Homeschool Kid - When the Music Starts

Joe Courage's first music lesson.

Bilberry and Pilots

During WWII, pilots in the British Royal Air Force ate bilberry preserves before flying, crediting it with improving their vision when flying night bombing runs.

My son, my brother

When my three-year-old is especially pleased with me, due to some exciting homeschool project, favorite meal, or a really fun time, he pats me fondly and says, “Mom, you’re a good woman.”

Is it love?

Musings by Mike.

Love is loving what they love

I have loved many things in my life that had no personal meaning to me. All because I loved what they loved...because I loved them.

He sees the sparrow (hawk) fall

This summer we had a thrilling experience watching Kolya, one of the Russian boys, raising a sparrow hawk.

A Timeless Lesson

From time to time, I like to provide you with examples on how to teach boys.

Volume 16, Issue 3:

Playing With Knives

Masthead

Thema: Playing with Knives: God the
Dangerous

Douglas Jones works with a little Poe.

"
Most of us look in Abraham's direction and long.
Job's response is easier. I certainly couldn't play Abraham in front of
a flamefaced child. We're all heads-down, counting mint and
anise and cummin, while the Trinity puts on this amazing opera
of history. Oh, to have the instincts of Abraham. To be quick
enough to recognize the dangerousness of God in the face of evil
and respond in awe: `Dammit. You're going to raise him from the
dead, aren't you?'
"

The Supporting Cast:

Sharpening Iron: Letters to the Editor

From Us, From You

The Cretan Times: New News

Douglas Jones

Flotsam: Jetsam

Aroma Therapy - Nathan Wilson

Presbyterion: On Church Government

The Evils of Pietism - Douglas Wilson

Musica: On Perky Tunes

A Godly Hearitage, Part 1 - Duck Schuler

Husbandry: For Husbands

Indwelling - Douglas Wilson

Femina: For Wives

Flattery - Nancy Wilson

Childer: On Childrearing

Parents as Social Engineers - Douglas Wilson

Ex Libris

The Da Vinci Code - Woelke Leithart

Stauron

Cup of Shame - Gary Hagen

Tohu

Schools, Secularism, and Slippery Slopes - Jared Miller

Liturgia: on Worship

Baptism is Baptism, Part 1 - Peter Leithart

Doctrine 101: Basic Christian Teaching

Christian Unity - Patch Blakey

Ex Imagibus

Biggies of Summer 1.0 - Nathan Wilson

Cave of Adullam: Mutterings Regnant

N. Debford Forrest

Footnotes, Etc.: Where We Got All This

Our Wonderful Sources

Virga:

The War Out Back - Matt Whitling

Meander: A River in Greece

The Thick Plottens - Douglas Wilson

Pooh's Think

Covenant and Knowledge, Part 1 - Michael Metzler

 

Fiction:

Similitudes: Stories with a Point

A Boar in the Road - Douglas Wilson

"Andrew jumped aside at the last minute, and heard the sound of his trousers tearing. The boar skidded into the pile of wood, not yet a fire, and turned quickly for another charge. Andrew looked down and saw that the boar had wounded him in the leg with one of its tusks. He knew that he would not be able to jump aside
a second time."