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Book Review: The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Graham For the kids, this started a...
10 June 2023 – The Cause of Wind, the CA Gold Rush, the Cotton Gin, the McCormick Reaper and the Granddaddy of the Sewing Machine
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Image and Word illuminate each other.
Christmas for Beginners – Day 2
The Creation of Adam and Eve Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): God created Adam and Eve. For...
Christmas for Beginners – Day 1
Creation Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): From nothing, God created everything. For those that can...
Happy Feast Day of Saint Andrew the Apostle
This is Saint Andrew, Saint Peter’s brother and one of Jesus’s apostles. He was the first called. And though he wasn’t renamed and had God’s church...
Christmas for Beginners, An Introduction:
Like many parents, I wanted my children to keep the actual meaning of...
Happy Feast of Saint Cecilia (November 22)
This is my confirmation saint. Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. I was in band and under the impression that I would graduate and...
Die Hard: How It Ultimately Shows Our Hunger for the Living God
It's that time of year - Christmas music in the air, the smell of pine filling the house, tenderly wrapping gifts for loved ones and arguing to the...
A Not-So-Great Defense of King David
I recently read through a discussion on social media about King David. The argument being made was the very notion that the church would...
The Absolutely Mortifying Mortification of Absolution
I committed a sin that was particularly embarrassing for...
10 Books that Screwed Up the World
And 5 Others That Didn't Help by Benajmin Wiker A Book Review: If you are a busy parent with oatmeal brain but would still like to learn about the...