I have a separate page for the school related links but several links can fit into multiple categories, so if you don't find what you are looking for here, check the Links for Schooling page.
Don't forget to bookmark your favorite links or this page. You can also copy the entire page and paste it into a word document to keep the links handy.
Christian Living Resources
The links for Christian Living will provide you with links to resources to help you read and understand the Bible, grow in your faith and communicate with fellow believers in the Christian faith. I am not personally affiliated with these organizations and as I'm sure you are aware, tenents of faith can vary even among believers. So choose those sites that support your values and enrich your life.
Bible Gateway - Online Bible studies, passage look-up, comparison of Bible versions and more.
This site offers free online Christian courses ranging in topics from Christian Living to Advanced Bible courses.This website is sponsored by RBC Ministries.
Christianity Today- This site offers a variety of resources including articles and Bible studies.Check the site to determine the current free download.
Family Life - this site offers many valuable resources for Christian families. Listen to the daily broadcast of Family Life Today hosted by Dennis Rainey, read articles about marriage, parenting and life issues and subscribe to a montly e-magazine.
Grace to You - Led by John MacArther this site offers you access to information about GTY's radio broadcast and other resources. You can register to listen to the radio program via podcast, access transcripts of recent broadcasts and read related articles. You can even watch a streaming video at the site. The site also provides transcripts to sermons, position papers and answers to common doctrinal questions based on Mr. MacArthur's writings.
In Touch Ministries - This is the ministry led by Charles Stanley of the First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. This site offers a wealth of resources. There are daily devotionals and an archive of previous devotionals. Archived magazine articles and study notes to accompany the weekly television broadcast are available as well. You can listen to InTouch Radio via podcast and subscribe to daily or weekly podcasts too. From In Touch you can link to a related site called the "Charles Stanley Institute for Christian Living" and enroll in an online study for new or growing Christians.
Insight for Living - This is the site for the ministry of Charles Swindoll. Visit here to listen to a broadcast of Insight's radio programming, read a devotional or subscribe to a daily devotional via e-mail. You can also get an Insight podcast. There are lots of resources at this site from Bible study tips to Paws and Tales for the kids.
Institute for Creation Research-At the ICR website you can find the latest scientific news and research supporting the accuracy of the Bible.Visitors to the website can subscribe to a free e-devotional, listen to the IRC’s monthly radio program and receive other free resources. (added 6/08)
Key Life Network - This is the ministry of Steve Brown. At this site you'll find broadcast archives of Steve's presentations, discussion forums, and other resources intended to help you enjoy the freedom and joy of salvation.
Laced With Grace- This link will take you to a blog providing devotions and inspiration to Christian women.
LifeWay Ministries - View articles or sign up to receive a free e-newsletter or a free book on Christian Missions. Select the online Bible tab and sign up to receive a free "Every Day With Jesus" e-newsletter designed to guide you through the reading of the Bible in 1 year.
Mentoring Women Digest - Enroll in this Yahoo Group to read postings from Life Coach author Lylah Ledner. Visit Life Coach Moms for more information.
This website collects a variety of Christian programming and website links in one location.OnePlace.com bills itself as the leading provider of Christian audio content on the Internet.You can access many popular Christian radio programs online or download them as podcasts.You can also choose from several different Christian radio stations and listen online from the One Place website.
Our Daily Bread - An outreach of rbc ministries, this daily Bible study is available in printed form or online. Additional ministries include Sports Spectrum, Discover the Word, Day of Disovery and "Been Thinking About".
This link is actually for a blog where you can find a daily devotional entry created by one of several participating writers.The blog is associated with and sponsored by Proverbs 31 Ministries.
This Gospelcom.net alliance member site offers online courses and resources designed to help Christians break the bondage of sin and develop a stronger faith.In addition to online Bible studies the site also offers podcasts, online sermons and printable materials.
Salt & Light - This is the site of a Bible study program that you can participate in alone or as part of a group. Find a study guide, printables and lots more to help take you through the Bible and improve your ability to spread the Good News to others.
TextWeek.com - This site offers resources for both study and follows a 3 year Revised Common Lectionary cycle. The resources are not limited to any one theological or ideological position, so you may find views that don't conform to you own. But as a very quick way to find scripture to go along with the calendar- this is a great resource. You can also sign up for a weekly e-mail where the author of the site summarizes her latest findings.
