Encouraged, Excited, Energized By Rebekah Stemm
I had a dream that my kindergartener was getting beat up on the playground at her public school. In my dream, I went to talk to three of the authorities whom I knew personally in real life. Being very concerned, I kept pressing them, "What are you going to do about...
Living a Legacy By Mercy Hope
We live in a society that has effectively persuaded the majority of parents that forfeiting ones personal comfort and "freedom" for the purpose of training their own children is too great a sacrifice. But as I look back over my life I am ineffably thankful that I had...
The Homeschool Housewife Gets Some Sleep … NOT! by Susan Kemmerer
If you are one of those blessed women who are able to sleep through the night with nary a break in your restful repose, feel free to skip this article. This is addressed to those poor brave souls (I count myself among them) who are awakened night after night, several...
Time to De-Fragment Mommy by Karen Koch
My laptop computer has been sluggish lately — running slowly, working inefficiently, locking up doing basic functions. In light of this concern, Saturday morning I snuggled in with my laptop, my bathrobe, and my coffee to delete temporary files and run a...
Eleven Reasons to Keep Homeschooling by Karen Koch
Let’s face it. Homeschooling is often hard work and sometimes discouraging because we’re stuck in the ruts and can’t envision the end results. As we near the halfway mark in the traditional school year (although we all know schooling actually goes on year-round), we...
Weathering a Homeschool Storm by Norm Wakefield
Do you sometimes feel like a Category Five homeschool hurricane is going to obliterate your faith and smash it upon the rocks? As parents and leaders of your family, your faith in God sets the standard for the next generation. The timeless message from the book of...
Four Simple Goals By J. Michael Smith
At graduation services I share four simple goals for success. The first time I shared these concepts with an audience I could not believe the response. After the graduation, parents came up to me, asking, “What was that second point?” and “What was point three?” and...
Preparing Our Sons to Serve by Dr. Voddie Baucham
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.—Mark TwainThere is an epidemic of mediocre, prayer-less, visionless, immoral, irresponsible men in our culture. And if we continue to train our sons the same way, we will not stem the tide. If we see home...
Raising Men by Kevin Swanson
I think my son is turning into a man. Finally. (Big sigh.) Just yesterday, for the first time, he drove solo into Parker from our home here in Elbert County, Colorado. Of course, Brenda and I were praying fervently. I called him on his cell phone to remind him to make...
Sun Rises and Sets with You by Rick Boyer
It hangs on my office wall, a simple wooden plaque not as long or as wide as the lid of a shoebox. My desk is parked against that wall and the plaque is roughly centered, right at eye level. I see it every time I look up. It says, “Dad, I think the sun rises and sets...