Annie Holmquist

6 days ago | 1819news.com | Annie Holmquist

That the most important weekend in Christendom is fraught with busyness is hard to deny. New clothes, chocolate bunnies, egg hunts, and time with family make it easy to slip past the Easter holiday without reflecting on its meaning. If such is your reality, then you’re not alone. We’re all guilty of letting life’s challenges keep us from reflecting on and ruminating over important truths, whether secular or religious.

1 week ago | intellectualtakeout.org | Annie Holmquist

Holy Week is upon us once again, the week which starts with little children hitting one another with the palm branches they received at church and culminates eight days later as those same angels sit “in their Easter bonnet(s) with all the frills upon it.”For many Americans, Holy Week is no more than these outward trappings of palm branches, new spring dresses, and chocolate eggs and jelly beans.

1 week ago | 1819news.com | Annie Holmquist

Holy Week is upon us once again, the week which starts with little children hitting one another with the palm branches they received at church and culminates eight days later as those same angels sit “in their Easter bonnet(s) with all the frills upon it.”For many Americans, Holy Week is no more than these outward trappings of palm branches, new spring dresses, and chocolate eggs and jelly beans.

2 weeks ago | intellectualtakeout.org | Annie Holmquist

A friend of mine recently announced her pregnancy to a gathering of mutual friends. She was grateful, but slightly overwhelmed, especially since this baby will be joining a growing troop of small children. Her announcement is just in time for National Siblings Day on April 10, one of those strange calendar remembrances that actually seems to get noticed judging from the smiling photos of brothers and sisters which pop up all over social media on the day.

2 weeks ago | intellectualtakeout.org | Annie Holmquist

I came across a twofold piece of good news the other day: 1) There is still something about which Americans are almost in complete agreement; 2) People want their children to become avid readers. This information stems from the chart below, gleaned from a recent NPR article which reported that a whopping 98% of respondents agreed that they want their children “to develop a love of reading.”I’m happy to count myself in the majority on this topic.