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I've been listening to Bonhoeffer on audiobook, because of your suggestion. It IS really good.

How are you liking your new homeschool curriculum this year? I would love to hear if you think you will stick with it or switch back to the CMEC for next year.

" Emma" the mini series (it's 4 episodes)is great!

This was great! Thank you for sharing. 😊

This is such a rich and wonderful conversation. Thank you 🙏🏻

I desperately wish I could have more children. I’m so thankful for my 2, and I know that God is sovereign. But my heart will always ache that I was not able to bring more persons into our family and into the world. 😢

Nerds not...adrens so...standard, common

Steal not kill not destroy not

Sorry I'm late to the party here. I just wanted to add a new tool to consider. People aren't always pro video games, especially moms, but they can be used to simulate and train kids in high stress situations. Call of Duty is used by former military service members for them to cope with PTSD by helping them work through situations, for example. I grew up playing video games with my older brother. They can teach you how to respond when you are in dangerous situations without making real life too scary. "Scary" games will have a monster or something you need to avoid or fight. You sneak, improvise weapons, hide, stay quiet, and have to locate alternate exits to escape, for example. They also teach you how to search for and get to safe locations where bad guys can't get you anymore. I can tell you that after growing up playing those games, I found myself in some frightening situations as a teen and young adult. My parents had taught me safety but it was the video games that kept me from freezing. I was able to generalize the structure of those games into real life. They gave me a clear hierarchy of tasks, an ordered set of objectives to meet, and the agency to follow through. For example, I was followed as an older teen from a restaurant where a friend flaked on me for a meetup. I was alone in a rougher part of town late at night. A man had apparently been watching me from outside and began to follow me. The way the shopping center was set up had no parking. I had to park my car one shopping center over and pass a dark alley to get there. Thanks to video games, I assessed and confirmed he was a threat. I recognized that alley as a "danger zone" that I needed to get past before he could reach me. Once I was past it, I checked to see how close he was. My original objective had been reaching my car but I realized with how he was gaining on me I wouldn't make it inside and get the doors locked. So I reassessed, realized there was an open restaurant, and waited him out inside. My parents taught me how to pick out people like him. I am very grateful to have had video games to teach me how to respond to changing conditions and to make split second decisions in high stress situations.

You would enjoy RC Sproul: Consequence of Ideas and John Frames History of Western Philosophy. Or my favorite, from mid 17th century in Latin - John Owen’s “Biblical Theology”, this one is mind blowing for lovers of the classics, he even cites lost books… it’s the earliest intellectual apologetic encyclopedia I’m aware of, from a Puritan Christian genius who knew his classics as well or better than neo-platonist humanists etc.

This question does not necessarily go with this video. A goal I have for myself this year is to read four Christian biographies (along with others). Could you recommend any? I find that biographies can be written in rather a dull manner. Your direction and recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you.

You talk of reality brings to mind an Elizabeth Goudge quote: “As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that make an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself.”

I began studying and reading as well, but I found out we were pregnant with our 5th mid-year, and it’s definitely been the hardest pregnancy so far. It’s been humbling to accept my limitations. 😅 We’re also expecting early next year. Congrats, Autumn!

Autumn, these vides make me weepy! I'm sure you hear this a lot. I'm so thankful for you. You are living in such a 'set apart' way that I find deeply inspirational and encouraging.

Is it possible to buy the way of the will without subscribing?

I'm wondering if you will be doing a follow-up of the curriculum in review from the first term? Thanks so much! I learn immensely from these videos.

What version of the Grimm Brother Fairytales do you recommend

You always inspire me to stay the path…thank you!

Thank you girl!! Challenging and encouraging. Looking forward to mother academia in 2025.

What camera do you use to film? I love how crisp and clear your videos are 😊

9:05 Huh.

I disagree that Materialism is what leads to the disbelief in God. I think reasoning and critically thinking individuals will always question absolute ideologies. It's interesting that pre-christian paganism like that of Ancient Greece and Rome was pluralistic & open to many ideas including atheistic ideas, but Christianity claims to be the only way & truth.

I agree with the importance of myth, folklore and fairy tales however I disagree when it comes to your high praise for the Chronicles of Narnia, Narnia is a stolid fantasy that renders morality in absolutes deriving from Christian ethics. I think it's a simplistic way to paint the world and the actual roots of folklore and mythology go beyond the Judeo Christian theology. The moral complexity in pre-christian mythology and folklore are far more thought provoking and often contain irony that lead to deeper and more nuanced discussions.

Unrelated to your list, but if you've never read the poetry of Edgar A Guest I highly recommend. It is wholesome, relatable and filled with all the little wonders of life. And it seems to have been deliberately buried and made hard to find which adds rebelling against popular culture to its appeal. Hope you're having a merry Christmas season. :)

Your comment about Tolkien had me laughing 😂 Merry Christmas!

You're a breath of fresh air. All these other channels are tirelessly going on about the patriarchy and global warming while intermittently talking books and literature, terrible ones at that. Lol. Homeschooling only way to go. Love Lewis and great video. Look forward to more.

Forgive me, I'm new here. You're orthodox? Wouldn't Valley of Vision be against the orthodox position?

This depth of field is not working.

