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  1. Maybe my view on the meaning behind the crucifixion was/is too simple. I never thought God was mad so Jesus HAD to be sacrificed. God was angry in the OT-but according to Father-not so much. Anger and wrath are words that did not translate completely correct. His wrath was more of a corrective measure-not a punishment. Anywho..........I wasn't alive in the OT. I wasn't Adam or Eve. I wasn't alive when Christ was. Therefore, I have never viewed myself as personally responsible for God's anger in the Bible. Altho, I am a sinner-I am not the original reason Christ was killed. I haven't felt guilt for the sacrifice. I haven't felt that God was angry at ME. Am I missing something?

     

    I understood Fathers analogy, but I don't understand who the servant represents or why there are 2 kings.

  2. Thank you ladies!

     

    Roller Skates is about an 11 yo girl in the 1890's who goes to stay with a women in NY while her parents travel for a year. It's actually quite neat. But for me and the kids it wasn't engaging at all.

     

    We are also reading The Reluctant Dragon which is a picture book altho, lengthy. So far, it's not too fab either.

     

    The only series my kids have LOVED is Toys Go Out. DS loved Wind in the Willows as did I.

     

    None of us are fans of audio books, but I may have to give them another go.

  3. Doesn't care for books like Roller Skates, The door in the Wall, etc. I don't know what you call these kinds of books with language that makes no sense to some children and stories that all of us seem to find very dry. We have attempted these two as read alouds as they go with our curriculum. Roller Skates we just tossed aside. I have a feeling we will do the same with The Door in the Wall even tho we have read only 3 chapters.

  4. I'm going to have my kids learn about saints using something I purchased from CurrClick. Which saints from this list are used in Orthodoxy? If there are saints that are not part of the church would any of them be unwise to teach?

     

    St. Joan of Arc

    St. Juan Diego

    St. James the Greater

    St. Jude of Thaddaeus

    St. Christopher

    St. John of Damascus

    St. Mary Magdalene

    St. Luke

    St. Matthew

    St. Anthony the Abbot

    St. Jerome

    St. Valentine

    St. Nicholas

    St. Monica

    St. Thomas Becket

    St. Anthony of Padua

    St. Therese of Lisieux

    St. Bernadette

    St. Francis of Assisi

    St. Martin of Tours

    St. Ambrose

    St. John the Baptist

    St. John the Apostle

    St. Augustine of Hippo

    St. Thomas Aquinas

    St. Angela Merici

    St. Bernard of Clairvaux

    St. Thomas More

    St. Leo the Great

    St. Peter

  5. We are currently using Organic Homeschooling. We started Feb. today because we had to go to WA last week as DH's Gpa had a heart attack. Todays Bible story talked about the Tabernacle-using fine clothes, gold, silver, jewel tones and Aarons robes. It talked about incense. The Door in the Wall talked about Nones and Vespers, Church bells and churches named after Saints.

     

    I would not have seen the significance of this had I not been part of this social group, joined the discussions or read the suggested books. I would not have been able to explain the significance to my children. I wouldn't even know that many of these things are Orthodox and why.

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