The kids “pulled a fast one” on me, as they say, and decided to take different missions trips with the chuch’s youth ministry. This meant that each kid took a different week for spring break, and Mom got no break! Geesh! Though I would have loved to spring ahead by sleeping in this past […]
There exists statistical data that suggests a connection between weather and mental health. More specifically, these studies suggest that there are those who suffer from seasonal depression during the winter months. It is colder, generally drearier, and the weather begs for us to stay indoors—potentially isolated from those around us. If we follow this same […]
Past the cards, gifts, and chocolates that mark this season, if we are to succeed at all in educating at home, love must reign, even in places where it is difficult (read DISCIPLINE). Love marks every sacrifice in the Word of God, from Gideon to Ruth to Jesus himself. And believe me, friends, home education […]
There are lovely stories in the Bible. Children’s movies have been made of these stories; devotionals for the young are full of them. But God also covered the tough areas, as in the rape of Tamar by her brothers. He dealt with the incestuous acts of Lot and his daughters. He covered the beheading of […]
So…while I ponder my own reading list and my re-commitment to nighttime reading on my personal blog, I also thought that it’s not too early to begin thinking about what the children will read on next year—especially our son. Next year is a hybrid of our son’s senior year. By “hybrid,” I mean that he […]