I just began my 15th year of homeschooling. I only have a 15-year-old, a 13-year-old, and a 10-year-old left at home, and every one of them is digging into good books I want to read with them. Sure, almost all those books are repeats for me, but as C.S. Lewis points out in Experiment in…
I was going through some old papers today and found a printed copy of this post I made a few years ago. I thought I’d repost it here, with a few minor editing tweaks. At a recent church bridal shower, a lovely older lady gave a devotional that stuck with me. She read Ephesians 6:10-18….
Originally read and written in March 2011. Summary of Desiring God by John Piper at Simply Convivial Part 1: Introduction & Chapters 1 & 2 – Happiness & Conversion Part 2: Chapter 3 – Worship Part 3: Chapters 4-6 – Love, Scripture, & Prayer Part 4: Chapters 7 & 8 – Money & Marriage Part…
Originally read and written in March 2011. Summary of Desiring God by John Piper at Simply Convivial Part 1: Introduction & Chapters 1 & 2 – Happiness & Conversion Part 2: Chapter 3 – Worship Part 3: Chapters 4-6 – Love, Scripture, & Prayer Part 4: Chapters 7 & 8 – Money & Marriage Part…
Originally read and written in March 2011. Summary of Desiring God by John Piper at Simply Convivial Part 1: Introduction & Chapters 1 & 2 – Happiness & Conversion Part 2: Chapter 3 – Worship Part 3: Chapters 4-6 – Love, Scripture, & Prayer Part 4: Chapters 7 & 8 – Money & Marriage Part…
Originally read and written in March 2011. Summary of Desiring God by John Piper at Simply Convivial Part 1: Introduction & Chapters 1 & 2 – Happiness & Conversion Part 2: Chapter 3 – Worship Part 3: Chapters 4-6 – Love, Scripture, & Prayer Part 4: Chapters 7 & 8 – Money & Marriage Part…
In Ideas Have Consequences, Weaver spends a couple pages in the chapter on Egoism talking about work, work ethic, and personal integrity. It struck me as imminently applicable to the housewife. Our attitudes about our work and our approach to it could very well indicate that we’ve imbibed the ideas of our culture even if…