Trivium Pursuit Blog
Contest: What Country?
Johanna G. is reading Johannah Bluedorn Stanford's book The Lord Builds the House: The 127th Psalm. What country is she in? Hint: The country has a sea, was part of the Soviet Union, and is bordered with Hungary. Who are the two men represented in this statue? Hint:...
Two Trivium Munchkins in Taiwan
Hungarian Translation of Teaching the Trivium
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Hans and Nathaniel at the Summit of Mount Rainier
Climbing Mount Rainier
#1 son and.... #2 son climbing Mount Rainier this week with David Rasmussen.
Our Double Hollyhocks
All the flowers in God's garden are double. -- John Bunyan
Skyping with Eric
He knows all his short vowel sounds and is working on long "o"
Certainty Does Not Rule Out Necessity
In coming into Calvinism there are two or three things we ought always to remember. Number one is, certainty does not rule out necessity. Just because anything is certain to occur is no sign it isn't necessary that it occur. Therefore, Paul the missionary said...
Have Camera, Will Travel
#1 Son Travels the Country Flaming Gorge, Utah Salt Lake City Somewhere in northern California where there are very tall trees. Sacramento, California. These people look familiar. Santa Clarita, California. Looks like someone is eating well.
Rx for the Soul
Sons and Daughters
Qualities to Look For – Or Avoid – In A Potential Mate by Darryl M. Erkel Topics for Conversation When a Man and a Woman Are Considering Marriage by John Piper
Homeschooling in Alabama
We are just beginning our homeschool journey here in Alabama. One of the issues I am encountering is that the state requires we submit a Course of Study to the board of education. Our daughter is just now 7 and we are now legally required to enroll her in some sort of...
This sickness is not unto death
Monday, August 17, 2009 Morning and Evening C. H. Spurgeon Evening This sickness is not unto death.—John 11:4. From our Lord's words we learn that there is a limit to sickness. Here is an "unto" within which its ultimate end is restrained, and beyond which it cannot...
We tried to teach the cat some spelling rules…
Anne and her cat Sissy -- "We tried to teach the cat some spelling rules, but she was not interested and refused to cooperate even when bribed."
Solve the Mystery of the Missing Mask — A Ten Minute Mystery
Last night, Sir Gibbsley's prized possession, his Tribal Tooth Mask, disappeared. Can you help him find it? Sir Gibbsley used to hunt elephants in Africa till a rogue elephant took out his right leg. Now he loves to terrify his nephew Horatio with fearsome tales of...
Year 2003 Homeschooling with the Trivium
Best of Homeschooling with the Trivium E-Letter Year 2003 now on our web site.
Our neighbor
Hans taking our neighbor Mrs. Rosie Burger for a motorcycle ride.
Missing you
Baby
You're just too good to be true....
Ten Things NOT to Do with Young Children
1. Do not let your child be a passive observer. If you read to him, ask him questions about what he has heard. Tell him to narrate the material back in his own words. Make him address any moral value issues which may come up. Develop his mind, not simply in the...
Edward Deering Mansfield and The Political Grammar of the United States
Edward Deering Mansfield -- Born New Haven, Connecticut, August 17, 1801; graduate of Yale; mathematical genius; lawyer; author; newspaper journalist; professor at West Point. Edward spent his early years in primitive Cincinnati where he received a total of...
My all-time favorite C.H. Spurgeon daily devotional
Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon August 5, Morning "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God." Romans 8:28 Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows, for instance, that God sits in the stern-sheets of the vessel when it...
Sir Winston Churchill on socialism
Sir Winston Churchill June 4, 1945, before losing the election to the Labor Party which offered peace and socialism: "No socialist government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently worded expressions of...
Peace in Taiwan
A new review of The Fallacy Detective on Amazon
This new review of The Fallacy Detective just appeared. Do you agree with the reviewer? We would love it if you could comment on this review (put your comments on the Amazon page under the review) or write your own review. This Book is an Abomination, Unmitigated...
Favorite Sermons
The Death of the Believer and the Unbeliever by Rolfe Barnard In the Bible what we call death and the Lord calls sleep is harmless for one of His own. There is nothing in death to cause fear for a child of God. It is wonderful that the Scriptures teach us that the...
What may seem defeat to us may be victory to him.
Taken from Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon The night also is thine. Psalms 74:16 Yes, Lord, you do not abdicate your throne when the sun goes down, nor do you leave the world all through these long wintry nights to be the prey of evil; your eyes watch us as the...
Eric Harrison Ford Stanford
Endangered Minds
The book Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It by Jane Healy was recommended to me as a discussion of why even educational TV can have negative effects on children. I was going to go out and buy it, but I noticed on the amazon.com...
Christian Filmmakers: Interviews with Film Professionals
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