Labor Day Repost: Heart of a Shepherd
(Originally published on Labor Day 2012) Labor Day, according to Wikipedia, was born of the Management/Labor battles of the late 19th century–particularly the Pullman strike …
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Are Your Kids Reading-Ready for College?
Do you have a high school senior who plans on heading out to college this fall? Or a college freshman who’s already there? If so, …
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Wisdom & Wonder Week 6: Generosity and Love in Literature
Betsy: It’s hard to believe we’re at the end of our Wisdom & Wonder Summer Reading Challenge! On a personal level, this has been a …
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Wisdom & Wonder Week 4: Which Path and With Whom?
Welcome to Week 4 of Wisdom and Wonder! We hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July. Now, back to the reading challenge! For a …
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Responding to Correction: What does it look like in books?
This week the team discusses how characters respond to correction not only in our anchor books, but also in other literary or popular titles. In Wise …
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The Source of Wisdom: What does it look like in books?
The Redeemed Reader Team is discussing books this week in light of our Wisdom & Wonder Week 2 Theme: God’s Word! In particular, we’re looking …
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The State of our Heart – Virtual Discussion
The Redeemed Reader Team is discussing books this week in light of our Wisdom & Wonder Week 1 Theme: Turning to God/Away from sin. We …
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Wisdom and Wonder: Linked Reads – Week 1
This week’s theme: Turning to God and Away From Sin To further engage with the theme, here is a list of archived posts that we feel …
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Wisdom and Wonder: Week 1 – Turning Towards God and Away from Sin
Welcome to week 1 of our Wisdom & Wonder Summer Reading Challenge! Wisdom and Wonder Week 1: Turning to God and Away from Sin! This …
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Toward a Positive Multiculturalism in Children’s Books (and a Book List)
It’s no wonder classic children’s books feature characters with racist attitudes—the authors of those books also had some racist attitudes. We looked at the problem …
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