Monthly Archives: July 2008

Books on Tape

Sarita talked about using books as a foundation for a great homeschooling experience at the virtual conference today. The talk went well, and it was fun to be in the chat room while she spoke. Literature provides a really great … Continue reading

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Babies. Having Babies.

Title link here. So, my younger sister had her baby. It didn't go exactly as planned, but both my sister and her daughter are alive and stable. It was pretty crazy yesterday. My wife and I were at my parents' … Continue reading

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Answer to the Luke 2 Problem

Thank you all for the wonderful feedback about my Heart of the Matter article. I appreciate your kind words very, very much. Yet, I left people hanging. So here I will quickly, and not very formally, address the issues raised … Continue reading

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A Heavy Heart

I must confess: I'm feeling rather weighed down at the moment. I'm not depressed or anything like that. I'm just stuck in the mud of conflicting ideas. And I guess that's where you end up when you like to look … Continue reading

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The Limits of Reason

...the Reaches of Grace. Last week I wrote about balancing emotion and reason in how we think about and respond to things, especially those issues close to our hearts like homeschooling and religious views. And thinking about the hyper-emotional people … Continue reading

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Where Do You Get Your Information?

For a month after we got married, Brittany and I lived in our house without internet. Ten years ago everyone would have shrugged and said, "Eh, that's not so bad." But we had just graduated from college where, when the … Continue reading

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Emotion, Reason, and a Level Head

I've met plenty of people with really kooky ideas. Unfortunately, as I've grown older, I've noticed that I've held some odd-ball ideas too. I've had my fair share of standing on the metaphorical picket line, waving a banner of some … Continue reading

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