We have a wild child. A full-fledged Lost Boy. His name is Lachlan. When he was 2 he was permanently uninvited from being in the church nursery because he figured out how to escape all the child locks and was making weekly Sabbatical pilgrimages to the church parking lot, unnoticed. When he was three he […]
Imagination, Mystery, and Wonder – On Choosing Books for Children
This article first appeared in Wild Things and Castles in the Sky, from Square Halo Press. When I was a child, the world seemed infinite. The horizon, which ever recedes no matter how far you chase it, seemed literal: perhaps the world really did go on forever. Omniscience was easy to envision: perhaps my dad […]
Stories Are Light
Bedtime at our house is often rushed. Especially as the springtime moves along and the evenings push themselves later and later, the last month of school is full of days in which we play too long outside and have to throw the kids in bed so they can get out of them again in the […]
The Neighborhood News: Good News for Everyone
One day I was mentally wandering through ideas, searching for the next great homeschool project for our kids. Or perhaps I was musing about ways to connect with our neighbors. I guess I don’t remember my exact train of thought, but when I landed on the idea of The Neighborhood News, I knew I was […]
Whether We Like It or Not
“He thinks that because he doesn’t like it, it’s just bad.” So said my middle-school daughter asshe lamented her friend’s dismissal of a song he dislikes—but that she does, in fact, like verymuch. And I laughed (then hastily assured her that of course I wasn’t laughing at her), becauseI had just come from a conversation […]
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