Till We Have Faces is my absolute favorite book of all time, and I don’t see it talked about often. So many great books you mentioned!

I have two historical crushes, Ven. Fulton J. Sheen and young Karol Wojtyla aka John Paul II. Their writings and ideas speak so much of what we need in our modern world <3 Thank you for the book recommendations! I read The Machine Stops when you recommended it in one of your videos and I was enthralled. I am a non internet phone user as well and I see what these devices are doing to our humanity. I am currently reading an article on the topic of leisure and it being a weapon in the spiritual life which ties nicely into the classical life. I am loving this article so much that I am going to scan it into my computer, which is a pain, and email to all my friends and family! Merry Christmas to you and your family Mrs. Kern :) -Kat

It’s like you made this list for me 😂 currently reading Metaxis and it is riveting! As soon as you began describing Klara and the Sun I immediately thought of The Machine Stops. Glad you explained that connection and I’m most definitely going to check that one out. I also LOVED Til We Have Faces. It helps to read with someone who’s well versed in Greek Mythology or to research as you go along (in my opinion anyways)! I need to add this as a reread in 2025. Praying you have a lovely Christmastide!

I've had that Bonhoffer book for years but was intimidated by the size of it. I guess I'll have to read it now! Especially since there's a Bonhoffer movie...I should at least know more than the people who watch the movie ha ha

Somehow I still haven't read Until we Have Faces. I've started it but I did not get past the first couple of chapters. I wish I had more people like you close to me.

I was near the end of my pregnancy when you started Mother Academia, and I was very optimistic at the time 😂 I’m such a slow reader already, so I let it go. I’ve never been good with disciplining myself, and I want to change that

Thank you so much for this - excited to dive deeper into classical convo. This is something I have never been intentionally exposed to - I think I fell through a wardrobe of classical Charlotte Mason thanks to you but haven’t read Narnia… yet.

Autumn! It's me, your inkling friend! Haha I have been meaning to let you know I finally followed suit and downgraded to a dumb phone. It's been glorious. I will be writing you a letter when life slows down after the new year, but I can't resist going ahead and sharing my favorite fiction reads of the year that I NEED to make sure are on your radar. - "In This House of Brede" and "Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy" by Rumer Godden - "Green Dolphin Country" by Elizabeth Goudge - "The Feast" by Margaret Kennedy - "Mother" by Kathleen Norris - "Shepherd of the Hills" by Harold Bell Wright - "Jo's Boys" by Louisa May Alcott (have you also discovered this sequel to Little Men"?!! P.S. A hearty YES to historical crushes for our daughters. My childhood ones were William Wallace, the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion, and Ronald Reagan. (Clearly the chief value in my home was Liberty haha!) I had a college crush on Bonhoeffer as well after reading "Saints and Villains," the historical fiction based on his life. I hope your family has a very merry Christmas season, my friend!

Ahhh Klara and the Sun. Every time I mention the title my inner self feels quite unsettled (this life is coming for us!! 😆). I have brought it up in so many conversations.

Hi, I was wondering if you could do a video on how you teach your children about the Bible. I feel like I barely understand it myself to be frank, and I’m worried that I won’t be able to answer the questions my children ask about what we are reading. Thank you for your work in helping us moms navigate all of this. If it weren’t for you and other podcasters, I would have never found out about this way of living. And that’s uncomfortable to imagine!

More of these PLEASE!!! Love it Autumn.

P.s. Please tell me you're going to get Rod Dreher's new book on Wonder!!!!

Autumn, love this home librarian series! Have a blessed Christmas!! You touch so many. Heading to the bookstore. Maybe I'll skip.

I just picked up Til We Have Faces at a thrift store this past week! As always, thank you for the recommendations 😊

I’m so impressed with Fulton Sheen being in that set!! Thank you!

Wow, I always learn so much while listening to you! And I'm definitely adding all of those books to my toppling TBR for 2025!

As a fellow history major, I can definitely relate to historical crushes. ;)

im dying at you trying to work books into any and all conversations. You are me

I saw the Bonhoeffer biography at my library and was intimidated by the size but now you make me want to give it a try! Til We Have Faces is one of Lewis’s works I didn’t get to this year but I do have a copy and am immediately bumping it to the top of my TBR. Dystopian novels are always unsettling but wow are they sure relevant to the times 😅 Thank you for the recommendations! Merry Christmas 🎄

I read that Bonhoeffer book some years ago! It was the first time in my life that I was tempted to keep a library book. (No, I didn't do it!) I get attached to specific physical copies of books, especially long ones, because I end up spending a lot of time with them. They go with me everywhere, so there are memories attached to them that a new copy of the same book just doesn't have. I was obsessed with it too. I struggled with the morality of his actions. I couldn't get it out of my mind. I've never come to a settled on view on it. I still go back and forth on it. I may do a reread sometime.

To your first book: The first thing that attracted me to my husband was . . . his ability to speak in coherent English (using proper punctuation and capitalization over FB Messenger), and the fact that he readily showed that he was more widely read than I was. ❤

You are the visual version of a good book. I come back to your videos and find something I hadn’t noticed before. Merry Christmas, Autumn! Thanks for sharing your obsessions! I’ll be back again.