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A Revolution in Education–and Formation?

By On March 16, 2012 · 4 Comments

As the sidebar says, I’m a mom. One of the things I do as a mom is participte in the Academic Advisory Committee of my children’s school. Today we received a presentation on the new Common Core Standards for education.

What I learned was this:

States voluntarily came together to develop common [...]

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Experiments at Home

By On January 13, 2012 · 1 Comment

This Sunday we celebrated the Baptism of Our Lord.  Our children woke up to scallop shells (see them? even though they are really too small for the setting?) scattered around the Advent wreath. (On the other hand, please do not notice how very un-Martha those ribbons are.)

Since

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7 reasons I don’t take much for granted

By On December 4, 2011 · 6 Comments

1.  I’m a Christian. I wasn’t raised to be a Christian.  In fact, my father explicitly told me that Christianity made no sense.  I love being a Christian.  More on that later.

2.  I’m married.  I’ve been married twelve years.  To the same husband: my only husband.  My parents got divorced.  My grandparents got divorced. [...]

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