What Discouraged Parents Might Need to Hear from the Story of Samson

Have you ever read the story of Samson in the Bible? Even the parts that don’t make it into a Sunday School lesson? It’s rather appalling. I recently read through it, and there were some details in there I hadn’t noticed before. Or perhaps they were just so terrible I had conveniently forgotten them. As…

This Term’s Feast

I absolutely love Charlotte Mason's analogy of a child being born with a mind ready and able to "digest" ideas just as his body naturally digests and is nourished by food.  Exposing children to these ideas that will nourish their minds requires laying a varied feast before them.  That's one reason we incorporate so many…