About Living Arts Press™
This work was not born out of efficiency, innovation, or a desire to “fix” homeschooling. It grew slowly, from lived experience—watching how easily good intentions become heavy, and how quickly fear can replace confidence when education is treated as a performance rather than a long, faithful work.
At its heart, Living Arts Press™ is a place of return: a return to clarity, to rest, and to the conviction that formation unfolds best when it is not rushed.
Living Arts Press™ exists to serve weary homeschooling mothers through a calm, classical, and confessional vision of education.
A quieter posture toward education
We stand within the Christian classical tradition, deeply shaped by Charlotte Mason’s humane understanding of children as persons. We believe education is not a system to master, but a life to cultivate—through attention, habit, living ideas, and time.
Our work resists industrial models of schooling, whether modern or classical. We do not measure success by acceleration, output, or comparison. Instead, we trust slow growth, ordinary faithfulness, and the hidden work that cannot be quantified.
This posture is not nostalgic. It is deeply practical—for mothers who must teach within real limits of time, energy, finances, and strength.
Confessional, not performative
This means we teach and write with a clear sense of:
- vocation rather than self-invention,
- grace rather than pressure,
- realism about weakness rather than idealized strength,
- and trust in God’s work in the ordinary rather than anxiety about outcomes.
We do not promise transformation through better planning. We do not offer education as a path to control or certainty. We speak to mothers who are sincere, tired, and deeply aware of their limits—and who need reassurance more than strategies.
For more about about Charlotte Mason, her Anglican faith, and our Lutheran response, read here!
Why we begin with rest
Many mothers come to Living Arts Press™ looking for homeschool help. What they are often carrying is not a lack of curriculum, but the weight of constant decision-making under pressure.
This is why we begin where we do.
Before schedules, before plans, before purchases, we tend to the inner posture of the mother. When fear quiets, clarity returns. When urgency loosens, wise decisions become possible again.
Everything we offer flows from this conviction.
About the founder
Sarah has taught in both private and public school settings and brings a deep love of storytelling, relational teaching, and family life to her work. Through Living Arts Press™, she writes to encourage mothers toward peaceful, meaningful learning shaped by grace, beauty, and faithful presence.
Who this work is for
- take education seriously,
- feel the weight of “getting it right,”
- are drawn to classical and Charlotte Mason ideas,
- and long for a calmer, more faithful way forward.
It may not be for those looking for ready-made curriculum, rigid plans, or fast results. This work favors clarity over control, depth over speed, and trust over technique.
An open door, without pressure
There is no rush to understand everything, and no expectation to commit. This work will remain slow, steady, and available whenever you need it.