Thy Word Network - This is the website for a nationally syndicated Christian Radio station. At the stie you can find a daily scripture reading, listen to the network broadcast live, listen to previously broadcasted programs and find links to many of the websites for programs aired on the network. I have been absolutely blessed to have this network in my town and really enjoy the music and programs broadcast. The site even offers a list of local events and a weather forcast for your area.
Titus 2 Ministry - This site is dedicated to offering advice and biblical guidance in support of marriage.
Truths That Transform - This is the website of Dr. Kennedy and Coral Ridge Ministries. From this site you can listen to daily commentaries, find out where to listen to the radio broadcast and access other resources.
Support Our Troops
These men and women and their families have made great sacrifices, here are some ways to show them you care.
Armed Forces Tribute - This site presents an audio video online presentation honoring our troops.
Operation AC - Send supplies to our troops via this site. Also from this website you can send a get well card, volunteer to help, get updates on the troops and read their feedback and more.
Department of Defense's America Supports You - Send a Thank You to the troops. Download images to create your own bumper stickers, clothing and gift items with the "American Supports You" message!
USO- Providing support and care to our troops "until everyone comes home."
Operation Crayon - A special program supported by Adopt A Platoon.
Sew Much Comfort - Donate to purchase adaptive clothing for our wounded soldiers or volunteer as a seamstress to make clothing for a soldier in need.
Minding Your Money
AARP - This site offers information on a variety of different scams that you should learn to avoid. You don't have to be retired to benefit from the vast amount of information available at this site. Topics in the "Money and Work" section include Tax Aide, Credit and Debt, Be a Wise Consumer, Financial Planning and more. As with the other sites, there are products being sold here, but many of the informational resources are free.
My Money - The U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission's official website, providing financial education resources for all Americans. Learn about budgeting and taxes, credit, financial planning, home ownership, privacy, paying for education, starting a small business and more. There's a special section just for kids, an interactive quiz and downloadable guides. Order a free "My Money" toolkit.
Dave Ramsey - This is the link to Dave's official website. Note, he does offer lots of free advice but he's also selling a lot of stuff. Don't buy anything until you've taken advantage of the free resources here and elsewhere. After all, you're trying to keep your money right? We made many changes in our own spending and saving habits for the better after my husband and I both started listening to Dave's syndicated radio program. The website also offers several useful tools including mortage and investing calculators and budgeting forms.
Crown Financial Ministries - From this site you can access many different money management tools and listen to a "Money Matters" daily broadcast. Crown Financial Ministries does sell services, but this site offers lots of free help as well. Get help creating a budget and learn steps to stick to it! The site offers books to help you teach your younger chlidren and teens about money management as well.
Know Your Stuff - Get a free home inventory program to keep track of your possessions.
Living on a Dime - Learn to make the most of what you have. The site offers e-books for sale as well as other free resources, including articles, recipes, cooking substition lists, reviews and debt calculators. There are several border ads on this site.
Hillbilly Housewife - This website focuses on low-cost home cooking, free homeschooling, and debt free living. Special features include the "Emergency $45 Menu" and a list of foods that are "Always Bargains". Make your own convenience foods, improve your health and donwload free e-books on various healthy food topics.
Resources for Low Income Families - Find links to purblic services, food links, energy assistance, patient assitance and more at this site.
Direct Marketing Association - The DMA Consumer page will allow you to sign up to have your name removed from multiple mailing lists (for a $1 fee). Also you can find out how to get your name removed from e-mail and telemarketing lists, view information about identity theft, avoid sweepstakes and other scams and view safety tips for odering over the phone or online.
West at Home- This is the website for West Corporation, a teleservices agency that allows you to work from your home as an independent contractor, taking incoming calls.
Minding Your Health
Cooking and Weight Loss-
Cooking With Limits- View online episodes of a cooking show for those with food allergies or other dietary restrictions at this website.
Extra Pounds- Weight loss tools and resources available online and free charge. You can create a personalized weight loss tracker, write a blog and read how others are doing.
Spark People - A free community for healthy living support as well as free nutrition and fitness tools available online. You can sign up to get a free online diet plan and receive free e-newsletters.
Sue Gregg Cookbooks - This site offers Sue Gregg's cookbooks for sale and also offers free online whole food cooking lessons, recipes and cooking tips.
Bulk Pregnancy Tests - I know, it's a little too much information, but at this site (and many others, but this is the one I use) you can get 20 pregnancy tests for the price of 1 in the store. Purchase more than $14.95 worth and get free shipping. I usually buy just enough to get the free shipping, then I have a ready supply and never have to feel guilty if I just can't wait to find out and waste a test or two. These simple stick tests have accurately and reliably informed of us of the presence of both of our last two children within 1 month of their existance.
