homeschooling
In Good Time
If my 37th year had an album title, it would be “Variations on the Theme of Waiting.” And it would be full of surprising melodic turns, and soft resolutions. The returns on investments I didn’t mean to make have been humbling and bountiful. I have not been particularly patient; I have mostly indulged in worry …
Cultivating New Order in a Chaotic Time
As we listened to Genesis 1 on an audio Bible last week while piecing together a puzzle, my son remarked, “It’s saying the same thing over and over.” He was referring, of course, to the repeated line at the end of each day of creation, “And there was evening, and there was morning…” “Well,” I …
Seven Ways to Weather Societal Shutdown with your Children
Dear parents who suddenly have their schooled children at home, A Quiet Place has become one of my family’s favorite movies over the past few years. Anytime we have a house guest, my children’s first question to them is, “Have you seen A Quiet Place?” If the answer is no, that guest had better be …
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A Host of Golden Daffodils
No one questions the whole idea of homeschooling more than a homeschool mom in February. February is a notoriously hard month for homeschool moms. It’s the month most of us want to throw in the towel, quit, hide under a pile of fun books, and send our children to boarding school. In Switzerland. We are …
Classical Education Will Not Save Your Children
There is no anxiety quite like homeschool mom anxiety. Can I get an amen? If you are like me, you are probably busy in the midst of school-year homeschool planning. Those shiny, new plans are so much fun and not yet ruined by reality. As I’m planning, I am confident that this year—this year!—I will …
Measuring Tiny Victories
The following is taken from this month’s Mere Motherhood newsletter, the email companion to the Mason Jar Podcast.
Where Wonder Led Me
We didn’t know wonder was enlivening our home until it died. My oldest daughter Frances, so full of questions and curiosity, had ensured that we saw the world with fresh eyes and contagious awe. But after a military move across the country in the middle of her kindergarten year, we settled into base housing. The …
What Can Homeschoolers Learn from Traditional Schools? An Interview with Cindy Rollins
Here at CiRCE we believe there’s strength in numbers. If the Christian classical renewal is going to be truly meaningful and lasting then we have to work together, wherever and in whatever setting we are teaching. In some ways we need to think of ourselves as one large community. So we thought why not explore …
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On Home and Glory: Musings on Daily Life and Divine Destiny
This spring, Brian Phillips triggered my midlife crisis. At the Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, he gave a talk in which he made a casual statement that led to a poignant discovery. “In the Iliad, Achilles seeks glory, while in the Odyssey, Odysseus desires home,” he announced. Nothing new there. “But really,” he continued, “They were …
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