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Thoughts from the Well: May 2012
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Stuck in Traffic on the Information Superhighway. Last summer I set out to be a contributing writer for a neato Christianity-meeting-culture website (at least I think that's still what we call it). I contributed two or three times, then fell under the homeschool bus. today I suddenly realized I should probably withdraw from the contributing team- which sent me into a panic that I need to start contributing STAT! Or my relevance as a writer will have officially withered and died.
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Thoughts from the Well: September 2011
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Thursday, September 15, 2011. Keeping Vigil and Carrying the Load. Life is full of pain, yet God's goodness still shines through. This day has felt strangely holy, as I hold three people before the Lord in my thoughts. My friend Katie, whose police officer husband accidentally struck and killed a local 14 year old kid. Yesterday morning. What a shocking event in this small community, well connected to the families on both sides of the situation. And an amazing blogger, Sara. Whose words I have been readi...
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Thoughts from the Well: October 2010
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Friday, October 29, 2010. Texas summers bear down harsh on the land. Hot gusts blow across parched earth. Deep fissures have no discernible end, as if they might lead into the center of the earth. Low twiggy scrub dots the valley floor here and there, while a few stunted live oaks stand resolute against summer’s furnace. Where I stand today, cracked earth greets my gaze in every direction. My heart sinks at the dismal picture of drought before me. Could anything restore this to usefulness? But even with ...
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Thoughts from the Well: Homeschool Report: Week 32--I Mean 31B
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Homeschool Report: Week 32- I Mean 31B. Here at the tail end of the school year, would you like a peek inside our ordinary day? Just a warning, it may not inspire or encourage. Hopefully it will not cause you to turn away in disapproval, but I tell myself I don't seek your approval anyway. Which would likely turn into a fun 90 minute pyro experiment on the back porch involving testing every piece of flora and trash in the back yard for flammability. In reality, I think we will.
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Thoughts from the Well: Teachable Moments
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012. I started the homeschool year with the idea that my philosophy of education fits with a model termed. Involving the systematic use of memorization, dictation, narration, and copywork to organize the assimilation of knowledge across language, history, and science. The trivium seemed an efficiently appropriate way of presenting this type of education through the three stages of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. It all made so much sense. We did spend twenty minutes before lunch discussing...
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Thoughts from the Well: April 2012
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Monday, April 30, 2012. Would you Like to Buy an 'O'? Spotlight burns my eyes and blocks my view of the darkened house, as I nervously tap the microphone and utter low and soft into the sudden hush, "Hello? Is this thing on? Funny how taking a blog hiatus can seem so significant, and how coming back can seem such a hill to climb. Because it's not true. I know this, because I still found time for Facebook. I might lose touch with all my friends! But I am given courage by a friend who recently quit the soc...
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Kyle Gretchen Jack & Molly: March 2013
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Kyle Gretchen Jack and Molly. A little account of us along the way. Friday, March 22, 2013. 1 New Year's resolutions are often hard to maintain, but I am able to let go and then move on with desires to keep at it . so here is to posting again every Friday! Sorry for the absence. 2 Yesterday night after the first baseball practice, dinner, and a good hot shower for Jack . I hear the front door open! YES, our son WENT OUT TO THE MAILBOX IN THE RAIN NAKED! Oh to nine year old boys! 4 We are leaving for a qu...
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Kyle Gretchen Jack & Molly: Dinner tonight ...
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Kyle Gretchen Jack and Molly. A little account of us along the way. Friday, November 15, 2013. Tonight's dinner is Hearty Navy bean soup. It is one of our favorites. It is a perfect night for it because a storm decided to roll in today. It has been cloudy gray and cold - a perfect night to stay in and eat some warm soup with a good blanket maybe a book or a new knitting project. Come on over if you want to eat with us - we have some to spare! A little too far but we should have some over Xmas! My two new .
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International Me: October 2010
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Every tongue, every tribe, every nation, every race. Sunday, October 10, 2010. The Bible for the Church. I heard a rousing sermon this morning, about how we sell (and cheaply) our Christian identity in times of trouble, and how it is the role and responsibility of the Christian to leave comfort for more difficult places. He talked about the comfort and safety of the womb, and the death that comes if we don't leave it for the harsher world outside. But his sermon clearly betrayed that his understanding of...
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Thoughts from the Well: June 2011
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011. God in the Yard : Hospitality. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality." Romans 12:13. Hospitality. The word evokes for me images of church fellowship halls, lined with long tables, loaded with steaming offerings for the Sunday afternoon potluck dinner. I can smell the coffee, hear the buzz of conversation, and feel the late summer humidity as if I stand there now. Today I am guest posting again over at BibleDude.net. Labels: God in the Yard. This and that a...
