I remember a decade or more ago while helping my friend Beth reorganize her homeschooling room, seeing her table spread with children’s picture books and chapter books, and saying, “You are allowed to get rid of books you don’t like.” Responding to her quizzical look, I said, “If reading a book out loud to one […]
No Other Gods
Want to know my little classroom secret? I love to teach children about idolatry. Not what you’re used to hearing from a Christian educator? Let me explain. This year, I’ve had the opportunity to build a homeschool co-op class from scratch. We’ve made toilet paper mummies, played Medusa freeze tag, staged gladiator fights on the […]
The Warren & The World Vol 10, Issue 16
Justin Timberlake memes are about to make their annual cycle through the realms of social media, Mother’s Day is just around the corner, all the school end-of-year things are looming…it can only mean one thing (in the words of the immortal N’Sync): “It’s gonna be May.” (er, well, they said, “me”—that joke really doesn’t work […]
The Hard Stories of Katherine Paterson
When I wake up each morning, the first thing I see as my eyes start to clear is a giant calendar. It represents the first 18 years of my son’s life, and more days are crossed off than not. I rub my eyes and try to focus and remember that the calendar is not really […]
Counting Snails
The pandemic was hard. In California, we were in a lockdown. We were essentially constrained to home and short trips to necessary stores. The pandemic was hard on schools; as a headmaster, I was in the role of leading a school, teaching classes, and coordinating my own children’s Zooms and related distance learning. The pandemic […]
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