It has been several months since I posted about *revel*, my 2015 word of the year. That doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about it. In April, I thought about writing Revel in Rest after the convention. Karen from living, unabridged recommended that. In May, I didn’t think about much of anything because I got sick. In…
For Today… Monday, July 20 Outside my window….it’s sunny behind the clouds. And comfortably pleasant. I am thinking… about yesterday’s powerful sermons. In the morning we learned about forgiveness and forgivingness. In the evening we were encouraged to understand God’s judgement, mercy, compassion and that he reigns over our lives from on High – higher even…
We have continued to enjoy Robinson Crusoe together as a family. Well, most of us. One of the girls keeps asking when it will get exciting, so we try to explain it to her. I’ve been thinking about wonder in relationship to learning and loving and living a God fearing life recently and couldn’t pass…
So, I’ve been slacking a little bit with reading this book. Heather has posted on Chapter 5 & 6, here. I hadn’t posted on 6 yet. Neither of us posted on Chapter 7 last week. Then we decided to start doing two chapters a week. Huh. We’ll see how that works out for us. So,…
For the past several years one of the words I’ve heard at the homeschool convention is wonder. Cultivating a sense of wonder. Wondering about something. Woner as awe. Teaching children to wonder about their world. Seeing and hearing things that are wonder-ful. But, I don’t think I really picked up on the idea until I…
For Today… April 27,2015 Outside my window… it looks like a foggy day without fog. I am thinking… about how the idea of “Be still” is related to “Cease striving” in different translations of the same verse. I am thankful… for the ability to ease into Monday morning when I have worn out children. I…
The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education by Kevin Clark My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. I had high hopes for The Liberal Arts Tradition and Clark and Jain did not disappoint. I loved the way they made education – paideia – part of an integrated Christian life rooted in piety…
I’ve been reading through Ravi Jain and Kevin Clark’s new book The Liberal Arts Tradition while sitting at basketball practices these last couple of months. I am enjoying it quite a bit – especially the parts I understand well which makes me more comfortable with the parts I *don’t* quite get. I already quoted it…
I’ve continued with Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and on the theme of being. Self-consciousness, however, does hinder the experience of the present. It is the one instrument that unplugs all the rest. So long as I lose myself in a tree, say, I can scent its leafy breath or estimate its board feet of lumber,…