‘We cannot hear from God if we do not know what His voice sounds like. Reading the Word of God (the Bible) helps us learn how He thinks, how He talks, and how He walks.’ Isis Smalls, Beauty in the Making In my last post, I outlined our plans and intended curriculum choices for […]
If I believe God to do what He says, I can rest, assured that… 1) The Lord has a plan for our homeschool (Jeremiah 29:11) 2) My child can learn even the most difficult subjects (Phil 4:13) 3) My child has unique gifts and talents that need the right environment to blossom (1 Corinthians 12) 4) […]
I still have a post among my drafts entitled, “At the Homeschool in my Head.” I never finished it from a first day of school years ago, but the concept is simple: what happens around that kitchen table often looks markedly different than what we envision. After reading Charlotte Mason’s approach to education, I dreamed […]
I wrote a post a minute ago about speaking and believing the best for our children. In doing so, I forgot to discuss the other side of this particular coin: what your children might be speaking to themselves. When I was young, our small church congregation prayed collectively, led by one of the church deacons. I […]
By now, unless you have succeeded in existing WAY off the grid, you know that our coastal Texas region was devastated by Hurricane Harvey. By now, you have been bombarded with images of people being carried out of flooding waters, lifted by helicopter after narrowly escaping through rooftops, and waiting for bare necessities in overcrowded […]