While in the car yesterday -- which is where I seem to be spending the majority of this week, and perhaps this month -- and listening to Moody's Prime Time America, I heard an interesting, thought-provoking interview with Tim Challies of The Discerning Reader.

After a quick glance at the web site, I instantly became a fan.  I can't say devoted fan, yet.

I am a book-lover.  And, probably as an outgrowth of that, an information junkie.  The internet supplies an endless source of information, and I find myself signing up for e-newsletters and e-mail updates (as I did for The Discerning Reader, because I'm still not sure how RSS works!), and I download massive amounts of free e-books, free curriculum and free audio, much to the chagrin of my rather limited-in-size hard drive.  I really must get an external drive.  When my poor hard drive is suffering from information overload, I burn things to CD.  I have this vision of my children valuing this inheritance that I have diligently collected for them.  But it's probably not likely.  [sigh]

So, I was thrilled on my first visit to The Discerning Read to find the current top entry about the book Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (RBMW), which I, of course, had downloaded for free quite some time ago.  I started to read it and felt it, for the most part, supported my beliefs, but the busy life of a homeschooling mom of four quickly pushed my reading to the bottom of the proverbial pile.  (Let's face it, I could print the whole thing out and carry it with me, which I've done with e-books in the past, but who wants to waste that paper.  Oh, for a laptop.  Oh, for my own MP3 player.  [I often borrow my sons.]  And when to actually read.  I used to use our time in the car, but since my husband's eyesight is deteriorating and since we now live in a part of the city where it seems no one feels they need to obey the traffic laws, I do most of the driving.  And one of those laws -- I'm sure it's written somewhere - is to not read while you drive, so that's out of the question.)  Sorry.  I digress.

Anyway, I have signed up for the email updates and am hoping to keep up with this "discussion."  (Unlike the one I signed up for at The Homeschool Lounge on "The Excellent Wife."  Oops.  Life just gets so hectic.)

I really need to get back to caring for a teaching my children, and get off this computer!  So, have a blessed day.

Blessings,

Barb