A popular baked good, scones are often served for tea time in Ireland and elsewhere on the British Isles. A plain scone is often served with one or more of the following: butter, clotted cream, jam, lemon curd. Cinnamon pecan scones have the flavor of cinnamon rolls, and they have the texture of a traditional scone-buttery and flaky, yet somewhat dense.
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If you attended public schools as I did, then you probably remember St. Patrick's Day, March 17, as a day when the classroom was decorated with green shamrocks, and mean kids went around looking for someone they could pinch because he wasn't wearing green. Little was said about the occasion's namesake, "Saint Patrick," artistically depicted in the robe and miter of a Catholic bishop, unless it was a legend about him using the shamrock to teach the Trinity, or driving the snakes out of Ireland.
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Study after study cites the importance of physical education to both physical and mental health. Why not take a course that can greatly impact your life and keep you active into your older years? Sign up for a course in physical education!

According to Mayo clinic, about one in every three adults is considered obese, and 26% of children 12-19 are considered obese. Schools falling under tough economic times are still cutting physical education from their curriculums despite these harsh statistics.
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"Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ." (Ephesians 4:13)
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February is the month when we honor our two greatest U.S. Presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, born on the 22nd and 12th, respectively. We honor Washington for his character and leadership, around which colonial Americans rallied to win their freedom from an oppressive monarch, and again for the leadership that gave us our Constitution and a pattern for all future presidents. We honor Lincoln for his character and leadership that guided this nation through its darkest hour, bringing national unity and the end of slavery.
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Ignite Christian Academy® is very excited to announce that we have a new director for the Academy! Reverend Gary O'Neill joined the Academy in early January and has already hit the ground running!
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For many people, January is a time of new beginnings. The start of a new year is a common time for distance learning students at Ignite Christian Academy® and their families to take stock of where they are and where they want to be. So, how can you start some healthy habits and make 2010 the year your dreams come true?
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As a missionary child, I grew up hearing a number of languages and thinking that learning languages was fun. In fact, I enjoyed languages so much that I decided to earn a degree to become a Spanish teacher. However, when I began teaching, I quickly realized that not everyone was as excited about languages as I am, and that in the same way I struggled with math, some people struggled with learning languages. To help those distance learning students and parents, this article highlights a few helpful hints for learning world languages. Although the article focuses on learning Spanish, the hints themselves are applicable to learning any language.
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"And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 1:6a).

Who are your children's role models? Do they wish to emulate movie stars, sports heroes, or rock stars? Distance learning students at Ignite Christian Academy® are no different from other children. They also can gravitate toward today's personalities and assimilate their qualities and characteristics. However, the people who stand out in the media often reflect values and beliefs far different from those we wish to see in our children.
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"If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man" (James 3:2).

One of the advantages of living more than six decades is that a person gains a greater perspective of time. Changes in usage and word meaning that have taken place in American English over the last sixty years are especially fascinating to me. However, one trend especially disturbs me, and that is the general coarsening of language used among professing Christians, unfortunately including distance learning students and adults associated with Ignite Christian Academy®.
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