Who doesn’t want a life that is smooth and easy? Years ago, when I had only quite small children and I had immersed myself in books on educational theory,
If classical education is the art of becoming free, then we need to build our habits of attention. The British-born turn-of-the-century American journalist, Sydney Harris, once posited: The primary purpose
Repetition in homemaking isn’t a failure of productivity—it is how we reflect God’s sustaining work. Start small with a brain dump to reset your mindset.
Now is the time when we all start organizing our stuff, buying new supplies, and preparing for another fresh start: a new school year. I always get ambitious about how
It’s the Monday of a new month. A fresh week in a fresh month! For many of us, August is a month of either beginning school or getting ready
Some mornings I do an exercise video first thing in the morning, when I both want to feel on top of it and feel fat. I was tapping my foot
You are a runner, running the race of life. It is not a competitive race, but it is a race. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud
Life is like a race, which means it is something we must train for. Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives
You are a runner. Running requires effort and makes you tired and out of breath. That is a sign that you’re doing it, that you’re moving, not that
Life is a story. It is God’s Story. Not only can these fairy-tales be enjoyed because they are moral, but morality can be enjoyed because it puts us in
Life is a story. There is the big-picture story that God is telling from beginning to end, a story where we are just bit players adding color along the way.
This is the first installment of what I hope to be a regular Monday feature: A Metaphor for Monday. Each Monday during our weekly meeting, I will be pep-talking my
