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About Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Andrea R Huelsenbeck is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a former elementary general music teacher. A freelance writer in the 1990s, her nonfiction articles and book reviews appeared in Raising Arizona Kids, Christian Library Journal, and other publications. She is currently working on a middle grades novel and a poetry collection.

Scripture Break #52

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Videos of the Week: Bluegrass Christmas

This is a Christmas playlist from the wonderful Petersen family musicians. There are 20 videos in this playlist; they should play one after another. I hope you will come back and enjoy them all weekend.

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Scripture Break #51

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I’d Rather Be Dancing Christmas Dances

These videos make me want to get up and join right in. Some were made by dance studios, some by fitness studios. There’s still time for you to get together with your siblings and choreograph a dance like this: We’ve … Continue reading

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Video of the Week: Ringing Praise

Our handbell choir opened this service last year with “Advent Celebration.” Enjoy just this song, or watch the entire service. I’m the one leading the processional.

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Johnny Marks, the Christmas Songwriter

The Montgomery Ward department store in Chicago used to give way books to children at Christmas. In 1939, a catalog writer for Montgomery Ward named Robert L. May came up with an idea for a new book and wrote the … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday: Stormy Sky

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Scripture Break #50

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Wordless Wednesday: Tree Sculpture

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Wordless Wednesday: Mesquite

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