Spiritual pride is very apt to suspect others, but a humble saint is most jealous of himself. He is as suspicious of nothing in the world as he is of his own heart. The spiritually proud person is apt to find fault with other saints...and to be quick to notice their deficiencies. But the eminently humble Christian has so much to do at home, and sees so much evil in his own heart, and is so concerned about it, that he is not apt to be very busy with other hearts... Pure Christian humility disposes a person to take notice of everything that is good in others, and to make the most of it, and to diminish their failings, but to give his eye chiefly on those things that are bad in himself.
Jonathan Edwards

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#1 · December 4, 2004, 11:26 am

Posted by: homenews <homenews@...>

 

Dear Hope Chest friends,
 
I realized after I sent the December issue that I forgot to mention some of the "other culture" books (such as the African tale Market Lady and the Mango Tree by Pete and Mary Watson) that we used in our Alpha Virtues study of generosity last week,  I decided to send you our whole book list for it.  We studied the related topic of coins at the same time.
 
Blessings,
Virginia Knowles
 

 

LITERATURE

 

Anthologies

 

q    The Book of Virtues, pg 47 “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs” by Aesop

q    The Book of Virtues, pg 63 “King Midas and the Golden Touch”

q    The Moral Compass, pg 715 “The Widow’s Mites”

 

Picture Books in Order by Author

 

q    The Legend of Freedom Hill by Linda Jacobs Altman, Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu (frontier, gold rush, slavery, generosity)

q    The Best Kind of Gift by Kathi Appelt and Paul Brett Johnson (“pounding” the new parson)

q    Leah’s Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich & Michael Garland (Dust Bowl, 1930s)

q    Little Rose of Sharon: A Story of Self-Sacrifice by Nan Gurley & Tim Jonke (Biblical)

q    26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban (alphabet and coins)

q    My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa M. Molle & E.B. Lewis (Tanzania, gift)

q    Rosie and the Poor Rabbits by Maryann Macdonald & Melissa Sweet (giving appropriately)

q    Dollars and Cents for Harriet by Betsy and Giulio Maestro (coins)

q    Just Like New by Ainslie Manson & Karen Reczuch (World War II, giving your best)

q    Uncle Jed’s Barbershop by Margaret King Mitchell & James Ransome (1920s segregation)

q    The Miser Who Wanted the Sun  by Jurg Obrist (greed, gold)

q    One Gift Deserves Another by Joanne Oppenheim & Bo Zaunders (Brothers Grimm folk tale adaptation)

q    Blueberries for the Queen by John & Katherine Patterson, Susan Jeffers

q    What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street by Elsa Okon Rael & Marjorie Priceman

q    The Sign Painter’s Dream by Roger Roth (doing “pro bono” work)

q    The Baker’s Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale by Aaron Shepard & Wendy Edelson

q    The Market Lady and the Mango Tree by Pete and Mary Watson (greed, West African marketplace)

q    A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

q    Something Special for Me by Vera B. Williams

q    Just Enough and Not Too Much by Kaethe Zemach (being content)          

                               

Fiction in Order by Author

 

q    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, ill. Andrew Wheatcroft, Eyewitness Classics illustrated edition (prescreen to see if it is suitable for your child)

 

Non-Fiction in Order by Dewey Decimal Number

 

q     j332.4 Let’s Find Out About Money by Kathy Barabas

q     j332.404 Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan

q     j398.22 King Midas and the Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthone & Kathryn Hewitt (classic legend on greed)

q     j513.211 The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

q     j669 Metal by Chris Oxlade (easy book about metals)

 

 

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