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Dumb at Literature

In high school and college, I used to feel so stupid studying literature because I never saw the imagery within it on my own.  When I read...

I Am No Longer Against Fox Hunts

            My exposure to fox hunting was entirely via television and, in particular,...

Fending Off Cougars in the Age of Divorce

            I have a bunch of kids and I homeschool and I pretend to be a writer so I...

How Am I to Love Neighbors Such as These?

            One Saturday morning, I came upon a collage of pictures of smiling men in...

The Secret Garden

by Francis Hodgson Burnett What an excellent book!  A bossy, spoiled girl named Mary is living in India...

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22 April 2023

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...

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The Wheat and the Weeds

The Wheat and the Weeds

Matthew 13: 24-30 Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field;  but...

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The Sower

The Sower

Matthew 13:1-9, Mark 4: 1-9, Luke 8: 4-8 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.  And great crowds gathered about him, so...

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The Builders

The Builders

Matt 7: 24-27  Luke 6: 47-49 “Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; ...

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The Parables Project Introduction

The Parables Project Introduction

One Easter, I bought a children's book of the New Testament parables to read aloud to the kids.  All went well until they started asking questions. ...

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Don’t Look at Me, Little Baby!

Don’t Look at Me, Little Baby!

When my baby looks at me with a look of absolute love and adoration it can, at times, make me a little uncomfortable.   I say to her, “Now calm down...

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