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Brighty of the Grand Canyon
We read Marguerite Henry’s Brighty of the Grand Canyon as a family read-aloud. I read it long ago, probably when I was 11 or 12, but remembered virtually nothing. How can this be? It’s…
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Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio is a book of short stories that created a stir when it was first published in 1919. My library copy included an introduction by Malcolm Cowley which suggested Anderson’s…
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In the Presence of My Enemies
This book leaves me unsure. It’s an account of missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham, who went away for a romantic anniversary weekend, and were kidnapped by terrorists and held for over a year in the…
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Through Gates of Splendor
How do I begin to come to terms with this book? At some point I became familiar with the story of the five missionaries killed in Ecuador in the ’50’s. Last year I…
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Socialized Homeschooling
Like my title? I was aiming for an attention-grabber… But a more accurate title would be, “Socialization Reconsidered.” My husband and I have been wrestling through questions on the subject of healthy socialization…
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No Little People
Francis Schaeffer’s No Little People is a book of 16 sermons delivered at L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland. My reading of it follows on the heels of Schaeffer’s True Spirituality, and reinforces my appreciation for the…