Hope for our children is a beautiful thing. It’s what encourages them to dream and gives wings to their desires. Sometimes, though, in the process of hoping for our children, we ourselves lose sight of that true meaning of hope....
Continue readingHope for our children is a beautiful thing. It’s what encourages them to dream and gives wings to their desires. Sometimes, though, in the process of hoping for our children, we ourselves lose sight of that true meaning of hope....
Continue readingI wanted my children to grow and develop their natural talents, gifts, and desires. But here’s the interesting part and what woke me to another level of the graciousness of God: each child, in turn, has chosen paths that I, as a teenager and young adult, had desired but never...
Continue readingWe all have intermissions, the point in life where we take the information we have, humbly seek God’s direction, and go forward in faith....
Continue readingMy daughters do not always recognize their distinctions as strengths. In a culture of constant comparison, today’s young women are often looking to fit in. To display your strengths sometimes comes at the cost of loneliness or rejection. ...
Continue readingNot that we should equate homeschooling with a regular “job” – it isn’t – but we should recognize and respect that, in today’s society, it is an additional responsibility that goes beyond what we’ve come to consider standard parenting....
Continue readingIn all honesty, I am guilty of wanting to take the easy road of signing a petition, calling a senator, or attending a rally in order to pass laws to produce a society I am comfortable with. ...
Continue readingOne year at our annual encouragement day for homeschooling moms, my friend, Sue, told a very personal story from her early days teaching her three children. While her two daughters were model students, her son had given her a run for her money. Day after day ended in tears, usually...
Continue readingWhether someone is an auditory, tactile, visual, or verbal learner, reviewing lessons and developing creative ways to invite participants to experience God’s truth and love can be a game changer....
Continue readingAlways remember, though, that your greatest confidence comes through the hope of Christ. If your decision is grounded in the clarity brought by his Spirit and is founded in the boundaries he has led you to set for your family, then rely on him also for the confidence to hold...
Continue readingA healthy understanding of God is the foundation for interpreting all of life. I misinterpreted and made unsafe and unwise decisions for many years....
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