Open Doors Blog
A Note of Gratitude to My Readers
Over the past months, many of you have left comments on Open Doors that I have carried with me long after reading them. Since the blog system doesn't allow me...
A Note of Gratitude to My Readers
Over the past months, many of you have left comments on Open Doors that I have carried with me long after reading them. Since the blog system doesn't allow me...
Why Great Books Matter Now
Last Friday, I spoke at the INCH homeschool conference on moral imagination, great books, and the forming of the inner life. I had prepared notes carefully. Yet once I began...
Why Great Books Matter Now
Last Friday, I spoke at the INCH homeschool conference on moral imagination, great books, and the forming of the inner life. I had prepared notes carefully. Yet once I began...
Whatsoever Things
A small gift for Mother’s Day from us. Download the reflection card, Whatsoever Things: A Mother’s Reflection for Challenging Days. ---- On this Mother’s Day, I want to send love...
Whatsoever Things
A small gift for Mother’s Day from us. Download the reflection card, Whatsoever Things: A Mother’s Reflection for Challenging Days. ---- On this Mother’s Day, I want to send love...
What if Love Is the Curriculum?
NOTE:This is the beginning of a short series drawn from work I have been doing on love, virtue, and the life of home education. The homeschool morning begins with books...
What if Love Is the Curriculum?
NOTE:This is the beginning of a short series drawn from work I have been doing on love, virtue, and the life of home education. The homeschool morning begins with books...
The Book That Gave Tolkien Dragons
This is the third in a short series exploring the early life of J. R. R. Tolkien and the influences that formed his imagination—especially the role of his mother and...
The Book That Gave Tolkien Dragons
This is the third in a short series exploring the early life of J. R. R. Tolkien and the influences that formed his imagination—especially the role of his mother and...
How Did Tolkien’s Mother Teach Him?
Last week, I shared some reflections on the early years of J. R. R. Tolkien and the influence of his mother, Mabel Tolkien. He was educated at home for the...
How Did Tolkien’s Mother Teach Him?
Last week, I shared some reflections on the early years of J. R. R. Tolkien and the influence of his mother, Mabel Tolkien. He was educated at home for the...