Humans are cyclical. We live in cycles. Whether it’s the seasons, everyday needs, or health, we tend to require the same things over and over: lather, rinse, repeat. I have been contemplating the importance of thinking and taking time to process lately. It’s so easy for our tasks to swallow up our growth, like a […]
Our yard is filled with mud. Not the good kind, where kids slosh and laugh and mom looks the other way because it is spring in Maine. It is the boot swallowing, productivity-inhibiting, slough of despond-ish kind. I have been tempted, several times to “deal with it” by staying inside and waiting for the warmth
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Fifth mondays in the month mean throwback blog posts and since Easter is fast approaching, here is our reminder from the great Blaise Pascal about why we follow Christ: Jesus Christ has verified that He was the Messiah, never in verifying His doctrine by Scripture and the prophecies, but always by His miracles. (Pascal, 808)
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I have the privilege of teaching at a classical Christian conservatory once a week, and one of my roles this year is to lead the morning song. I had come across the song “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”, and it has been a fun and edifying way to begin the day. It begins: “I
Every once in a while I peruse past blog posts. Honestly, I think that the Lori of 2020 was probably smarter and had more to say than the Lori of 2025. Here’s the setting for you: I am at my desk after a great Algebra class trying to think about polynomials and what I can
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