Author Archives: CircleReader

Maybe Homeschool Moms Are Just Sassy

By CircleReader | August 25, 2008

Christine Moers is not someone you want to get cornered. I’m really going to enjoy reading her blog…

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Never Underestimate the Mom

By CircleReader | August 18, 2008

One of the things I love about Nicole is her periodic flashes of cheeky brilliance.

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The Good Book at the Olympic Games

By CircleReader | August 14, 2008

Because cultural and academic leaders in China are seeking to understand the influence of the Bible on the worldview and culture of the West, there is a growing interest in Chinese-English bilingual Bibles in mainland China…”What a wonderful thing it would be if thousands of people would learn English—and Chinese!—by reading the Bible in side-by-side bilingual editions.”

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Teach Them to Read and Let Them Go!

By CircleReader | August 11, 2008

Having conventional life stages mapped out is comforting–we know what we are supposed do and when; but what if life doesn’t always fit in a box? Or what if, as recent developmental research implies, there is no box?

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August, 1945

By CircleReader | August 8, 2008

Sixty-three years ago this week, the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The enormity of the event, the inhuman scale of both this power and its consequences, is nearly impossible to communicate. How can one understand the power of a thousand suns unleashed upon whole cities? It became one of the defining stories for generations [...]

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Teach Your Children Well

By CircleReader | August 8, 2008

How, in narrative terms, would you explain the Iraq war? On the assumption that you didn’t want to say either that, “Iraq is only one front in World War IV, the global struggle against Islamofascism” or “we went to war so the President could get back at the guy who tried to kill his dad, make money for his buddies in the oil business, and protect Israel.”

Suggestions?

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Camp Is Where the Heart Is

By CircleReader | August 7, 2008

Summer camp is not really about recreation, but about learning the practices of the group–not affluenza, but apprenticeship. For me, Covenant Point was where I learned to love creation and its Lord, and to see his character and presence in the counselors & campers there. So I asked our boys, “At each of these camps, what did you learn? What did you practice?”

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