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Nov. 18, 2011
Conflict: The Lifeblood of Drama
...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
Tagged books, literature, reading
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Oct. 26, 2011
God Doesn't Show Off
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
Tagged Bible, books, Meditation
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Oct. 25, 2011
Life Experience and Literature
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
Tagged books, life experience, literature, read-alouds
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Oct. 24, 2011
Never Tease a Weasel [Character Training, part two]...
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
Tagged books, character, Encouragement, reading
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Oct. 5, 2011
It's what I was looking for...
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
Tagged books, hands on, high school, science
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Oct. 3, 2011
Become a Great Writer
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
Tagged books, language arts, writing
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Sep. 23, 2011
The Privilege of Reading
Beth Moore mentioned in her Daniel study that one way to measure privilege is to consider if you can buy a book and read it. If so, you're wealthy. Much of the world can do neither. How blessed we are … Continue reading
Tagged books, giving, reading
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