Stepping Stones: Seven Suggestions for the New or Aspiring Homeschool Parent
Stepping Stones Seven Suggestions for the New or Aspiring Homeschool Parent Mrs. Kathleen M. Sonnek In a roundabout way, our homeschool journey probably began with Davy Jones. And by that I mean the music and television star of the 1960s and not the legendary pirate, although both probably make about as much sense. If you’d […]
Strength to Stay
Strength To Stay Mrs. Carla Galdo Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t happen again.) The other evening, after I dutifully […]
The River Reveler
The River Reveler Mr. Kirk Wareham Lounging on his lime-green inflatable raft, the audacious river reveler appears to be sacrificing his body to the elements. Record-setting temperatures and extreme ultraviolet rays do not deter him in the slightest. Languidly he snoozes on his back for hours, his soft pink flesh outrageously exposed to the steady, […]
Abundance & Burdens: The Colors of Summer
Abundance & Burdens The Colors of Summer Mr. Hadden Turner Finally, it is hot outside. The frosty mornings of early spring are a distant memory now that the sun lingers up high on its daily journey across the sky. As it drenches the ground with life-giving rays, the flowers that populate the front gardens of […]
Taking An Annual Screen Sabbath
My third child was born in mid-June 2010. My older two children were ages five and two, and we had just moved (quite unexpectedly) six thousand miles from our apartment in Turkey back to my home state of Texas. Our original plan was to briefly visit the States for my . . .
Want of Wonder: Seven Suggestions for Becoming More Childlike
Want of Wonder Seven Suggestions for Becoming More Childlike Mr. Michael Warren Davis “The world will never starve for want of wonders; only for want of wonder.” —G. K. Chesterton One day, I was sitting at our kitchen table watching a compilation of ads from the early 2000s. Like all Millennials, I’m a slave to nostalgia. […]
The Work of Spring
The Work of Spring Mr. Hadden Turner The air outside is beginning to feel that little bit warmer and the sunlight that little bit brighter. The buds, which have lain dormant throughout the winter, begin to burst forth in verdant green, and out of last year’s decaying life, new life eagerly sprouts on the forest […]
Spontaneous Music
Spontaneous Music Dr. Dixie Dillon Lane One spring afternoon about ten years ago, after many hours of pain and considerable hard work, I sent up one last desperate prayer (“Have mercy!”) and a moment later found myself holding my second-born child in my arms for the very first time. I was profoundly relieved, and the […]
Resolution
Resolution Dr. Jeff Gardner Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t happen again.) It was shortly after midnight, January 1st, and […]
Part of the Drama: An Epiphany About Epiphany
Part of the Drama An Epiphany About Epiphany Mrs. Gina Loehr Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t happen again.) I […]