Articles tagged Refresh

Three Rs of Summer…Renew, Rest, Reassess
by Jennifer
Wednesday, 01 July, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Wednesday, 01 July, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
It’s summer! Hip, hip, hooray! Break out the ice tea, the sunscreen, and the books. Every summer, as my kids are soaking up the sunshine, hours of free play, and extra time with friends, I focus on three things I can’t find time to do during the school year. I renew,...

Dream Sabbath

by Cara
Tuesday, 19 August, 2014
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Tuesday, 19 August, 2014
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”
-- Genesis 2:3 (KJV)
What does your Sabbath look like?
Recently, I was reading that the Sabbath, or “Shabbat” in Jewish literature, is...

Come Rest A While

Nurture Your Soul – Summer Devotions Series
Come Rest Awhile
by Cara McLauchlan
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
―Augustine of Hippo, The Confessions of St. Augustine
My Aunt Betty loved teatime. She...

"Altared" States

Summer Practicum season is often the “pause that refreshes,” as Coca-Cola would say. Inspiration abounds from speakers keen to be God’s conduit for truth. Encouragement flows freely among those who have “been there” before—and survived a certain stage of the...

What Is Sabbath Rest?

In Genesis 2:2–3, Scripture tells us that “on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his...