Christa Allan

Cosimo Cavallaro is best known for his quirky work with food as art: repainting a Manhattan hotel room in melted mozzarella, spraying five tons of pepper-jack cheese on a Wyoming home, and throwing 312 pounds of processed ham in the middle of a four-poster bed. (source MSN)
If only I had known decades [...]

For my students…just when you think you’re finished with The Scarlet Letter…
an allusion for you…

The director of a research institute in Japan, according to Reuters on MSN.com, has reported that Japanese scientists have developed an oral vaccine for Alzheimer’s that has been proven effective and safe in mice.
My question is, how does one know exactly that a mouse has Alzheimer’s? Does it wander around aimlessly trying to find its [...]

I should be ashamed.
What I should have realized is that God was looking over my frazzled National Board shoulder and protecting me from what would have been a frightful, spasmodic disaster post 3/31.
Had I not been checking to see what I had written about a student before I attached another form, I would have completely [...]

Here I am, playing in the merry land of almost finished National Boards, putting together all my entries, when, wait…No. That simply cannot be. Where is the five page entry for one of my students as reader and writer?
Here it is. No. It’s just student as reader.
But, wait. It’s five pages.
Where is student as writer? [...]

Countdown to the next BAFAB Week:
7 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes, 32 seconds

Years ago, I read Tiger Lillie by Lisa Samson because, are you ready for this, I adored the cover. The girl on the front reminded me of one of my daughters. After finishing the novel, I knew I had found a Christian writer who could bring me to Jesus with laughter and grace and [...]

 
 
 
 
She Said What?
“We’re getting some lambs. And we’re actually thinking of getting a miniature cow. Because . . . you can eat them!”
This was a snippet of the conversation in front of me as I waited in the Post Office line this afternoon. I stood there for a moment before realizing I had [...]

“So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us.” 2 Corinthians 20 NLT
Oh, my. Does my daily life truly mirror being an ambassador for Christ? I fear my diplomatic status being revoked. Perhaps even find myself sitting at the gates of the embassy, unable to provide myself worthy of the very immunity I’m [...]

One more entry for the National Board portfolio!
I have made several important discoveries during this process. Some of them, I will probably not share until after scores are released.
When you ask? NOVEMBER. 
Oh, and in June, I will travel to Beaumont to take the three hour, six question assessment test.
Scores in November. In [...]

This is a story of hope.
If you are wondering why, if it’s called a Diaper Genie, it’s not actually diapering the tiny multi-appendaged tot on the table; if you are now able to identify a multitude of baby urps on the shoulders of your blouses by color; if you are hoping not to go to [...]

The Oxford Word Challenge

Slightly Harder Word Game

Contronyms

Contronyms also known as ‘autantonyms’ or ‘Janus words’ are words which have two opposite meanings, according to the context in which they occur. For example, with can mean ‘alongside’ in ‘Come with me’ but ‘against’ or ‘in opposition to’ in ‘Hannibal fought with the Romans’. And remember [...]

 
 
 
Christian Women Online in conjunction with Art Bookbindery is sponsoring the “Her Life Reflected,” writing contest. We are looking for stories that illustrate how your mother, or a mother that you know has reflected the heart of God in her life.
Our panel of judges will choose only one winner, and [...]