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Apr. 22, 2008
News
| I'm sure everyone watches the news as much if not more than I do. I really try hard not to but when I open up my laptop, there is my yahoo page with all of the news on it. So if the news doesn't make yahoo than I don't know about it.
This last week I've been reading about the polygamist sect that has recently been invaded. The looks on those women's faces is just haunting. The thing that strikes me the most though is the way they dress. I read a whole article last night on the symbolism of their outfits. I know this sect is a cult but I was trying to understand why these people believe that covering up their entire bodies was pleasing to God. We know that uncovering our bodies is not pleasing to God so where do we draw the line? I struggle with that line with my daughters almost every day. Do we decide where that line is drawn or does society tell us where that line is? If we listen to society, that line moves all the time. When I go to church and see young girls dressed like every other young girl in a magazine, I think, "what is the difference between how a Christian dresses and a non-Christian?" I want my girls to look differently but not have to stand out like these cults.
Does anyone else struggle with this problem? I would love to hear some of your solutions.
God Bless, |
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Apr. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Are you doing Charlotte Mason on your own or are you using Ambleside Online? I LOVE Ambleside Online. Almost everything is FREE!! There are many things that they use that are even available online. They have a schedule set up for each year, but as with all ciricculum you don't have to follow it verbetum (sp?) They have so many resources available from setting up what to study for science, composers, artists, hymns, folk songs, etc.
The things that I didn't impliment this year were foreign language, composers, artists, folk songs, and probably a few other things. I kept meaning to study a language but never seemed to get around to it. We used our own hymn schedule too. My church does a music schedule for a month putting who is playing the piano, offertory, specials, etc. as well as the hymns for each week. I just chose one from the last Sunday of the month and that was our hymn for the month. As DS is only 7, this was a great way to start learning a few hymns.
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