Emily’s Top Ten
Finally getting around to this post. I had hoped to post it during our six-month birthday celebration, but I ran out of room. So…here are my top ten posts since we started the blog in February. Sort of a summary of the scope of my writing and what you guys have found most helpful. (One quick…
Read MoreShakespeare on Record
A few years ago, my grandmother passed on to me a set of children’s records from the 1950s and 60s. Many of them were filled with odd arrangements of classical music or marching bands, but a few turned out to be really special. In particular, one which included train adventures–Train to the Zoo and Train…
Read MoreGrowing Up Shakespearean
Shakespeare and Story Bibles As I was searching recently for Shakespeare resources for my kids–who are 3 and 5–I harbored a nagging, undefined feeling that what I was doing was…not normal…and perhaps taking the homeschool prejudice for “great books” a little too far. Do kids who are still in diapers really need Macbeth? Do we…
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Shakespeare R Us
Dallas, 1970: Storm clouds gather over the Texas prairie, where the students of a small junior college are presenting A Midsummer Night’s Dream in an outdoor courtyard. With a student body of only 200, the talent pool is tiny; half the actors have never performed for an audience in their lives. But this play, often…
Read MoreMake Your Own Book
We’re talking about Shakespeare this week, and one of the difficulties of introducing him to kids is finding books that aren’t too dark or perverse in the hands of professional illustrators. I’ve sifted through a lot of the books for you and found a few jewels. But another approach would be to make your own!…
Read MoreJanie on Chris Fabry Live!
Welcome old friends and new! Most of you probably know by now that Janie was interviewed on Chris Fabry Live! on July 13th. For those of you who aren’t familiar with him, Chris Fabry has been involved in a number of successful radio shows over the years, including A Love Worth Finding. His daily show…
Read MoreAnother Half-Happy Birthday: Our Blog Story
What does it take to make a blog? Besides a computer, internet connection, and credit card, of course? Some might say passion, intelligence, computer saavy. But for me at least, I think the key ingredient is this: I’ve got nothing better to do. In Janie’s case, she could be working on essays and novels that…
Read More1/2 Birthday Bash: Janie’s Best
Happy Half-Birthday, guys! Redeemed Reader has been online for roughly six months this week. It seems ages ago since that cold, February morning when Janie and I opened up the door, inviting all from the highways and hedges to come in. So much has happened since that time. And I hope tomorrow to look at…
Read MoreChrist in Literature: History (pt. 3)
In my previous post, I tried to show that Sally Lloyd Jones uses two broad ways of finding Christ in the Old Testament: 1) historical and 2) symbolic. For instance, when we approach the story of Abraham and Isaac, we must first admit that these are real people in space and time. (For a wonderful…
Read MoreThe Living Past: An Interview With Cheryl Harness
We end our extended history week with what some consider to be the purest form of history: biography. The old argument of whether great events, great thoughts, or great people make history will always be with us, but there’s no doubt in our subject’s mind what the most important history-making factor is: “People, definitely.” Without…
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