Some time ago Brandon Vogt, a Catholic convert from Protestantism, wrote about how reading and memorizing scriptures is something he’s held on to from his protestant days. It’s an old post, but somehow it came to my attention back in March and...
Saturday Farmer’s market as usual. We went out to lunch to our favorite on the water location: Jake’s in Hull. Bella and Sophie drew the usual sea scenes, but with much more specificity than usual. Bella drew a tidal pool with a hermit...
So I’ve been slowly inching my way through The Little Oratory. (I’m almost done with the other book I’m reading for to months and when I’ve done with that then I’m sure I’ll finish up The Little Oratory fairly...
Monday I have decided to try a new approach to our morning school, focusing on establishing the habit of table time instead of accomplishing a checklist for both big girls that seldom gets met. When I vented my frustration at not being able to get...
ELisa has won. Yay Elisa!!!! I wish I could give a copy of the book away to everyone who entered. If you do decided to go ahead and buy a copy… consider buying through my affiliate link: The Little Oratory: A Beginner’s Guide to Praying...
So I told Auntie Leila that I would host a giveaway of her new book. I was very, very excited to do so. But in my perpetually-bleary state I misread the details. Somehow I got it into my head that the blog post was supposed to be up by the 10th, but...
[I found this post in my archives and really needed the reminder. I thought I’d repost for everyone else who needs the reminder in this final stretch of Lent.] Recently Daria of the Coffee and Canticles blog had a lovely post titled Worth...
My last post covered children’s Bibles, the kind of books that collect a bunch of stories from both the Old and New Testaments in an attempt to give a child an overview of the whole Bible. I’m not quite sure what to call this next set of...
[This post is the first in a series about our family’s “curriculum” for faith formation.] “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” — St Jerome We all want our children to be familiar with the Bible. But...
When people hear I prepared Bella for her first communion myself rather than sending her to the parishes religious education program, they often ask, “what curriculum do you use?” Well, I think it’s time to start a new blog series...