Father’s Day Contest Winners
Thanks to everyone who entered our Father’s Day contest! Janie and I have enjoyed both hearing your dad stories, as well as the opportunity to give you a closer look at both our featured writers, Douglas Bond and Jonathan Rogers. For those of you who didn’t win, never fear. We’re already planning another contest just…
Read MoreJonathan Rogers on Reading and Writing, Boys and Dads
We’re delighted to welcome Jonathan Rogers to our site today, as one of our “writing fathers.” Jonathan is Georgia-born, with an undergraduate degree from Furman University and a PhD in 17th-century English literature from Vanderbilt. Today he calls Nashville home, where he and his wife are raising a “houseful of robustious children.” Last week we…
Read MoreRR Podcast 4: Douglas Bond on Fatherhood
Today’s interview is regarding Douglas Bond’s devotional series for young men and their fathers, Fathers and Sons. I hope to eventually do another interview with Mr. Bond, since we weren’t able to touch on his fiction. However, in this interview Mr. Bond explains why he chose to write to young men and their fathers together,…
Read MoreEarthly Fathers, Our Heavenly Father & A Contest
“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’” Romans 8:15 Father’s Day Celebration As Christians, we–make that I–often forget just how startling it would have been for Jesus’ followers to hear Him call upon…
Read MoreLibrary Loans: Late Fees and Summer Camp
SUMMER CAMP We are eventually going to do our first summer camp next month. But in the meantime, I have been looking for ways to get my kids involved in something besides our same-old-same-old. Without having to take out a second mortgage. Enter I love Tennis by Naia Bray-Moffatt, a Dorothy Kindersley Book, which carries…
Read MoreChrist in Literature: Old Testament Lessons (pt. 2)
I have recommended The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones in numerous posts on this blog. That doesn’t mean I think it is perfect, or perfect for everyone. In some ways, what makes it useful—its strong narrative voice and creative illustrations—actually end up taking kids farther from the original Bible text. And in that…
Read More10 Vacation Audiobooks for the Whole Family
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” C.S. Lewis Despite the gas prices, a lot of folks will be traveling this summer. With so many portable digital devices (including ereaders!) these days,…
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Interview with Dr. Veith: Part Two
Part Two of our Interview with Gene Edward Veith In Part Two of the interview, we’re talking about how to prepare our kids for college–and whether they need to go to college at all! But don’t miss Part One. 3. Sometimes, parents send their children to a Christian college thinking they will escape the most dangerous pitfalls…
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Interview with Dr. Gene Edward Veith
Gene Edward Veith: Parent + Educator + Writer Many–if not all–of our readers are praying earnestly for their children to lead God-centered, successful lives. Of course, God can work with any sort of material, but we’d like to minimize the hard lessons and wasted time as much as possible. Not just for our kids–for us,…
Read MoreWhat Would You Do Differently?
While we are awaiting a post by Dr. Gene Veith later in the week, I thought it would be fun to ask some of our readers this question. I am a mom on the cusp of homeschooling. We’re officially starting Kindergarten in the fall with my oldest, and my mind is filled with questions….How do…
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