thoughts and songs from Heather
This very quick overview of Latin grammar was designed to orient a complete beginner–as if she were seeing the territory from an airplane! This video was part of the online Latin course for mothers/teachers in the Sursum Corda homeschool community.
What did Charlotte Mason–beloved 19th-century educationalist–actually say about Latin? Here are a few interesting quotes in a handout I made to accompany my colleague Sami Brandon’s talk in the online Latin course for mothers/teachers in the Sursum Corda community.
Why do I give up something for Lent? How can a family celebrate Lent? This is the written version of a testimony I gave at the Ash Wednesday service for FOL Covenant church. I observe Lent to let the Holy … Continued
What is “fluency,” really, and how is it achieved? This video is the follow up to An Audacious Goal: WHY Study Latin. Both appeared in an online course I developed for mothers/teachers in the Sursum Corda homeschool community.
Learn Latin in order to read living books—from a long and beautiful tradition—in their original language. This video was part of an online course I created for mothers/teachers at our Sursum Corda homeschool community. Here is a Reflection Worksheet, to … Continued
Printable sheets for families to put on the fridge and use at home! These first appeared (with pronunciation guides in Ecclesiastical or Classical Latin) for our Sursum Corda homeschool community on January 13, 2020.
Trade in your to-do lists for A Story, this Advent! This first appeared in the FOL Covenant Church newsletter and website, December 3, 2019. A few years ago, I discovered that I had stopped reading fiction. Oh, not completely, I … Continued
This list of ideas for family Advent activities was first published in the FOL Covenant Church newsletter and website, November 17, 2019.
…when family Advent Devotions FAIL! This piece first appeared in the FOL Covenant Church newsletter in November 2019. This picture shows the moment before a major Family Advent Devotions FAIL. That year, I had actually prepared some little lessons–like Children’s … Continued
How can we respond to rejection and failure in ministry? This piece was published in the FOL Covenant Church newsletter and website on March 26, 2019. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give … Continued
What in your life keeps you on an “even keel”? (This is part of a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set … Continued
I believe in the importance of time spent in nature. But going outside has never been my natural instinct: I’m just more of a curl-up-with-a-book-and-tea person. I read with awe about mothers who are constantly outside with their kids: getting … Continued
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! Definition of “Cultivate”: … Continued
I have always been fascinated by words that are part of visual images, and I decided to play with that in my Bible journaling last week. The second half of Mark 1 has Jesus reaching out with his hand twice–once … Continued
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! Definitions of Fold … Continued
My early journals were very one-dimensional. Whether I intended them to or not, they usually covered one topic: my emotions in my teens or self-analysis and career in my twenties. Eventually, through examples, I began to branch out and include … Continued
For Christmas, I received an ESV Journaling Bible: one of those now-popular Bibles with extra margin room for notes and illustrations. I’ve been admiring all the Bible-margin artwork popping up on the Internet these days, and wondering what it would … Continued
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! Definitions of … Continued
What kind of foreign-language writing is simple enough to keep up every day? or even every week? Writing in the foreign language(s) you are studying is powerful, and I have gained a lot from each “journal” I have started over … Continued
This is a series of one-word prompts (OK, sometimes two-word!) that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours. … Continued
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! “Merely having an … Continued
Happy New Year! I’m excited to announce that we have just released The 7-Day Prayer Journal and the companion e-book The 7-Day Prayer Journal Guide. A few years ago, my mother, my sister, and I began to experiment with prayer … Continued
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! When are you … Continued
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! ‘Tis the gift … Continued
This is a series of one-word prompts that you can use to get writing today. Each is accompanied by a little doodle from my own journal, to set the scene: a gift from my journal to yours! In his stillness … Continued