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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Mar. 14, 2014
Musings on Missions, Schisms, and Tolerance
Adventures in Odyssey has a great line about tolerance. Frustrated, one of the characters says, "I will not tolerate your intolerance!" It's one of the many brilliant moments I remember from the radio show of my childhood. Intolerant of Intolerance … Continue reading
Mar. 13, 2014
A Peek Inside the Sonlight Warehouse
Few have experienced a tour of Sonlight. A few more have braved my monster-less pseudo monster movie tour. And today, my blog-reading friends, you get a rare peek into how amazing Sonlight's warehouse is. 1. Designed for Efficiency Receiving happens … Continue reading
Tagged priorities, Sonlight, work
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Mar. 12, 2014
Why I Avoid the Homeschool Movement
We homeschoolers are an odd bunch, aren't we? We've bucked the trend, set out on our own, and ended up in a beautiful meadow overlooking a shimmering valley ringed by snow dusted mountains. We love it here. In fact, when … Continue reading
Tagged homeschool community, musings
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Mar. 11, 2014
Does Philosophy Matter?
Too often philosophy is prematurely dismissed as impractical and irrelevant to everyday life. Sure, philosophy is part of history and we should at least know a little about those ancient Greek thinkers in togas, but does philosophy really matter to … Continue reading
Tagged curriculum, history, philosophers, philosophy, worldviews
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Mar. 10, 2014
Things You've Never Thought to Try
Cristi posted a photo of homemade marshmallows in the making. Brittany made marshmallows once. They turned out a tad different than the kind that come in a bag (more like cubes than cylinders). They weren't as light and fluffy. They … Continue reading
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Mar. 5, 2014
Pop Culture's Misunderstanding of God vs Science
A comedian is riffing on the radio. He's had the crowd laughing and now says: I'm not against religion. Believe what you want to believe. But I always side with science because religion constantly changes over time. Scientists don't suddenly … Continue reading
Mar. 4, 2014
You Can Use Education to Solve Problems
Educators infer that all we need is an education to solve problems. If we -- or those currently afflicted by suffering due to ignorance -- could simply learn what we needed to know, we'd come out of our current situation. … Continue reading
