The irrelevance of relevance

I was thinking about this the other day when we attended a community event sponsored in large part by a local mega church.  As I was walking around the bouncy things for the kids and navigating around people holding balloons that said, “Fun! Fun! Fun!” I had “What? What? What?” ringing through my head.
Here in [...]

Is it about school or learning?

I love what Seth Godin said on his blog the other day:
Should this be about school or about learning?
School was the big thing for a long time. School is tests and credits and notetaking and meeting standards. Learning, on the other hand, is ‘getting it’. It’s the conceptual breakthrough that permits the student to understand [...]

What is your will, God?

I love to rise early. This morning I settled into my chair on the deck with my cup of coffee….and a LOT of questions on my mind. Where should we move to next? What will homeschool look like this year? What about the many dreams I have….that haven’t materialized?
I don’t know about you but when [...]

The welfare state of religion

I was talking with a dear friend last night.  She was telling me about the time her husband used to sell cars. “He loved selling to the g*y/homose*xu*l community.”
She saw my eyebrows go up.
“They didn’t try to get a discount,” she finished.  She went on to say how he hated seeing the Christians come in [...]

“Ah don’t like you!”

Who likes dealing with criticism?  I sure don’t and I’ll admit—it sometimes bug me more that I should allow it to.  Sarah Palin as been a class act in dealing with criticism; I admire her moxy.
Listening to Dave Ramsey today  warmed my heart and encouraged me in how to react calmly and firmly with criticism.
Some [...]