Lisa Rose

Does the internet solve boredom? Welcome to the Diner! Come sit at the counter of our virtual diner and let us serve you a slice of 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 … Read more

The internet as fairyland? Welcome to the Diner! Come sit at the counter of our virtual diner and let us serve you a slice of 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 today’s … Read more

Let’s cut back on the noise If you read here regularly you may have noticed that we’ve been fairly quiet over the past few months. Both and I believe that it’s important to step back from fairyland sometimes and re-orient ourselves in the real world, and Great Lent was a good opportunity for us to … Read more

Meet Juliana Christ is Risen, dear readers! Every month here at Patterns for Life we highlight an individual homeschool mom through a written interview in order to encourage and inspire our readers. We know it can be helpful to meet — whether virtually or in real life — other mothers who are in the trenches … Read more

Meet Sarah Every month here at Patterns for Life we highlight an individual homeschool mom through a written interview in order to encourage and inspire our readers. We know it can be helpful to meet — whether virtually or in real life — other mothers who are in the trenches with us here and now, … Read more

What homeschoolers can learn from Abba Moses If you follow a traditional-ish school calendar, starting sometime in the fall and ending when it’s too nice out to stay inside anymore, you may have noticed that sometime after Christmas things start to feel a little stale. The beginning-of-the-year determination and momentum has, after the excitement of … Read more

Meet Amanda Every month here at Patterns for Life we highlight an individual homeschool mom through a written interview in order to encourage and inspire our readers. We know it can be helpful to meet — whether virtually or in real life — other mothers who are in the trenches with us here and now, … Read more

Interview with Timothy Patitsas, part 4 Welcome to season 3 of our podcast! This episode is the final part of the conversation that we had with Here we talked a little bit about AI — what to make of it, how to think about it, and how to approach it in a beauty-first way — … Read more

Merry Christmas to all our readers! If you haven’t encountered the Nativity Sermon of St. John Chrysostom, we hope you will take some time in these coming days to read and reflect on the timeless words of the golden-mouthed preacher. Christ is Born! Glorify Him! BEHOLD a new and wondrous mystery. My ears resound to … Read more

In Which I Share Thoughts Sparked by Christmas Lights Driving around on dark December nights admiring the lights is a much loved Christmas-tide pastime, especially in the northern hemisphere where night falls earlier and earlier with each passing day leading up to the winter solstice. The lights shine out in the darkness and illumine the … Read more