Beauty

The cultivation of virtue and wisdom by nourishing the soul on truth, goodness, and beauty.
This is how Westminster Academy, a classical Christian school in Memphis, Tennessee, partly defines classical education. Notice there’s nothing there about getting a high-paying job, respecting cultural differences, or being useful in the local church, although all of those things are [...]

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Leah’s Hope

 When the ultrasound disclosed the secret that our second baby was going to be a boy, I quipped, “Now my husband will love me, for I have borne him two sons!” My husband and the nurse thought the whole thing was very funny, and we all had a good laugh. What is not funny at all is the [...]

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Respect When It’s Hard

Nancy points out that respect does not mean overlooking sin.
Respect When It’s Hard by Nancy Wilson

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Love and Respect

It’s always interesting, and usually most helpful, to consider what trusted voices from the past have said about current controversial topics. Here’s what Ligon Duncan discovered.
Chyrsotom the Complementarian

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A Woman’s Affections

Women are emotional creatures. Indeed, an important part of our sanctification is learning to control our emotions. I tend to concentrate on the negative displays of emotion, but is there something positive in them? What are they for? Jonathan Edwards, in his classic work, Religious Affections, discusses human emotion:
“God has given to mankind affections, for [...]

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Girls’ Day Out

I was thinking of my five best friends, and realized that none of them live anywhere near me. That’s really strange, and unhealthy. Email and cell phones–in one way they keep us connected with long-distance friends and family, but in another way, they can disconnect us from those closest to us.
Women need friends. Have you [...]

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You know you’ve got a problem when…,part 8

You know you’ve got a problem when your children are miserable because you don’t love them.

Are your children happy? Is there peace in your home?
Remember that sentimental feelings are not necessarily Biblical love.

These notes are taken from the audio series from Canon Press: Biblical Childrearing.

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No Pain, No Gain

Unfortunately, for me, my husband is keeping up with the political showdown regarding the use of painful techniques to get information from terrorists. I caught him on the phone with a few Senator’s offices, and now I’m threatening to leave the house in November. If any of you can put me up for a few nights, I [...]

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You know you’ve got a problem when…,part 7

You know you’ve got a problem when your children are lazy.

Work is dignifying and work exalts us.
We’ve been trained to get other people to do work for us.
We feel we have a right to a certain standard of living.
If you don’t teach your children hard work, then bad things are going to happen to them.
The [...]

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Piper’s message to children

This is a great message from John Piper that goes along with yesterday’s post about developing our children’s masculinity and femininity. I especially like the part about boys and weapons.
Click here to listen. It’s about seven minutes long.

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You know you’ve got a problem when…, part 6

You know you’ve got a problem when your sons and daughters are insecure in their masculine and feminine identities, respectively.

Keep in mind that we live in a world that hates femininity.
Fathers are responsible to keep a fence around their daughters.
Let girls grow up knowing what it is to be protected.
Don’t let sons grow up needing [...]

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RSVP

There once were some girls from Ashland City
Who needed to think as well as look pretty.
They all agreed
That English cookies and tea
Would make them talk and appear quite witty.
Who: The young women of CBC (you can decide if you are young)
Where: Merriman’s of Ashland City
When: Saturday, 12:30 pm
Why: Because we need each other!
 

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Try it–you’ll like it!

There is no greater need for the coming years than a revival of interest in the responsiblities of motherhood. We need mothers who are not only family-oriented but also family-obsessed. We have seen much about the virtue of determined childlessness and the right to make one’s own place in the sun; yet it is hard [...]

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You know you’ve got a problem when…, part 5

You know you’ve got a problem when your children are whiners.

Phil. 2:14. This is one of the most difficult things for all of us to learn, and we need to teach it to our children.
Complaining is a characteristic of an unbeliever, and we should not be known for it.
Teach your children to have a good [...]

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Real Men Kill Terrorists

 My husband brought home the movie United 93 last night and watching it was an emotional experience. There was nothing overly dramatic or gratuitous in the story. The pervasive irony was tragic and disturbing.
I cannot stop thinking about the man who played Thomas Burnett. I was thinking of John Piper’s definition of Biblical manhood: a disposition [...]

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