Around this time of year, sometimes a month or two earlier, one tends to run across resource lists or resource guides for celebrating holidays in a particular fashion. At least two of my neighbors had Christmas trees up a full month ago, and many others tossed carved or whole pumpkins to the curb starting in late September. I'm a more church-year kind of girl, and decided to use an older sense of " resource " for this post. There are zero specific product recommendations (at least those that require purchase). I hope you enjoy the ideas! Cross-posted to my Substack . Atmosphere of the Home If you scan this post, you might notice that I took a line from Charlotte Mason in designing my headings. In our household, we've started home education before finding out we were autistic and also well before Child gets old enough to "attend" school. I'm also a second-generation homeschooler, with at least 2 family members likely on the spectrum, so I have some expe...
In terms of content I'm very familiar with, this post does not fit into that category. However, it's been a topic of marital conversation often enough that I wanted to pull together my ability to find and analyze sources to learn by writing. In my head, the best organization for the post works by starting with defining terms, then outlining three thoughtful steps or principles to help give a gentle answer to atheists one encounters in corners of the Internet. If you're looking for a solid apologetics course to prepare yourself, I plan to take this free 20-hour video course from the C. S. Lewis Institute over semester break this year. I'll likely write on it and work in the content if it goes well (which I fully expect that it will)! The publication date is significant: today is the Feast of St. Lucy . Traditionally, she wore candles on her head and brought sustenance to Christians in catecombs during the Diocletian persecution. Her feast day is also an ember day , i.e...