PTPA is dedicated to bringing families products that are parent tested and parent approved.

The Air Angel not only eliminates odors in the air and surfaces around you, but it also removes fabric odor in your clothes! Here’s how to keep your clothes smelling fresh all summer long:

  • Simply place your Air Angel device in your closet or drawer and you will have noticeably fresher clothes in no time!
  • Another option is to place your Air Angel device under your comforter to remove any unpleasant odors from your mattress and pillows.

 

For more information on Air Oasis or to purchase an Air Angel, $249.99, please visit www.airangelbaby.com.

Air Angel has created a unique coupon code exclusive to my readers in celebration of Air Angel winning the PTPA Seal of Approval. For 15 days, you will have the opportunity to receive $50 discount off of the Air Angel by using lunacylinda50 promo code. That’s a great deal!

I am excited to be able to offer a giveaway for an Air Angel! Simply fill out the Rafflecopter form below to enter! Be sure to read the terms and conditions on the form!

 

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7 Family Ministry Essentials

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I recently received 7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children’s and Student Ministries (David C. Cook, June 2015) to review.  With decades of ministry experience, Michelle Anthony and Megan Marshman capture the guiding essentials of life-changing family ministry in this new book for children ministry and student leaders.

7 Family Ministry Essentials

These seven essentials for children and student leaders emphasize:

The seven essential points covered in the are.

1. Empowering families to take spiritual leadership in the home
2. Forming lifetime faith that transcends childhood beliefs
3. Teaching Scripture as the ultimate authority of truth
4. Understanding the role of the Holy Spirit to teach and transform
5. Engaging every generation in the gospel of God’s redemptive story
6. Making God central in every biblical narrative and daily living
7. Participating in community with like-minded ministry leaders

7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children’s and Student Ministries

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7 Family Ministry Essentials will equip you with practical steps, inspirational stories, and a biblical foundation you need to be an effective leader.

Here’s a little bit about the authors of 7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children’s and Student Ministries.

DR. Michelle Anthony is the vice president and publisher of learning resources at David C Cook and a popular speaker in the area of family ministry. She is the author of Spiritual Parenting, The Big God Story, and Becoming a Spiritually Healthy Family. Michelle has graduate degrees in Christian education, Bible and theology as well as over twenty-five years of family ministry experience. Michelle and her husband, Michael are the parents of two adult children and live in Colorado.

Megan Marshman is the director of student resources and production for David C Cook and has led and challenged thousands of students in their faith at Hume Lake Christian Camps. With a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Azusa Pacific University, Megan speaks nationally at churches, conferences, and university chapels. She and her husband, Randy, live in Long Beach, California.

7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children’s and Student Ministries will change the way you work with, and listen to the children and youth you work with. I like the the book gives ways to work with the parents of the children you work with. Even if the parents don’t go to church themselves.

There are Ministry Assessment sections at the end of each chapter. Each one has three sections: Listen, So What? and Now What? to help you see where you are in your ministry, and what you need to do moving forward.

While 7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children’s and Student Ministries is mainly for those in ministry, you will find many ideas and tips that you will be able to use in your home.

7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children’s and Student Ministries is now available for purchase.

See what others are saying about 7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children’s and Student Ministries.

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Old Fashioned DVD Review

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Old Fashioned is a romantic drama that follows Clay Walsh, a former frat boy who gives up his reckless carousing and now runs an antique shop in a small Midwestern college town. Clay has become notorious for his lofty and outdated theories on love and romance, and for his devout belief in God.

 

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