Category Archives: Holiness

Today we’re going to get into the ‘Wayback’ and go waaaay back to when we lived in Europe and the older kids were young. I took a study called Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby. It was a good, in-depth study and amongst other things suggested four ways that God talks to us as believers: The Word, Prayer,ContinueContinue reading “The Voice of a Father”

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” Emerson So my hanai (adopted) sister has left the islands.  She is moving to a new island down under… New Zealand.  Her husband had a really terrible boss and after 3 years he justContinueContinue reading “The Perpetual Farewell”

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” Yeats Today marked our last day as part of our CC Community and the end of my first year as a tutor.  I loved our tutor community (including the director) and my class and their parents immensely.  While I didn’t reallyContinueContinue reading “Our Year in Review: My Candid Thoughts on Classical Conversations”

This evening I was watching one of my all time favorite shows, Phineas and Ferb.  Yes I love Perry the Platypus and I think this cartoon is very entertaining, so often, I am found watching it with my children. In fact, Alex and I have matching Perry t-shirts.  Tonight, Dr. Doofenschmirtz was singing about liesContinueContinue reading “Honesty”

I am by no means a country music fan. Not even by a long shot. But having made that bold statement, which I believe if it were divulged might get us ejected from the heart of West Texas, I will say that some time ago, a song by Garth Brooks struck my fancy.  Odd thatContinueContinue reading “Unanswered Prayer”