One of our favorite parts of the day is reading the emails you write us here at Kindred Grace. Sometimes, you're writing with prayer requests or to share a story close to your heart. Other times, you're writing with a question, a plea for help. And one of the most common themes to your questions is writing. You want to know everything from how to learn to write well to how in the world we have time to get so much writing done.This month we ... Read More about Practical Tips for Beginning Writers
Around the Table with Shauna Niequist (a trio of reviews)
by Gretchen Louise and Emily C. Gardner Gretchen: I'm funny about getting new books by an author I haven't read yet. It doesn't matter if half the internet is talking about them--I usually wait until a dozen friends have told me, "You will love this book" before I actually pick up a copy. Such was the case with Shauna Niequist's books. Bittersweet actually sat in a stack of books on my bedroom floor for almost a year before I dug out the ... Read More about Around the Table with Shauna Niequist (a trio of reviews)
A Quiet Person in a Noisy World
by Denise J. HughesThe small bell on the door announces the arrival of more guests. The store resembles a living room — with cushions on the floor for reading and toys in a basket for playing. This humble bookstore boasts the charm of a private enterprise. It’s the kind of bookstore I love most.My children are accustomed to our monthly visits, and they know to use our library-quiet voices when we’re here. So my youngest daughter tugs on ... Read More about A Quiet Person in a Noisy World
When Firstborns Collide
by K.J. Tanner My daughter and I are both the firstborn children in our family. We’re both high achieving, highly motivated, natural leaders. We both know what other people should be doing and spend most of our time running around like a chicken with our heads cut off. I like order and schedules and routine. She’s the spitting image of me, however since she is seven and one-half her idea of what a routine should look like and my idea are ... Read More about When Firstborns Collide
Learning Styles: One Homeschooling Momma’s Inadvertent Journey
by Simply Darlene God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all the animals of the sea and the birds of the air and the critters of dry land, is also the One who made man. And in making us, He created us in His image (Genesis 1:27); but, He also swiped both our outsides and our insides with His varied brush stokes of individualism.Because all of this God-given uniqueness is sometimes hard to understand, we usually turn to ... Read More about Learning Styles: One Homeschooling Momma’s Inadvertent Journey
On Writing from the Heart
by Nicole Unice The summer that I wrote my first book, I got a tattoo on the inside of my wrist. I didn’t get it to be a cool “rebel” Christian. I got it because it was my attempt at making myself write honest.The tattoo is one Greek word. The word is “tharseo” and it means “take heart.” As in, “in this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). As in, “Take heart, daughter, your faith has healed ... Read More about On Writing from the Heart
A Peek Into Your Education (link-up)
"To educate the mind without purifying the heart, is but to place a sharp sword in the hand of a madman." -Robert Lewis Dabney Discussions, Vol. IV, (Vallecito, CA: Ross House Books, 1979)We've been talking about education all month...and now it's time to take a peek into each other's education! Whatever your story or experience, we’re looking forward to hearing about all of our diverse educational backgrounds and aspirations. Link up to your ... Read More about A Peek Into Your Education (link-up)
October: A Peek Into Your Education
“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” -Robert Maynard Hutchins Each October we take a peek into each others' lives, focusing on one theme throughout the month at ylcf.org and then giving everyone an opportunity to share in the link-up at the end of the month. This year, we're going to take a peek into each others' educational experiences.Maybe you'd like to interview your teacher. ... Read More about October: A Peek Into Your Education
Dear Me
The blogosphere has been full of letters to our teenage selves this past week, in celebration of Emily Freeman’s new book Graceful (For Young Women): Letting Go of Your Try-Hard Life. And it was quite a trip down memory lane for some of the writers here at YLCF who decided to join in. We've collected some excerpts for you to enjoy -- make sure to follow the links at the end to read each letter in full. Because our heart here at YLCF is ... Read More about Dear Me
the joy of books
because you always knew books came to life when the bookstore closed each evening... (feed readers, come on over to watch the video!) ... Read More about the joy of books
For Whom Do You Carry Your Stone?
by Elisabeth Elliot Every one of us who loves Jesus Christ is meant to reveal that love in the way we live. Missionaries are meant to be people who love Him enough to carry that message to others, whether they must cross an ocean or simply cross a street. When Jesus lived here on earth, His life witnessed to the truth, every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year. He did always those things that pleased the ... Read More about For Whom Do You Carry Your Stone?
On Girls, Boys, & Brothers
by Eleanor Hunter, late 1800's Think a minute. Do you never snub [your brother] or criticize him or make fun of him? Do you never dispute with him? Do you constantly think of little things to do that will please him? Are you gentle and sweet in all your ways with him always? If you are not, you do not love him enough, for it is in such ways that sisterly love is manifested, and I do not think the boy ever lived who could resist a kind and gentle ... Read More about On Girls, Boys, & Brothers
