Fun Fact Friday: Apple-icious

The crabapple (or “winter banana,” as apples were called in colonial times) is the only apple native to North America. Apples are members of the rose family, and most apples are still hand-picked. It takes about two pounds of those hand-picked apples to make one nine-inch apple pie.
Visit urbanext.illinois.edu for more fun facts [...]

Just for Today: Websites we love

Since we will no longer be posting new articles on Pierce My Heart after this month (see details here), we would like to direct you to a few websites we think you may enjoy.
Cling to Good is a devotional-type blog written and maintained by our very own Hannah Smith! Hannah is a very talented [...]

Style Sense: My Favorite Necklace – SPECIAL OFFER

I have always been a fairly simple person when it comes to jewelry. I’ve recently had more fun with accessorizing in this department (maybe because I have three boys and don’t get to accessorize much with them!). But I still can’t get away from my preference for a simple pair of earrings and a necklace. [...]

Style Sense: Jewelry and Modesty

Proverbs 27:19: “As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.”
We Christians are to be “in the world but not of the world.” People say it’s okay to be stylish, and personally, I really like to be in fashion. But if we dress in the latest styles (including the showy jewelry), even [...]

Fun Fact Friday: Women Voters

On October 23, 1915, twenty-five thousand women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote. Women came from every state and 24 countries to attend this event.
Let’s thank God that now, 94 years later, we don’t have to fight for our voices to be heard, and let’s strive to use that privilege [...]

Fun Fact Friday: World’s Largest Pumpkin

The world’s largest pumpkin weighed 1,689 pounds!
And the largest pumpkin pie weighed 2,020 pounds, and had to be baked in a custom-made oven for five hours. (Go here for more details.)
For fun ideas on how to use a pumpkin (including turning it into a vase!), read this article.
What is your favorite pumpkin craft or [...]

Fun Fact Friday: Leaves

Leaves have just as much yellow pigment in July when they are green as they do in October when they are yellow. In July the darker green pigment just masks the yellow color, making the leaves appear greener.
For more facts about leaves, visit ncnatural.com.
Craft idea: take a nature hike with your kids and gather a [...]

Desktop Image: October 2009

If you’d like to have our theme image on your desktop this month, simply click on “standard” or “wide-screen” underneath the photo, then right click on the image and select “set as background.” Note: laptops are generally wide-screen, and desktops are usually standard images.
Pierce my heart to spread Your Word, 1 Thessalonians 2:4 “But as [...]

Fun Fact Friday: Popcorn Popping October!

October is National Popcorn Popping month!
Air popped popcorn only has 31 calories per cup and is a member of the grass family. Most U.S. popcorn is grown in the Midwest, including kernels that can pop up to three feet high!
Go here to read more fun facts about popcorn. Activities about popcorn, including coloring [...]

Pierce my heart to spread Your word

1 Thessalonians 2:4 “But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.”
The above verse is very convicting to us (Lisa and Davonne), as we are often tempted to seek to please people, and we tend [...]

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