For Today… Outside my window…. the sun is shining and the temperature is increasing – slightly anyway. I am thinking… about the woman who fears the Lord and seeking and searching the things above. Excellent sermons yesterday. I am thankful… for the faithful exposition of the Word at my church. I am wearing… grey sweatpants…
A New Year should mean a new graphic, right? I loved the green in last year’s, but I think I’ll enjoy the blues for this year. Anyway, on with the show. We had a really good week of school. We accomplished quite a lot in our four days of formal lessons and enjoyed Friday fun….
Doubtless, it will come as no surprise that I like words. I like clever words. I like words used in creative ways, in clever combinations. I like words used in old ways. I love finding definitions in the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary. The first definition in the 1828 for the word attend is “To go with, or…
On Saturday, I published a post about how I see education as a Giant Jigsaw Puzzle. I forgot that just last week, I had read a quote that went perfectly with my post. I found it again Monday night at my CM group meeting where we’re studying using Brandy Vencel’s Start Here as our guide. Brandy…
For Today… Monday, January 18 Outside my window…. it is a frigid 3* this morning. It is cold and gray and a wonderful day to stay inside. I am thinking… about God as Father. I am thankful… that I was able to get so much accomplished on Saturday, a rare day with no outside committments…
For each of the last two Christmases, my parents gave a 1000-piece puzzle to the family members of my generation. There are 10 of us: 5 siblings and our spouses. While we tend to the competetive (in only the very best way), we can also cooperate at a challenging task. We accomplished the puzzles in…
We are so excited to have begun our first week of our 2016 Academic Year! We have approximately 8 weeks of Ambleside Online Year 4 to complete. I hope to finish them in our first 6 week term. On Monday, we enjoyed our first-day shenanigans with a trip to Tim Horton’s for doughnuts and our…
Inspired by the Mysterious Benedict Society
Last summer, our associate pastor preached through praying the Lord’s Prayer (Here’s the first: Our Father Who is in Heaven). It was revolutionary to my thinking. And my praying. Oh, my prayer life isn’t still what I’d like it to be (is anyone’s ever), but the ideas and actual praying is actually better. I decided…