Protective Bed Pads - Again, too much information, but if you have a bed wetter, try these. These disposable square pads cover the "target" area of the bed and keep the mattress dry without you having to use a whole mattress cover. The downside is that you do have to buy them in bulk. But they are waterproof on one side which makes them handy for protecting your car'supholstery during travel and other activities. Now, these do sometimes slide out of place, though I suppose some double-sided tape could solve that problem. I ususally place 3 of them slightly overlapping in order to ensure full coverage. Having these pads around significantly reduced the middle of the night stress level around here.
This website rates toys and other products based on their ability to meet the needs of special needs children.On the site you can view ratings and purchase the products.
Kids With Food Allergies - Connect with other parents of children with food allergies on the message boards, or browse the many pages of information on allergies. This site and its predecessor have been a source of information to me since shortly after my own child was diagnosed.
WebMD - Research many health topics and preview the latest features. Many formerly fee-based services have been converted to free as competition in the online health field intesifies.
Minding Your Home
Homemaking and Maintenance-
Disclaimer- I am not a FLY lady nor a "Martha Stewart". But I know some of you ladies aspire to have an orderly home, so here are some helps.
5 Minutes for Mom - A website for shopping, blogging, parenting and Christian encouragement. And the home of...
A Homemaking Journey - If what you need is inspiration and a little lift on your homemaking journey, visit this site. You can sign up for a monthly newsletter featuring holiday ideas, recipes crafts and more. A free sample newsletter is available for download. Also sign up for a free weekly e-zine issued each Saturday.
Fly Lady - Sign up for FLYmail, learn organization tips, daily "assignments" and lots of resources to shape up your home.
Incompetech.com -Sub-titled “ugly website, brilliant content.”This site offers a variety of printables in pdf format including address labels and monthly and yearly calendars.
Lots of Kids - Find articles, messages boards, links and more in support of families with four or more children at this website.
Martha Stewart Living - She has a recipe for making chalkboard paint in any color! Plus other handy tips for keeping your home well tended and organized. You can find a planner to print, learn how to start seeds and get ideas for upcoming holidays too.
The Homemaking Cottage - This site is so cute and offers support for homemakers and ideas for maintaining your home. The host is a mother of 7, so she ought to have some good ideas for us!
This site offers a cookbook management program for purchase, but also has several free recipes available for download.The site also offers an online demo of the Living Cookbook system.
ThrifyFun.com - Register at this website and start sharing tips on cooking, crafting and shopping in a thrifty way. You can post your questions or requests, swap seeds and coupons or just browse past topics here as well. (Note some links, like "Print Coupons" will take you to a new website and you may not be able to go "back", there are also lots of ads on the site.)
This website allows you to enter a list of responsibilities (chores) for each child and track their performance.Chore charts and earnings tracking encourage your child to accomplish his or her tasks and earn the amount you choose.An upgraded membership can be purchased and will allow access to additional features.You can try out the basic features as a visitor, or register to trial the full package for one month free.
Chore Buster - This free online service allows you to enter names and chores then receive a schedule of equitably assigned chores.Each week a schedule will be e-mailed to you.An online forum allows you to comment on the system and find the answers to questions.The website is supported by Google ads and is free to users.Registration is required.
Handipoints -Sign up at Handipoints and create a reward and incentive program designed just for your child.Registration is free.
Home Security Information - This website includes lots of articles and links describing the intricacies of the various security methods and products available to the homeowner. The information and links here are flanked by Google ads, but if you are looking for some basic information about better securing your home this is a good place to start.
Enuff PC - Ground your kids or yourself from the computer or at least take charge of how much time you spend online and off. You can sign up for a 30 day free trial of this system at the Enuff PC website.
Family Friendly Sites- Sites were initially reviewed and then listed free of charge on this website if they met the family friendly criteria, but now only sites that pay an annual fee are listed. Nonetheless, you can review the Family Friendly Guidelines and know that sites featured here will meet those standards.
These sites are ranked based on how many hits they send back to the Sites for Parents page. But the websites featured must meet the Sites for Parents criteria and viewing the rankings will give you some idea of how many other people use the listed site.
The House Fairy - The House Fairy promises to get your children to clean their rooms! If you subscribe to the House Fairy service you'll receiving fairy dust, calling cards and lots of other extras. But even if you don't plan to subscribe, take a look at this site. It has some ideas that might work for you.
Minding Your World
Across the Miles
One News Now - OneNewsNow.com is the website of the American Family News Network (AFN), a national Christian news service.
