Laura E. Wolfe

The Opposite of War is Not Peace Welcome to the Diner! Sit at the counter of our virtual diner and let us serve you a slice of pie. Mental pie! It’ll go good with a cup of coffee, then you get your refreshed self back to the fray with a few new beautiful thoughts to … Read more

Meditations from Lisa and Laura, Lent 2024 Lisa: We’re halfway through Lent. When it began I had visions of being unplugged and having all this extra time at my disposal for prayer and contemplation. I imagined leaning into our studies and adding some extra spiritual reading to our days. I had every intention of carefully … Read more

Exploration and Delight Lately I’ve been dreaming about logarithms. I go to sleep thinking other thoughts and wake up on the verge of solving a difficult problem involving logs and their bases. Did you know that logarithms help you solve for unknown exponents? I wish somebody had told me this in high school. I don’t … Read more

Patterns for Life audio Chapter 2 Chapter 2 of Patterns for Life: An Orthodox Reflection on Charlotte Mason Education The content below was originally paywalled. As persons, we are all born with the possibility of cultivating good or evil. Therefore, we are responsible for helping our children to train their minds (similarly to the way … Read more

Just War Theory Welcome to The Diner! Sit at the counter of our virtual diner and let us serve you a slice of pie. Mental pie! It’ll go good with a cup of coffee, then you get your refreshed self back to the fray with a few new beautiful thoughts to think. In this episode … Read more

Dear Disillusioned Homeschooling Mom, I’m sorry to hear that homeschooling is not exactly what you thought it would be. You were led to believe that since you’d embraced the Right Philosophy and had chosen the Right Curricula and had waited until the Right Time your children would take to reading like ducks to water and … Read more

Fasting and Eros Welcome to the Diner! Come join us for a slice of mental pie. For the curious — the quote Lisa couldn’t remember from Way of the Ascetics is this: “He who fasts much is he who loves much.” This week we are talking about fasting and eros. Take a listen and contemplate … Read more

Repentance can only happen now It’s so easy to look back to the past and agonize over our mistakes. It’s also easy to look forward to the future and fret over our plans for perfection. What’s not easy is to see this moment right now and be aware of the present opportunity for repentance. It’s … Read more

or being in it for the long haul Quick fixes are the order of the day for most of us when we find ourselves struggling to keep up with All The Things. We scour the internet for the latest and greatest life hacks that will help us pull all the pieces together and give us … Read more

Juggling 103 We have a motto in our house, one of several that run throughout the years like a harmonic motif. Though my teens might discreetly shade an eye roll when I say it, even my seven-year old can repeat it: Life is very short and goes by very fast. I don’t expect my kids … Read more