Informative Reviews for Homeschooling Moms…and a slice of our life as well
When I accepted this review opportunity I knew nothing about Mennonite Girls Can Cook. I was, however, totally captivated by the book’s cover and hoped for the best as far as the contents went. Well, it was a great choice. The contents of the book are as beautiful as its cover: recipes, people, table settings, [...]
From reading the wisdom of sages throughout history and from her own personal experience, Alexandra Stoddard has developed a philosophy of living. Her daughters, now middle-aged, also contribute to the way she views the world, an outlook she discusses in her latest book, The Shared Wisdom of Mothers and Daughters. When I was asked to review this [...]
Teens and young adults have some major decisions to make, life-altering and eternally-important decisions about faith, college, career, and marriage. How can we encourage them to make appropriate choices? Obviously we discuss the contents of their decisions with them; that’s part of being a parent. However, now that the book Decisive has been published, young [...]
There are many good books and a few great books but only a handful that should be reread at least once a decade. How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer is one of them. Beginning with the Romans, Schaeffer traces the history of Western thought right up to the present. Yes, even though he [...]
The world is full of people. Since they—and we—are sinful, problems are inevitable. In fact, sometimes people can be so disruptive that we think they are purposely driving us crazy, and perhaps they think the same about us. But, says Mike Bechtle, People Can’t Drive You Crazy if You Don’t Give Them the Keys. No [...]
Recently I heard a speaker explain that the Beatitudes are ‘a course in character development opposite to modern psychology’. That they are opposite to all psychology, modern and ancient, is obvious. But there is some serious debate as to whether or not the Beatitudes are a course we should follow. In Crucifying Morality, R. W. [...]
For years we, like many homeschoolers, have enjoyed David Macaulay’s book The Way Things Work. Recently we discovered that portions of this book have been animated! The movies give you both the science and the big woolly mammoths of the book. Originally produced for the BBC, this set of 26 videos, each 13 minutes long, [...]
Because biographies are an important part of homeschooling, I jumped at the chance to review 10 Christians Everyone Should Know: Lives of the Faithful and What They Mean to You. However, though I am an avid reader, I was initially so disappointed with this book that I had to put it away. You see, the first chapter–about Saint [...]
It is relatively easy to teach our children how to draw, make music, write poetry, or engage in any other creative venture. There are many wonderful curricula, many great teachers, and an incredible wealth of examples. But it’s also important to teach them why we Christians make art and how to evaluate the art we [...]
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