As my son and I put his schoolbooks away together yesterday, I was telling him about my own seventh grade year. He was amazed at the differences. That I went off to school and shared classrooms with two dozen other students and had a different teacher for each subject, wasn’t surprising news to him; rather,… Read More A Living Difference
My 30-year-old son found out yesterday he probably has cancer, had surgery this morning, and while I was talking with him in the recovery room, he mentioned staying up very late the night before. He wasn’t worrying, he was writing. It seems he once read a book where a dying father with many young children… Read More Living the Tales Told (Ps. 90:9)
Like it or not, school is in session or nearly so. Homeschooling moms all over the country are scurrying to make final book choices. The last question turned in for my summer reading input concerns books for mom: “What should we moms be reading? How many books and on what subjects?” Good question. I am… Read More What About Mom’s School Books?
At the 2016 CMI conference, a mother approached me to share her reaction to my lecture the preceding year. I was awed and humbled, once again, to realize the tremendous impact that story has on our lives as persons—my story on her, and stories in general on her family. I asked her if she would… Read More Vision for Children—Or Parents?
The long, hot month of July has flown by in a blur of constant activity. Summertime is when we are busiest in the library, preparing for a new year by processing new books and new members, consulting with moms to help them prepare for the coming school year, and recording podcasts for the fall. I… Read More July’s Reading
The question this week comes from a mom of two teen boys. “They are both good readers,” she explains, “but do not read for pleasure, only if required. Part of the problem, I’m sure, is the way they spend too much time with electronic entertainment. Do you have any ideas how to wean them off… Read More Electronics and the Unreading Habit
Here is the question of the week: “My daughter wants to read the books her friends are reading. I have not read these and am suspicious that they are not worthy books. How can I encourage her to read excellent literature when she is wanting to read the things her friends are talking about?” The… Read More What’s a Mother to Do?
Happy Independence Day. I take a moment today to give thanks to God for the gift of living in a country where I am still free to read, and consequently think and live, that the rich world of literature is wide open to me. Here’s the list of books I finished reading in the marvelous… Read More June Books
I decided just to take this pile of summer reading questions in order, and this second one is a request for favorite audio books for the car. Can anything beat making the trip shorter like listening to stories as the miles slide by? They keep the driver awake and the children quiet. I haven’t traveled… Read More Summer Reading in the Car
Today is the last day of school in our town. If it hasn’t arrived in your area, it will be here soon. If you haven’t already packed the days ahead with non-school fun, it’s a good time to think about summer reading. How about your children? Is the thought of release from school studies their… Read More Summer Reading