My friend Carol is hosting an online reading club this year: “Christian Greats Challenge: Past and Present.” Carol is an Australian homeschooling mom who writes the most delightful and thoughtful book reviews. She planned this challenge’s categories partly to counter what C. S. Lewis calls ‘chronological snobbery’, defined as ‘the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual […]
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Fall Recipes: 15+ Ways to Enjoy or Preserve the Harvest
Every fall, I search my own blog for our favorite harvest recipes. This year I decided to compile a list so you can enjoy them as well. These are all favorites that we have used over and over, from salsa and sauerkraut to pumpkin slice, apple salad, soups, and Thanksgiving turkey. I have included a […]
Review: Darwin, The Voyage that Shook the World
Many of the papers and books I’ve been reading these days have been influenced by Darwin’s thought; most of our news items are as well; and our entire culture is driven by offshoots of his ideas. Science, politics, medicine, social sciences, law, literature, music, and even Christian thought have largely absorbed Darwinian concepts of survival […]
Online Science Articles by Margaret Helder
When I was growing up, our family regularly read science articles by Dr. Margaret Helder in Reformed Perspective, a Christian magazine we subscribed to (now online here). I learned a lot then—facts and ideas as well as the basic concept that it was possible to be a Christian in science—and went on to become a […]