At Home With Sally Episode #94: A Heart for Reading and Music
In this episode, Sally is joined by her daughter Sarah and they discuss the deep roots and moral imagination and character that develops through books. They discuss the gifts cultivated by a reading life, and the capacity to pour those gifts back into the world as a result. Sally and Sarah will inspire your understanding of the importance of books as central to the rhythms of home life and our interior souls and personhood. Then Sally is joined by her friend, Terri Moon who shares about the gift of music and how to help our children have a love of classical composers, and some of her favorite books to share with your children to introduce them to music.
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT:-How reading furnishes in us an ability and increased capacity to see the world through another person's eyes
-The connection between faith and imagination
- How reading expands what we view as possible
-How reading provides a place for contemplation in our lives
-How reading trains us in focused and deep attention
-How reading helps to cultivate wonder in our lives and our ability to see the world as a gift
-How the words we read and use teach us to pay attention to the world around us
-How reading creates in us a true sense of self
-How to give our children a love of classical music
-Giving our children a sense of legacy by passing on what we love and appreciate
Find all the links to this episode at www.sallyclarkson.com/podcast