tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post1064901835280083775..comments2023-11-02T05:04:07.941-05:00Comments on A Lifetime of Days: A Curriculum of CompassionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07219986489903886940noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post-15032339086923823252014-08-31T08:30:48.748-05:002014-08-31T08:30:48.748-05:00Holly, I love your ideas and your heart! I want t...Holly, I love your ideas and your heart! I want to teach my kids a "curriculum of compassion" too! My first reaction to reading anything about kids is a feeling of inadequacy and that I am already screwing them up, but I know that to be a lie! God gave us our kids with our particular strengths and weaknesses and we are enough. God never beats us up with what we aren't doing, just gently encourages us onward. And this post is definitely an encouragement to me.Paula Gamblehttp://paulagamble.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post-28990868881185043492014-08-30T19:34:23.467-05:002014-08-30T19:34:23.467-05:00Beautifully said, Holly. Although I know myself we...Beautifully said, Holly. Although I know myself well enough to know that I could not have done this 35+ years ago, I do believe it is the best possible answer for many families today. Blessings as you craft this curriculum and learn together.pastordtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post-41189639374471677582014-08-30T15:54:26.775-05:002014-08-30T15:54:26.775-05:00I cannot stop thinking about this post and the thr...I cannot stop thinking about this post and the three words "curriculum of compassion." I'm praying for the practice of such a study to be a reality. I will return to your words, dear Holly, often over the weeks to come.Bethhttp://www.awalkalongtheway.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post-85396577500869940572014-08-30T12:11:07.369-05:002014-08-30T12:11:07.369-05:00Charles,
I am so thankful for your perspectives he...Charles,<br />I am so thankful for your perspectives here--that of your own homeschooling experiences and, perhaps more importantly, that of learning about, and from, those who are different from us. I have been thinking a great deal these past few weeks about how very little I know and that the best way to remedy that reality is to commit to listening. I want to stop assuming that I understand and, instead, I want to come from a place of emptiness. I want to make room for the voices of others instead of the ones I have on repeat--the ones that have perpetuated a comfort that I can live with and by which I need not change. For a time in our early marriage, my husband and I worshiped with a predominantly African American congregation in the city of Atlanta. I cannot fully articulate all the ways that I was changed while sitting in that sanctuary. But I can say this--it always felt like home.Hollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post-36901234202448616632014-08-30T12:01:33.322-05:002014-08-30T12:01:33.322-05:00Kelli dear, I am walking forward into this desire ...Kelli dear, I am walking forward into this desire completely buoyed by the strength of those who come alongside of me. It is folks like you, friend, who teach and shape me, who live out these truths in their simple, beautiful, every day lives. This is a movement of togetherness--nothing less. Thank you for linking arms. Always.Hollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post-37632360755121164022014-08-29T16:16:57.264-05:002014-08-29T16:16:57.264-05:00YES. Oh, a thousand times yes. What a manifesto an...YES. Oh, a thousand times yes. What a manifesto and a light by which to see. Thank you for courageously naming your path, dear Holly, both for your family -- AND, I suspect, for countless others of us (whatever our different manifestations may be). <br /><br />Your quote at the end reminded me of another gem by another of the Kennedys - JFK: "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." And YOU, my friend, are raising thinkers. A noble venture, indeed. ... I'm so glad I know the Granthams.kelli woodfordhttp://jasonandkelliwoodford.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post-36122828440367554022014-08-29T15:19:11.606-05:002014-08-29T15:19:11.606-05:00http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2014/08/freedom-ro...http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2014/08/freedom-road-by-charles-bane-jr.htmlCharles Bane, Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245131160534112763.post-50252448625862486672014-08-29T15:09:04.154-05:002014-08-29T15:09:04.154-05:00This deeply moved me, on many levels. I was educat...This deeply moved me, on many levels. I was educated largely at home, due to health issues. It was an advantage, in every respect, though I think children who are homeschooled need a course of exercise, and not just play. Again, the homeschooling parent has the strong hand, as PE is seldom offered anymore, in public schools.<br />But I was more touched by your commitment to teaching your children about the minority community, which is separate and unknown to most caucasians. Virtually every African American over 60 is a living witness to the history of the Civil Rights Movement. And young Black America is focused on reparations as the means to balance a ledger out of balance since slavery, and a base for an independent economy, nationwide and an alternative to a corporate America that all Black Americans know is tainted, wholly, by racism.<br />Frederick Douglass' s Autobiography has never been bettered as a source, but to know the minority community, one must go there, across railroad tracks where steeples are thick as woods. The Black community is conservative, spiritual, education- oriented, and fueled , often, by rage. But it welcomes the deep- souled. The family that chooses to worship with it during the nation's most segregated hour, is never turned away.Charles Bane, Jr.noreply@blogger.com