Friday, April 25, 2008

Call to Simplicity and Godly Lives




I have noticed the vast numbers of Christian families who feel called to simpler more Godly lives so different than the world we live in. Many have begun homestead farms for growing their own food (and their relationship with God). This seems to be going right along with the Christian homeschooling trend. This prospect is very exciting to me. Hallelujah! I can see that God is doing an awesome work in His people, and I pray that he will empower us to do all that He has called us to, whatever that is. I do know this...God is definately calling His people away from the world and into a lifestyle that will glorify Himself.

Here are some links of interest on homesteading and Christian families:

Family Homestead
Eat Wild
Christian Homesteaders
Homesteader Life
High Lonesome Ranch Links

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Quote for today


" When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That's if you want to teach them to think."
--Bertrand Russell

Monday, April 7, 2008

The Scholemaster 1570

THE
SCHOLEMASTER
Or plaine and perfite way of tea-
chyng children, to vnderstand, write, and
speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed
for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientle-
men and Noble mens houses, and commodious
also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin
tonge, and would, by themselues, with-
out a Scholemaster, in short tyme,
and with small paines, recouer a
sufficient habilitie, to vnder-
stand, write, and
speake Latin.
By Roger Ascham.
An. 1570.

AT LONDON.
Printed by Iohn Daye, dwelling
ouer Aldersgate.

Cum Gratia & Priuilegio Regiƃ¦ Maiestatis,
per Decennium.