A Kindergarten Homeschool Year in the Rearview
As public schools become less and less of a viable option for many Christian families, interest in alternative schooling options is increasing. Christian private schools remain financially unattainable for many (especially for larger families). Homeschooling, on the other hand, can be incredibly intimidating for those without direct experience or exposure to what homeschooling looks like from day to day. The internet has been an...
Act Like a Lady: Recovering Cultural Norms of Christian Femininity
In the last scene of Matt Walsh’s 2022 documentary, What Is a Woman?, Walsh finally gets around to asking his wife (instead of trans activists, gender studies professors, and psychologists, who are unable/unwilling to answer) the question that titles his film. She answers, “An adult human female . . . who needs help opening this,” as she hands her husband a pickle jar. The ending is good because it is so funny; but it is also good...
Hannah’s Children: Reviewing New Research on Why Women Choose Large Families
I have written before about big families. I guess I am interested because I am from a “big” family myself: I am the fourth of five siblings. I have also operated my whole life, in some capacity or other, in homeschooling circles, where you are much more likely to encounter larger-than-average families. Between four of the siblings in my family, we will be welcoming cousins number twelve and thirteen this summer; I hope that my own...
Frittering: A Christian Crafting Life
One of my favorite picture books is Ox Cart Man by Don Hall (illustrated by Barbara Cooney). It depicts the seasonal, artisan productivity of a New England settler family as they work throughout the year to grow, harvest, and create the items they will then drive to town and sell in order to do an even better job at growing, harvesting and creating the following year. The father works all winter splitting shingles and carving a new...
Mandelbrot, Mystery, and Mathematics
Once, my husband bought some discounted tickets to a concert of a famed blues/pop/rock guitarist; I was happy to make an evening of it, since I enjoy dates, live music, and discounts. After waiting over two hours for the star to take the stage and witnessing the crowd of thousands that still happily welcomed him by singing along word-perfect with every song, I realized I had dropped in as an outsider. I was a new fan, and I had much...
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