C.H. Spurgeon April 12 devotional podcast My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. Psalm 22:14 Our blessed Lord experienced a terrible sinking and melting of soul. “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?” Deep depression of spirit is the [...]

Morning and Evening April 10

Will you be attending a Tea Party on April 15? Where? I’m going to try and go to one in Iowa City, Iowa if there is one at that location.

Toodles just missed something very big. What country is he in today?

by Andrew C. Thomas, Opinion Editor for The Tech, the M.I.T. student newspaper I’m always delighted when two sides that seem mutually opposed come together in harmonious agreement. I’m even more delighted when I’ve taken one of those sides. In this case, I write of the efforts of Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn, brothers from Iowa [...]

The Classical Pedagogue is a new website that acts as a guide to Christian Classical Education. Here you can find lists of teaching tools, book reviews, curriculum reviews, a pedagogue spotlight, comments by college professors on how to be prepared for attending university classes, and a forum for classical home educators to discuss issues that [...]

I am having a hard time finding essays that are well written for my students to “practice” the Benjamin Franklin method of reading, outlining, and rewriting from outline [page 399 of Teaching the Trivium]. Any suggestions that are easy to do today? Thanks so much. Juli There are several books of essays in the Harvard [...]

Moody Radio’s Prime Time America piece on Red Envelope Day.

Steve Bierfeldt, director of development for Campaign for Liberty (the Ron Paul organization), was selected at the airport for additional screening after officials spotted a metal box in his luggage that contained some cash and checks made out to the campaign ($4700).

Whew! Got through another birthday without a surprise party. After that surprise in the year 2000, I will forever suspect…… Written in November, 2000 You’ll never believe what happened at our house last week. I can hardly believe it myself, and sometimes wonder if it was all a fantastic dream. It was Saturday morning and [...]