Two years ago, now, I was fed up. I was broken and burnt out. Mostly, it was my own fault, I admit. I was trying to do two full philosophies – one for me and one for others, and that just doesn’t work. Anyway, I think the series was some of the most important writing…
I’m belatedly preparing to lead Bible Study this morning, and reading through the lesson in Francis Breisch’s excellent text, The Ministry of Christ, I had a question answered that I kinda always had. We’re currently studying the portion in Acts where Paul casts out the demon in the slave girl who is forced to tell…
During this election season fraught with lying liars who lie to gain power, I find myself contemplating the goodness of God, his might and power, and his eternal plan. While I look at the current candidates for office, I remember that God is in control and I can look to him. Not in complaisance, but…
All of us struggle. Sometimes its with our emotions, sometimes with our worries, sometimes with our family members, sometimes with our own expectations – even ones we pile upon ourselves. We were coming up on two weeks until the end of the term and I was struggling. Oh, not with anything in particular, just in…
I’m so glad this is Leap Year so I had an extra day to think about what I’ve learned about Attend! this month. Certainly the way we most often use Attend! is in the sense of paying attention. Where we notice, perceive, behold, and otherwise take in information through the use of our senses, particularly our…
I’ve been reading 1 Peter 1 for a few days, and will do so for a few days more. In September, I started to read some of the single chapter books of the Bible on repeat for a week at a time. Then, I decided to do 1 Peter, reading a chapter a week (or…
For Today… the last Monday in September … Outside my window… it’s cloudy but warming up quickly. I am thinking… about my 31 Days series. I have it all written and the posts scheduled, I need 4 pictures to complete it. Feeling pretty positive! I am thankful… for my church! We had two international doctoral students profess…
So, I did one of these posts about a month ago in July, then we went on vacation. We had a week of preparation, where we did some lessons, cleaned, and packed. We had the week of vacation itself, which was a wonderful time. We came home and had a pre-planned reset week where we…
As many of you who have followed our story know, we changed from straddling the fence between a WTM and Charlotte Mason style of education to CM-only, using the AmblesideOnline curriculum. It was a big change, and it was a good one. Because my children were older, I thought they could use some help seeing…
From Robinson Crusoe: … I rather prayed to God as under great affliction and pressure of mind, surrounded with danger and in expectation every night of being murthered and devoured before morning; and I must testify from my experience, that a temper of peace, thankfulness, love, and affection is much more the proper frame for…