The Concrete Embodiment of Imagination
November 29th marks the 127th birthday of C.S. Lewis and the 193rd birthday of Louisa May Alcott.
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Mythopoeic Grace
The Bible tells us that grace comes through faith, and that faith is the conviction of things unseen. It could be argued, then, that grace is the result of faith in something our modern culture would consider a myth (the unseen world).
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Louis L’Amour and the Moral Imagination
In our imaginations we explore other worlds, we put ourselves into situations we’ve never actually been in, and we inevitably wonder: What would we do there? What would we be like?
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Why Imagination Matters—and You Need Allies
We wanted to make a place we would want to visit and read, and be encouraged and inspired to serve our families better. This was, and is, a golden rule project.
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Stomping the Grounds
But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see.
-C.S. Lewis
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The Virtue of Unread Books
He lingered longest in the fiction section, excitedly recognizing a few titles that we’ve read aloud as a family. Just when I began to self-indulge in the sentiment of the moment, he posed the question that had been brewing in his head.
“Dad, have you actually read all these?”
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Saying Goodnight to Anxieties…and the Moon
“In the great green room there was a telephone and a red balloon and a picture of the cow jumping over the moon…” Chances are high that you can keep reciting the next lines in your head. Goodnight Moon is one of the most famous and beloved children’s books of all time. Its words are…
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Leave the Leaves in Autumn
Leave the leaves on Autumn groundsLet the leafmould mass in moundsLet them lie while while winter callsLet them cushion children’s fallsLet them augment tiny soundsLeaves should lighten little feetLanguid motion should be fleetLaureled youth is ever-greenLeave the leaves in AutumnLet the fiery red and goldLessen rising, lingering coldLet the livid Northern sweepLoathe the lifting of…
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Honest, Simple Pleasures: A Short Biography of Beatrix Potter
It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My brother and I were born in London…but our descent, our interest and our joy were in the north country. –Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter was born July 28, 1866. She…
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Summer on the Mountain
Anything might happen when we pay attention, experience life alongside our kids, and take time to reflect on all that God has done.
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Cultivating Flavor
“Home is the kingdom in which we have the daily choice and power to make our tiny domain one of light in darkness.”
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Two Poems for Summer
Swingset: Used, Free Choked up with weeds,hard to mow around nowthe grass has grown backwhere feet always wore it thin.Spiderwebs on the swingsthat sway with wind.The even-spaced metal barshold no memory of handsthat gripped them so tightlybefore letting go. Concrete Chunk in my Daughter’s Rock Collection Chip of sidewalkin her hoard of rose quartz,amethyst, obsidian—is…
