A Response for Oprah

As I was making dinner last week, I accidently pressed my “radio” button twice and picked up the television station that aired the Oprah Winfrey show instead of the classical station. Normally I wouldn’t give my attention to the show, but what I heard that evening piqued my curiosity. I listened. Oprah was asking: “Can you be [...]

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Exercises in Futility

Today I subbed for an 11th and 12th grade class in writing research papers. The regular instructor wanted the students to practice writing organized paragraphs, so we took a stab at it. I gave them 20 minutes and two topics: “why we go to school” or “why it’s important to read.”
When the answers came in, [...]

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It’s Now or Never

After my friend Andrea and I had tea and salad at the Tea Room in Ashland City, we dug through the colossal mess that is actually a bookstore on Main Street. I found a wonderful old book that I have never seen or read before: The Family by P. M. Palmer and J. W. Alexander. [...]

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Homeschool material for teaching music

Alfred Music Publishing Company focuses on music education at all levels including a seperate link on their website just for homeschoolers! You can view their products at http://www.alfredpublishing.com/frameset.cfm?sub=homeschool. These resources may interest those of you who want your children to have music exposure and good music education from the very beginning, but just don’t know where to start. Most of [...]

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RBM&W Chapter 4 Review

Compared with Dana’s last chapter, this was an easy read!  I enjoyed blitzing through the chapter in one sitting. 
Reading this chapter, I found that my mind kept meditating on Philippians 2:5: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus”.  In trying to come to an understanding about God-given roles for men and [...]

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Jove, Help!

I have some airport horror stories, but this one takes the cake: read article here.
“It is a cruel satire to say that two grown-up persons cannot manage one poor little weakling, whose only resource is to cry, without forging the thunderbolts of Jove.” 
The Family. Palmer, B. M. and Alexander, J. W.

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I Want That!

It’s one of the seven deadly’s, but not one we hear too much about anymore. Shakespeare called it the “green-eyed monster” and gives a gruelling account of how it destroyed a great man and his wife (Othello). If you have small people less than two years apart in age living in your house, you’ve seen [...]

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Music topics for Redeeming Womanhood readers

After yesterday’s long day of teaching 6 hours of private music lessons, practicing flute for another hour, and a late night rehearsal with a harpist friend for her master’s recital at San Francisco Conservatory I’m wondering what readers of this blog are interested in and what I should be writing about. In other words, my creativity is being [...]

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The Buffet Principle

To explain certain areas of sanctification, my husband uses what he calls the “buffet” principle. There are two ways to avoid gluttony at the midnight buffet. One is to restrain your flesh and eat a reasonable amount. If retraint at the dessert table is unlikely, then use restraint by not going to the buffet. While [...]

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Heaven At Home: A Review

I love staying at home, and I love being married to my wonderful husband, and I love being a mommy. We have a peaceful homelife. So imagine the surprise on my husband’s face when my box arrived containing the books that I purchased with Christmas money. He pulled out Heaven At Home by Ginger Plowman and got a [...]

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RBM&W: Chapter 3, part 2

I haven’t been able to blog lately. My computer, which has been causing trouble for quite some time, completely bailed out on me. My good husband spent hours trying to make amends, but the Toshiba was bent on self-destruction and we had to get a replacement. Now that I’m back online, I can finish up chapter three.
In [...]

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RBM&W: Chapter 3, Part 1

I finally got around to reading chapter 3 last night, thanks to Crystal’s prodding! Since it’s been several weeks since we’ve posted on this topic, I wanted to explain, again, why and how we’re reading this book. Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem is a landmark manuel on the complementarian [...]

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