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Nov. 23, 2011

Science and Conspiracies

By Luke

To start: I love science. It is fascinating and fantastic. While clearing my RSS feed this morning, I came across Seth Godin's post about conspiracy theories. He contrasted conspiracies and science, saying, "as soon as anything appears to disprove part … Continue reading →

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Nov. 18, 2011

Conflict: The Lifeblood of Drama

By Luke

...and perhaps the motivation to read. Growing up, I had no idea that lame books existed in the world. My steady diet of Sonlight titles left me with the impression that books were great. Sure, there were some I didn't … Continue reading →

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Oct. 26, 2011

God Doesn't Show Off

By Luke

Isn't it odd how unremarkable and non-flashy miracles often are? There are very few "fire from heaven" moments in Scripture. Instead, we tend to witness an incredible event that simply just sort of ...happens. Feeding the 5,000: Jesus breaks the … Continue reading →

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Oct. 25, 2011

Life Experience and Literature

By Karla

The thing that drew me to Sonlight originally was recognizing titles of books I had read and enjoyed as a child. Probably my favorite genre as an emerging reader was pioneer stories. One of my all-time favorite novels was Caddie … Continue reading →

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Oct. 24, 2011

Never Tease a Weasel [Character Training, part two]...

By Jill

Previously I talked about the problems that I had trying to teach my children important character traits by reading books written specifically for that purpose. I believe the stories did not translate into real life because they didn't make any … Continue reading →

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Oct. 5, 2011

It's what I was looking for...

By Jill

I was a science major in college. As a young college student I chose to earn a science degree and to get a teaching degree with it. My major interest was natural and earth science and I loved to get … Continue reading →

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Oct. 3, 2011

Become a Great Writer

By Luke

One of my high school English teachers asked, "Who taught Shakespeare to write?" How did someone teach the greatest writer to write so well? I don't recall the rest of discussion, but I think I have an answer now. This … Continue reading →

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