Category Archives: education
Education as a way of life?
G. K. Chesterton once wrote, “Education is not a subject, and it does not deal in subjects. It is instead the transfer of a way of life.” My mind has already turned to preparing for the coming school year — … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, education, Scripture
What did America Declare?
Do you know what the Declaration of Independence declared? Please read the whole transcript below, from the national archives site. IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of … Continue reading
Filed under America, education, government, History, Liberty
Cotton’s birthday!
John Cotton that is! Born on Dec. 4, 1584, in Derby, England, John Cotton was a famous puritan minister and author. Perhaps his most famous sermon is God’s Promise to His Plantation, preached in 1630 at the departure of John … Continue reading
Friday fun: funny plural words
Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day is a profitable email I receive each day, based on the reference work by Bryan A Garner. Today’s “Tip of the Day” was about the plural form of certain nouns (stay with me, here; … Continue reading
Filed under education, language, Plain old fun
Work your brain…
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” — Sir Richard Steele
Today in History…
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln Was Shot Just five days after the formal end of the Civil War, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth on this date, while attending the comedy “Our American Cousin” … Continue reading
College Road Trip…
Laurel and I just finished driving our daughter Kathryn to GROVE CITY COLLEGE in Pennsylvania, and then seeing Andrew at Syracuse University on the way home. What wonderful kids — and what great opportunities are now before them! I’ve been … Continue reading
100 recommended books…
Here is an online list of one hundred (plus) books recommended by Pastor Colin Adams, a reformed baptist pastor in Northern Ireland. He assembled the list to share with his new congregation. The list is subdivided into several groups (theology, … Continue reading
Moving a thousand books – again
The offices at our church were damaged by water coming through the flat roof last spring. When the leak was spotted, my kids and I were able to remove my pastor’s library (over 1,200 books) to another room in under … Continue reading