The Alliance - An evangelical organization seeking to pursue mission outreach and develop churches.
Close to Home
Family Watchdog - Enter an address to determine if there are convicted child predators living in that area. You can also sign up for e-mail or mobile phone alerts to be notified when someone with a predatory criminal record moves into your neighborhood.
Clean Hotels.com - At this hotel booking site you can locate lodging facilities that do not offer adult pay-per-view movies.
Expanding Your Mind
Things to know, things to do; new stuff I've learned that may be old to you:
The husband and wife team who operate this site confirm every acronym before it is entered into their database. Look up any set of letters to see if they are a known acronym, or submit an acronym that you feel has reached publishable status. This site is graphically sparse but data intense. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the owners actually make enough money on advertising to support themselves quite nicely and it all started with an interest in acronyms and a lot of hard work. Select the Return Links link at the bottom of AF's webpage to find lots of other language and translation related websites.
A.Word.A.Day - Learn a new word based on a weekly theme, plus discuss your love of language at Wordsmith.org. Sign up to receive a daily new word e-mail or add A.Word.A.Day to your website.
This site offers free printable greetings cards, paper crafts, scrapbook materials and other color printing resources.
Geoblogger - Here you can learn about geotagging. Mark an online map with information important to you.
GuruLib- This is a free web service to assist you in organizing your home library.This service allows you to create virtual shelves and list your books by location.The system also allows you to track books loaned to others and catalog documents. You might also like to try LibraryThing.
Hip Young Parent Radio - Music for kids that may not annoy their parents too much. Theme hours include "School House Freeform" and "Wee Wanna Rock".
Ask Dr. Sears- This link will take you to an index of all of the pregnancy related topics covered by the famed Dr. Sears.
Baby Center - This is a commerical and community based site. Here you can find pregnancy information and resources, shopping options and also join discussion groups based on various stages of pregnancy and child-rearing.
Christian Mommies - This link takes you directly to the Christian Mommies Preconception and Pregnancy archive. Here you can find articles on a variety of topics written from a Christian perspective.
Hannah's Prayer - At this site you will find Christian support for your fertility challenges.
Pregnancy Centers - Affiliated with AAPLOG (see above), Pregnancy Centers assists those who suspect that they are pregnant by answering their questions and helping them to make informed decisions.
CNET's Download.com - Games, utility programs and more are available at this website.
Cute PDF - Ideas for PDF. Locate PDF utilities and shareware. CutePDF Writer is a freeware allows you to create PDF files from almost any printable document.
At this site you’ll find links to a Random Number Generator and a Word Counter tool, plus a few others.Oh- here’s some trivia, “Matt” is the Matt who developed WordPress.
FreeFind Site Search Engine - FreeFind adds a "search this site" feature to your website, making your site easier to use. FreeFind also gives you reports showing what your visitors are searching for, enabling you to improve your site. FreeFind's advanced site search engine and automatic site map technology can be added to your website for free.
Gimp-Savvy - This website has compiled an indexed photos from various government websites. The photographs are primarily of wildlife, natural settings and space and spacecraft. The images are "copyright free", but may have some restrictions on use. Gimp-Savvy refers you to the individual governmental websites for details on usage restrictions. I use several of the images from this website here on mine.
Robin Good - This website contains article by Robin Good regarding where to find free images and visuals. He offers links and information on a wide selection of free image sites.
Shrink Pictures - Create an avatar using your favorite picture, simply and quickly online.
Springfield Township High School Virtual Library - This page of the Springfield Virtual Library offers a list of sites for clipart and other images that are free for educational use. Citation of source is usually required even of free use images. The site also offers links for music, video and sound offerings. As always, please be cautious when visiting new websites and downloading graphics.
Stock.xchng - On this site you can locate free stock photos or share your own photos with others.
Use the basic formats from the ticker factory to count down the days to an important event in your life.You can even select a ticker featuring dollar bills to count down your way to being debt free or saving up for a special purchase.
Your MalingList Provider - At this website you can create and service an e-newsletter for your web visitors. The basic version is free but requires your newsletter to carry advertisements.
In addition to free menus you can download free home and menu planners and sign up for daily or weekly e-mails!
These sites are ranked based on how many hits they send back to the Sites for Parents page. But the websites featured must meet the Sites for Parents criteria and viewing the rankings will give you some idea of how many other people use the listed site. 
Sign up and register your unwanted books, get book credits for each book you send to someone else! (If they ask, you were referred by momathwtk.)
