Little House on the Ridge
a place for quotes about life, faith and learning
Music
Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth into which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education. - Yo-Yo Ma
Table Blessing
God, we thank you for this food,
For rest and home and all things good;
For wind and rain and sun above,
For rest and home and all things good;
For wind and rain and sun above,
But most of all for those love.
- Maryleona Frost
Meets Us
Right when we are at the end of long days, long lists and long sleepless nights, Jesus meets us and in Him we are tenderly, patiently, lovingly held together. So we can be ready for tomorrow. - Lisa-Jo Baker
Autumn Leaves
There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves. - Joe L. Wheeler
Unimportant
There are no unimportant jobs, no unimportant people, no unimportant acts of kindness. - Author Unknown
Getting Older
I love getting older. My understanding deepens. I can see what connects. I can weave stories of experience and apply them. I can integrate the lessons. Things simply become more and more fascinating. Beauty reveals itself in thousands of forms. - Victoria Erickson
Stories
The best stories are the ones that stick with us long after we've read the last page. - Jason Reynolds
Music
Music expresses that which cannot remain silent and that which cannot be put into words. - Victor Hugo
Ordinary
I believe God embedded the miraculous in the ordinary, and it is our task to discover and celebrate it. - Kent Nerburn
In the Boat
Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat. - John Ortberg
The Small & Simple
We think it is the big moments that define our lives - the wedding, the baby, the new house, the dream job. But really these big moments of happiness are just punctuation marks. The narrative is written every day in the small and simple. - Sarah Ban Breathnach
Freedom
Play is, first and foremost, an expression of freedom. It is what one wants to do as opposed to what one is obliged to do. - Peter Gray
Watch Your Step
Grandma used to say,
'Watch your step - what you get into can be tough to get out of.'
Make godly choices.
- Lynn Townsend
Wake up & Pray
Wake up tomorrow morning --- and each day after --- with a simple prayer: Lord, please help me today, on this one day, to uphold the standards that You have set for our family, to enjoy my children as you do and to truly know these precious souls that You have put in my care. - Rebecca Hagelin
Listening for Stories
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole. - Eudora Welty
Remembering Them
If you know someone who has lost a very important person, and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding them that they died --- you're not reminding them. They didn't forget they died. What you're reminding them of is that you remembered that they lived, and that is a great gift. - Elizabeth Edwards
Carrying
Your task is to be faithful; to do the next thing. And when you cannot get up on your own, let someone carry you, knowing that in due time you will be called on to do the same for others. And when you are blessed with the responsibility of carrying someone else, then your own experience with suffering, your own experience of depending on others, will give you the wisdom and empathy you need to love them well. Christ's body here on Earth is one of His greatest mercies to us. - Alan Noble
Lie Still
I am so weak I cannot write. I cannot read my Bible. I cannot even pray. All I can do is lie still in the arms of God as a little child, trusting Him. - Hudson Taylor
Thoughts & Feelings
We can let our thoughts and feelings deplete us of strength, or we can lean fully into God and ask for Him to carry us. - Tracie Miles
Interwoven
Play is not separate from our learning. It's not for "after our work is done". It's the vehicle for our language development, social learning, emerging STEM thinking and more. It's interwoven into everything we do, and engages students' heads, hands and hearts. - Joel Seaman
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