Beautiful Homemakers

  When we read about American Indians, we usually only read about negative things.  We are told of how little money was exchanged for Manhattan Island, how settlers considered the half-dressed Natives savages, and that they were forced into Christianity.   It is true that Native Americans were treated cruelly when they were forced out of their lands, and died on the trail of tears going to a reservation.  This was indeed a dreadful thing that happened in American history. Yet, there are also a plethora of good “Indian” stories.   Stories of Native Americans who became true Christians (known as “the praying Indians”), who enjoyed living with the new white people, and who were missionaries to other Indian tribes.  They were happy to be converted to Christianity because they believed the Gospel message, that Jesus Christ died on the cross for their sins and was resurrected, and that no one could get to...

One Christmas several years ago someone on my Christmas list requested the book The Sacred Enneagram as a gift. I bought it and flipped through it and noticed the section entitled, The Contested History of the Enneagram .  Contested?  As in Questioned?  Challenged?  Disputed?  Yep. This piqued my curiosity, so I began researching the contested history, and boy did I find a lot that the author of the book, Christopher Heuertz, left out!   The enneagram is supposed to be from ancient times, but it is well documented that the enneagram first came into being from George Gurdjieff, an esoteric teacher. Scholars have verified this. And poor George died on  October 29, 1949. That means that the enneagram isn’t "ancient!"  In fact, for decades there weren't even any words attached to the enneagram design . George wrote that it was a diagram of “cosmic reality” – that you could see the universe in it because it had mystical meanings....

Sallyedelsteincollage.com There are two schools of thought in teaching young children: " Better Early Than Late " and " Better Late Than Early ."  I fall into both camps.  I agree with all those people who see that their preschoolers can memorize anything, and believe you should take this window (that closes around age 7 or 8) to help your child memorize Bible verses, the times tables, helping verbs, and other pertinent life facts.  At age four, my son (like your child) was memorizing a favorite video.  When my husband was aged 4-8 he inadvertently memorized commercials (and can win all jingle contests at parties).  When I was that age we went to church three times a week, and so without trying to, I memorized hymns (for which I am forever grateful!).  But I didn't want my son memorizing The Three Little Pigs video!  So we began Classical Conversations, and I'm glad we did.  He (we) learned a lot.  Their timeline song is amaz...