The Idol of Homeschooling

by Camille Lopez Summer is the time for planning for the next homeschool year. It is filled with expectation, hope, and the satisfying experience of it all looking good on paper. And then there is real life! There is no avoiding it, and it can really mess with...

Getting Settled

by Rebecca Kocsis Ah, it was summertime; the first summer in our new home. We had been there about a year, but we also had a new baby during that time. Finding a homeschool group right away was not our immediate priority. After the house was settled and we had settled...

The Necessity of Teaching Biblical Values

by Alyssa Hemmer   It’s no secret that today’s culture is quickly spiraling away from Biblical values. My husband  and I listen to just about any news station for five minutes, and we leave scratching our  heads in confusion, with a pit in our...

When Freedom Isn’t Free

by Katie Julius As Christian home educators in California, we, surprisingly, have a lot of freedoms. While we get to enjoy these freedoms, mostly unacknowledged and unnoticed in our everyday lives, it’s easy for us to forget that these freedoms came at a cost. It may...