It’s Christmas! Time for my annual family update. These posts are a little more personal and less serious than my normal writings. If you are new to the blog, bear with me, or just enjoy the photo and skip the rest. I promise my next post will be deeper and more spiritual! As always, I …
Here is my letter to friends and family this Christmas. You will find it somewhat sillier than my average post. Blame it on another side of my phlegmatic temperament. Dear Friends and Family, I have discovered the secret to staying young: marry someone older than yourself. No matter how old I get, I will always …
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Dear Family and Friends, D typed this year’s letter to my dictation. I strained my rotator cuff and I’m not supposed to write much. Ha, ha! That’s practically all I’ve been doing lately. In July I accomplished what I have been wanting to do for …
I’m so grateful for all of you who follow my blog by email, especially those who have been reading my blog since the beginning. I want to send all my subscribers an exclusive gift for Christmas, A Manual for Mental Prayer. I have compiled this 34-page, 8000-word PDF from sixteen past blog posts on …
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This post is part of an occasional series called Finding God in Children’s Literature, in which I look at children’s books in light of the Bible and Sacred Tradition. All correlations between these books and the Christian faith are my own insights, unless otherwise noted. You may quote me or link to these posts, but …
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re you already stressed by the pressure of Christmas preparations on top of your homeschooling and parenting duties? You don’t have to be. You can reduce the pressure by doing less–less teaching, that is. One of the first books about homeschooling I read was The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise. My …