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…
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…
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,…
I don’t know if I could say any more: I might print this one for the children’s rooms. ‘);
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…
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…
I’ve never read To Kill a Mockingbird. I started it Friday night after buying it on First Friday. I didn’t get far, but I loved what I started and have been thinking about it. Waiting for dinner, we all have new books … The first paragraph spoke to me, from the rich language to the…