In Home Education, Miss Mason says, “the flowers, it is true, are not new, but the children are…” This idea is as true for admiring flowers as it is to exploring a nature park or learning to tie your first bowline knot. Scouting awakens that desire to test possibilities and sharpen the senses.

John Paterson Smyth did not set out to become a widely-known figure in popular Christian thought. Rather, he followed a path typical of Church of England pastors of his day….

Most of us are familiar with the classic poem “The Spider and the Fly” which is a cautionary tale for both young and old about..

Mary Monica Waterhouse Bridges was born on Aug. 31, 1863 in Manchester, Lancashire, England to Alfred Waterhouse and Elizabeth Sarah Langton Hodgkin. Her father, Alfred,..

“It is much to be wished that thoughtful mothers would more often keep account of the methods they employ with their children, with some definite..

The longer I taught and the more life experience I gained, the more I saw the practical wisdom offered in the Plutarch biographies. He was as much a philosopher as a historian and he vividly illustrates for us the relationship between virtue and happiness, without conflating happiness with money or power.