A Frame of Reference When we were homeschooling, our family enjoyed black-and-white movies from the 1940s. One favorite was Mrs. Miniver, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1942. The movie is based on the boo...
Becoming Good Citizens In 1798 President John Adams warned of the dangers that the worst of human passions might bring on our country. He wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly...
Becoming Humble Servants Children quickly learn that they want their own way. They need parents to help them move from the natural baby state of shouting his or her own needs to the spiritually mature attitude of serving othe...
Dollars and Cents: Teaching Kids About Money Do you ever wonder what is going on in our economy? Do you ever wonder if your children will know how to handle money when they become adults? Economic questions and personal financial matters can be ...
Five Reasons to Learn History History is important to God. We study history to wrestle with difficult ideas. We study history to learn who we are as Americans and who we are as human beings. We need to know history so we won't rep...
From Struggling Learner to World Leader In 1940 Hitler and his Nazi forces were infiltrating North Africa. In Europe, country after country had either fallen to Germany's military forces or buckled under Nazi pressure. On May 10, the Nazis ...
God Made Each of Your Children Just Right I have a special rose bush that one of my friends planted for me many years ago. One day I took photos of some of its blooms. Some of them were buds, . . . . . .others were opening just a bit, . . . ....
Help! How Do We Homeschool? How does a homeschool mama get it all done? Her to-do lists are long. The mama life is not like high school with 45 minutes for English, 45 minutes for math, 45 minutes for history, . . . . Babies nee...
Homeschooling Goal We believe that we should spend our life praying for and pursuing our goal: That we, our children and their spouses, our grandchildren and their spouses, and every succeeding generation live as Christ...
Homeschooling Like Theodore & Mittie "I left college and entered the big world owing more than I can express to the training I had received, especially in my own home, but with much else also to learn if I were to become really fitted to...
Is There a Neutral Worldview? The world would have us believe that some aspects of life are religious and some are secular. It would have us believe that we can be neutral. Secular is not neutral. In truth, there is not one atom i...
Looking for Answers? On a recent Sunday afternoon while on the way to a funeral, Ray and I decided to take an extra 15 minutes and drive through the country. The green Tennessee countryside was beautiful. The Sunday after...