Curriculum of Grace—Overview
At age 13, my parents sent me to a Christian school, not because they were believers or wanted me to be, but because it was widely recognized as one of the best schools in New England. What I call a curriculum of grace began in the spring of that year. It was not the official curriculum of that school or any other, but rather a series of episodes orchestrated by God to teach me what men could not teach me, to apprise me of something within myself that school would not have recognized, and to call me to Him in a way that I could not ignore, even if at the time I did not recognize who was calling.
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Table of Contents
Episode 1: Curriculum of Grace: Introduction
Episode 2: Fragrance
Episode 3: Heart of a Sinner
Episode 4: God’s Servant
Episode 5: Empathy
Episode 6: Mental Illness
Episode 7: Crosspatch Farm
Episode 8: Runaway
Episode 9: Houses for Migrants
Episode 10: Three Girls
Episode 11: Education Without God
Episode 12: Gaslist
Episode 13: Literary Leanings
Episode 14: Childhood and Society, Part 1
Episode 15: Childhood and Society, Part 2
Episode 16: Flowers of Evil
Episode 17: The Interests of Working People
Episode 18: The End of the Lesson
Episode 19: Epilogue: Rewriting Personal History
That sure was a tumultuous time. Funny the way living one's life deliberately is so hard. God keeps on redirecting us. I used to think I was buffeted randomly from one thing to another, until I looked back and realized who was doing the buffeting! Welcome to the newsletter, and blessings to you in return!
Charles, I’m 76 & walked away in ‘67 & didn’t return until ‘94, read the Bible in 9 months, became a Gideon. Didn’t read Marx; read Paine, the Diests, memorized Emerson & Thoreau. I intended to live my life deliberately; a failed experiment. I came to myself, I repented & I returned. Blessings to you.