Interview with Timothy Patitsas, part 2 Welcome to season 3 of our podcast! This episode is part of the conversation that we had with This episode is focused mostly on education and what it looks like to have a Beauty-first approach to it. We didn’t even bring up Charlotte Mason by name(!), but you’ll see … Read more

Wherein I remind myself to put first things first. Education is not salvation. Education does not have starting points nor ending points apart from birth and death. It does not take us from ignorance to knowledge or from foolishness to wisdom. It is neither situation specific nor location specific. Education is the science of relations. … Read more

Patterns for Life audiobook, chapter 15 If we want stories that will spark a longing for Christ’s kingdom, one of the best places to start is with fairy tales. That may seem a strange beginning, given the fact that we are used to thinking of education as dealing with facts more than fiction. But we … Read more

Meet Autumn 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

Part 1 of our interview with Timothy Patitsas Welcome to season 3 of our podcast! This episode and the three that follow it are all part of the conversation that we had with . We started out by talking about his book, The Ethics of Beauty, which is what you will hear in this episode, … Read more

A Giving and Receiving Post I have a sister who bakes and decorates amazing cakes. My children often teasingly ask me why they never get birthday cakes like the ones their cousins get. Occasionally I’ve attempted to make excuses about time or the right tools, but the real reason is simply that I’ve never cared … Read more

Patterns for Life Audiobook, chapter 14 Critical thinking is universally touted as one of the most important outcomes of a good education, and for good reason. The ability to take in information and then to understand what it means how it can be used is without doubt an important skill. There is a continual push … Read more

Meet Melissa 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

Exploring the fairyland that we call “Internet” Every so often it happens that we experience what is commonly known as a paradigm shift — a new way of seeing is presented to us and there is no way to un-see what we have now perceived. The kaleidoscope through which we view reality moves ever so … 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