Wednesdays with Words: Thy goodness, like a fetter
We sang ‘Come Thou Fount’ on Sunday. We sing it rather often, which is wonderful as it’s a favorite of mine. It has so many beautiful, quotable lines. If you google images for “Bind my Wandering Heart” and “Prone to Wander” there are oodles of them. (I totally chose oodles to go with google.) But…
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for June 6, 2016
For Today… Monday, June 6, 2016 … 71 years after the Beaches of Normandy were stormed to free Europe from opression. Thankful for those who did that work. Looking out my window … it’s getting dark but it was a glorious sunrise I am thinking … about Truth, Goodness, and especially Goodness because I’m listening to…
Wednesdays with Words: Breathing
I’ve made some lovely headway on To Kill a Mockingbird and, although I suspect I’m not to the main part of the story yet, I’m enjoying it immensely. Imagine my surprise when I learned that Atticus Finch was homeschooled: “I could only look around me: Atticus and my uncle, who went to school at home,…
Wordless Wednesday: Covenant of the Knighthood of the Round Table
I don’t know if I could say any more: I might print this one for the children’s rooms. ‘);
Wednesdays with Words: Vital Hold
You know how sometimes when you start considering an ideas, it starts to show up in all sorts of places. What is the place of generalization as we educate our children in the 21st Century? What is the place of specialization? So many educators – of the homeschool and school variety – are enamored by…
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for May 16, 2016
For Today… Looking out my window … the sun is brightly glowing through the blinds right into my eyes. I am thinking … about suffering graciously even when suffering needlessly and how that follows being mindful of, conscious of, our Lord’s example. Thankful for 1 Peter’s direction. I am thankful … excellent preaching and teaching on…