Peals of Pentecost

“Pentecost and the public life” is the subject of an exciting article at First Things . Here’s a snippet:
What does a Spirit-filled society look like? We should ask what it sounds like. For the first thing Paul says is that the Spirit makes us noisy. “Do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, [...]

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Summer Reading Challenge 2007

Seasonal Soundings is hosting a Summer Reading Challenge. No pressure other than compiling a list and publishing it during the first few days of June. The Challenge runs from June 1 to August 31. I’m going to participate in hopes that it will be a good form of accountability for me! I have many books [...]

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How about this for socialization?

This statement sums up exactly what was the “straw that broke the camel’s back” in our decision to homeschool:

“Think about the shift that occurred somewhere whereby the school and not parents now has the authority to determine if an absence is ‘excused’ or not.”

Read the rest of the post at The Common Room blog entitled, [...]

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Today in History

Today I received my daily “This day in history” email where I noted that today is the Feast day of St. Joan of Arc. I had recently borrowed, purely by chance, Josephine Poole’s book Joan of Arc from a friend. So that was a pleasant addition to our planned school for the day.
In addition to [...]

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How about this for socialization?

This statement sums up exactly what was the “straw that broke the camel’s back” in our decision to homeschool:“Think about the shift that occurred somewhere whereby the school and not parents now has the authority to determine if an absence is ‘excused’ or not.”Read the rest of the post at The Common Room blog entitled, [...]

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Today in History

Today I received my daily “This day in history” email where I noted that today is the Feast day of St. Joan of Arc. I had recently borrowed, purely by chance, Josephine Poole’s book Joan of Arc from a friend. So that was a pleasant addition to our planned school for the day.
In addition to [...]

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A Literary Meme

I saw this at The Common Room blog.
Here’s what you do:
1. grab the book closest to you
2. open it to page 161
3. find the fifth full sentence
4. post the text of the sentence to your blog
5. don’t search around for the coolest book you have, use the one that is really next to you.
The book [...]

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Hurrying past beauty

I was checking through some of my links today and came across this article via a link at SpunkyHomeSchool. It is a long read, but has video of a mini-concert by one of, if not *the* best violinist, so that alone makes it worth it! The article is wonderful – funny, articulate and thoughtful. It [...]

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A Literary Meme

I saw this at The Common Room blog.
Here’s what you do:1. grab the book closest to you2. open it to page 1613. find the fifth full sentence4. post the text of the sentence to your blog5. don’t search around for the coolest book you have, use the one that is really next to you.
The book [...]

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Hurrying past beauty

I was checking through some of my links today and came across this article via a link at SpunkyHomeSchool. It is a long read, but has video of a mini-concert by one of, if not *the* best violinist, so that alone makes it worth it! The article is wonderful – funny, articulate and thoughtful. It [...]

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