Laura E. Wolfe

Part 2 of a talk by Laura E. Wolfe, given at the St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture’s Orthodoxy and Education Conference on October 17, 2025. If you haven’t read the first part of this presentation, check it out here! Here is where Charlotte Mason comes back in: Her principles of education naturally … Read more

A talk by Laura E. Wolfe, given at the St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture’s Orthodoxy and Education Conference on October 17, 2025. I’ve been working on this talk for a few months now, so the ideas here have been on my mind for a while. But just this past week, a couple … Read more

What are we actually doing when we read to children? After reading the essays at The Christian Imagination a few weeks ago, I bit the bullet and ordered The Haunted Wood by Sam Leith. I’m just a few chapters in, and I’m so excited to write about this book and what it means for us … Read more

How Orthodox Christianity Already Transcends Gendered Energy If you purchased the sex ed curriculum I wrote for my kids, Sex Ed for Sane People, you would have received a series of companion audio files entitled Turning Venom Into Medicine: Meditations on Sexual Sobriety. These audio essays were originally intended as the start of a longer … Read more

A Chatty Inspiration Post Blessed Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos! We are a few days into the fast now, and I thought I’d share a chatty post with some of the things our family does to help prepare our hearts during this season. The first thing to note is that I’ve been playing … Read more

A new perspective I am in the midst of an organizing project. I have been scouring Amazon and Pinterest for ideas and inspiration so that my children who share bedrooms will be able to store their stuff better. Whether all the stuff is worth storing is a question beyond my capacity to answer at the … Read more

How Christians are Missing the Point on Pornography Recovery You may or may not know, but last year I developed a sex education curriculum for my teenagers and released it to the public.1 I don’t make a big deal about it for several reasons. First, regardless of the books I have published (including Sasha and … Read more

What is your next step? It’s been a long time since we added to this series. Probably because we were busy, you know, juggling. But if I’m being honest, it’s because this next step is as important as it is difficult, and it’s much harder to talk about than prayer. I doubt there was much … Read more

The Wild Card We Call Homeschooling Christ is Risen!! This past fall Laura was invited to speak at the first Orthodoxy and Education Conference, hosted by the St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture. Here, on our substack, we are publishing her talk in 4 parts (to allow for time for busy moms to … Read more

The Wild Card We Call Homeschooling This fall Laura was invited to speak at the first Orthodoxy and Education Conference, hosted by the St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture. Here, on our substack, we are publishing her talk in 4 parts (to allow for time for busy moms to read and reflect), but … Read more