I was so excited this morning to have the Canada Post lady show up at my door and hand me a box of TOG. Tapestry of Grace is one of my favourite parts of homeschooling. It outlines a course of study through history, literature, geography, philosophy, church history and art – all from a Biblical perspective and it also tackles worldview.
I love how TOG guides us to learn through the light of the truth. Here’s just a glimpse of how they approach literary analysis:
“A Christian literary analyst’s first duty is to do his work in such a way as to glorify and enjoy God. This means that the Christian literary analyst should consider what he finds in literature in light of a biblical worldview and seek to understand and appreciate God’s nature and works better, praise Him for them more deeply, and enjoy Him more thoroughly, as a result of his exploration of literature.”
Doing literature with any other focus lacks purpose and sense.
And here is a quote from the introduction to week 1 of Year 4 (we’re looking at Modern History this year):
“You can expect to be sobered and awed by two things in your studies this year: the depths of sin in mankind and the heights of God’s wisdom, mercy, justice, kindness, and grace towards undeserving people. So be encouraged that God is sovereign over all of history – even the twentieth century. Together, let’s dive into this study, looking once again for His loving, gracious hand that is ever weaving His tapestry of time.”
That makes me want to jump right in and start now. It also makes me incredibly grateful for our opportunity to homeschool. I couldn’t imagine having my kids learn about history any other way. History doesn’t make any sense when you remove God from it and the future doesn’t hold a lot of hope without God’s grace.
I’m really looking forward to starting TOG year 4 in September.
