Boo Radley's Front Porch
I'll never forget that line from To Kill a Mockingbird, about standing on Boo Radley's front porch. The gist of it is the importance of being in the other guy's shoes, looking at things through his eyes every so often, etc.
Today, I was coming back to work from something or other (lunch, I think) and Danya said, "Hey, Chris, we've got an intelligent, fun, interesting pagan using Tapestry and writing about it on her blog."
Unique, to say the least. "Shoot me the link," I replied.
After reading her blog and all the comments on it from her friends, I'm inclined not only to agree with David's assessment of this lady but to add descriptives of my own, such as "wonderful sense of humor" and "open-minded" and "what a delightful person!" I was also surprised to discover that there are more pagans (that's their term for themselves, not mine) using TOG than I ever thought.
"This is what Mom always wanted," David said. Yes, I realized, it is. Somehow, God has allowed us to make a curriculum with so much to offer that pagans as well as Christians are using (and enjoying!) it, yet we have not compromised one iota on presenting classical studies from a biblical, gospel-centered worldview. I believe our pagan mom's term for some of our biblical-worldview-based questions is "gag," but that's a good thing. I'd be concerned if I didn't see that comment somewhere. And wow, she's even using some of those biblical worldview questions because she wants her kids to understand the Christian perspective!
My only question now is, does she realize how seductive the Christian perspective can be?
I really, really like this lady. We all do. In fact, I think she's become a sort of This Month's Favorite Mom. In addition to everything else, she's teaching her kids (four boys) Latin and Greek at the same time. How can I not appreciate such a person?
So here's to you, Mom of the One Sixteenth blog! Thanks for letting me stand on your front porch for a few minutes. It's been a little bit strange, but definitely enlightening and encouraging!
Today, I was coming back to work from something or other (lunch, I think) and Danya said, "Hey, Chris, we've got an intelligent, fun, interesting pagan using Tapestry and writing about it on her blog."
Unique, to say the least. "Shoot me the link," I replied.
After reading her blog and all the comments on it from her friends, I'm inclined not only to agree with David's assessment of this lady but to add descriptives of my own, such as "wonderful sense of humor" and "open-minded" and "what a delightful person!" I was also surprised to discover that there are more pagans (that's their term for themselves, not mine) using TOG than I ever thought.
"This is what Mom always wanted," David said. Yes, I realized, it is. Somehow, God has allowed us to make a curriculum with so much to offer that pagans as well as Christians are using (and enjoying!) it, yet we have not compromised one iota on presenting classical studies from a biblical, gospel-centered worldview. I believe our pagan mom's term for some of our biblical-worldview-based questions is "gag," but that's a good thing. I'd be concerned if I didn't see that comment somewhere. And wow, she's even using some of those biblical worldview questions because she wants her kids to understand the Christian perspective!
My only question now is, does she realize how seductive the Christian perspective can be?
I really, really like this lady. We all do. In fact, I think she's become a sort of This Month's Favorite Mom. In addition to everything else, she's teaching her kids (four boys) Latin and Greek at the same time. How can I not appreciate such a person?
So here's to you, Mom of the One Sixteenth blog! Thanks for letting me stand on your front porch for a few minutes. It's been a little bit strange, but definitely enlightening and encouraging!
posted by Praelucor at 10:39 PM
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