I just finished reading one of our favorite children's book to my 'students'. "The Bronze Bow" by Elizabeth George Speare. It is a wonderful book about truly learning to forgive.
It's set in the time of Jesus when the Romans were taking over Israel. A young boy has only one purpose: to avenge his father's death by defeating the hated Romans.
It is full of action, determination, tenderness and hope.
Parts of the story correlated with our Sunday School lessons, which made it come more 'alive' to us. We were hanging on every word and couldn't wait to find out how it ended!
We highly recommend it as a read-aloud book for the children, but would be great for silent reading for older children and adults, alike.
Now, while we were reading, we didn't want to worry about what to have for dinner. I threw a whole chicken in the crock-pot with homemade barbeque sauce. We served it with rice and a salad.
And we read chapter after chapter!
Homemade barbeque sauce:
~2 x 14 oz. cans chopped or diced tomatoes
~1 onion, finely chopped
~1 tablespoon black molasses
~3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
~garlic powder, as desired
~Mix all together in a bowl and pour on top of chicken in crock pot.
~Set crock pot on low and cook for 8-10 hours.
~The sauce gets nice and thick on the chicken and enough left over to use as a gravy on rice or potatoes.
Have fun reading!
