I have read the Great Controversy. I was born and raised Seventh-day Adventist. The simple fact of the matter is that a very large percentage of the Great Controversy was plagiarized from other authors by Ellen White. I recommend obtaining a copy of The White Lie by Walter Rea in order to understand the magnitude of the problem with Ellen White’s writings.

An update to this thread… my family and I entered the Orthodox church on Holy Saturday of 2010.

I would like to encourage you to obtain a copy of the book ‘The Great Controversy’ by E.G. White. I would simply send you a copy of it myself, but I have not yet attained the funds to pay for a number of these books to distribute/give out; so all I can do is tell you about it.
The exact copy that I have read is hard to find as it was a small print-run paperback version in Australia a while back, and the ones currently available have variations in the text if you compare them, as well as additions or cut-outs. The closest I have found (that is CURRENTLY in print), can be bought here: http://www.adventistbookcenter.com/Detail.tpl?sku=0816305250

I wish I had a copy to send to you, but I don’t yet. This particular book (on the webpage), which is quite inexpensive at US $13.99, seems to have almost double the amount of pages as my paperback copy? – but if anything, it contains more text, not less or lacking. It has only very slight variations, and it is the closest I’ve found to what my copy is.

You should read it. This book is worth more than gold, and ANY treasure on earth.

I stumbled across your blog through Kelly the Kitchen Kop, while looking for crispy nut ideas, and found this post on traditional education. I just finished my 7th year teaching in a classical school. While I am going to be taking a break from teaching for at least the next school year, I’ve been doing some consulting with parents who are transitioning to full or part-time homeschooling using classical methodology and curriculum. If I can be of any use to your family, please let me know.

Actually I haven’t joined anything yet and I’m actually attending an Eastern Orthodox Church. My family hasn’t joined me in that and continues attending a protestant church.

I’m torn between Catholicism and Orthodoxy and I haven’t found a clear answer as to which path I should follow. They are so very similar. At this point my heart is pulling me toward the east but I haven’t yet ruled out the west.

I think what the east has is what I most lack.

I’m just getting started on the homeschooling path (my oldest is four), and considering classical education for my boys. Please keep updating! Besides, once you live in a real house, you might start posting bread recipes again.

So are you still in the ‘considering’ stage, are you in RCIA, or did you join the Church at Easter?