{"id":11780,"date":"2009-08-05T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=11780"},"modified":"2017-03-13T17:16:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:16:07","slug":"carrying-the-cross-a-bit-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2009\/08\/05\/carrying-the-cross-a-bit-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrying the cross a bit too far"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Over at FT\u2019s Icons and Curiosities, they\u2019ve run a bit amok.  Jody Bottum has been attempting to re-decorate Sally\u2019s Thomas\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/onthesquare\/2007\/06\/homeschooling-and-christian-du\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Homeschooling house<\/a> while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/iconsandcuriosities\/2009\/08\/04\/crossing-everything\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">working<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/iconsandcuriosities\/2009\/08\/01\/let-their-table-be-made-a-snare-and-a-trap-and-a-stumblingblock\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">with<\/a> a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/iconsandcuriosities\/2009\/07\/31\/knock-and-the-door-shall-be-kept-opened\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">very narrow<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/iconsandcuriosities\/2009\/07\/26\/the-fredrikson-stallard-brush-2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/iconsandcuriosities\/2009\/08\/05\/what-hast-thou-found-of-all-thy-household-stuff\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here is where they\u2019re at, now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be surprised.  The horror.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, the horror.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any further ideas, let them know!  They need help.  Much help.<\/p>\n<p>Sally\u2019s homeschooling piece though, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/onthesquare\/2007\/06\/homeschooling-and-christian-du\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">thoughtful and excellent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over at FT\u2019s Icons and Curiosities, they\u2019ve run a bit amok. Jody Bottum has been attempting to re-decorate Sally\u2019s Thomas\u2019 Homeschooling house while working with a very narrow theme. And here is where they\u2019re at, now You\u2019ll be surprised. The horror. Oh, the horror. If you have any further ideas, let them know! 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