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...
Homeschooling for Eternity I am confident that many, probably most, secular homeschoolers worry about covering all that their children need. They don’t know or don’t realize that they can’t cover that “all” that their children ...
I'm Amazed at What You Do Everyday I’ve seen eagles near our home twice. The first time was several years ago while I was driving home from church on a Sunday when Ray had been under the weather and had stayed at home. As I drove along...
Learning and Teaching Doesn't End at 18 Bob Vollmer was 45 years old when he started to work for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. He continued to tramp around state property as a land surveyor until he retired at the age of 102 ...
Making My Good Goals Even Better I don't want my children just to "go to church." ↓ I want them to be devoted to the Lord while being a working part of the body of Christ. I don't want my children just to "get a job." ↓ I want them t...
Preparing the Next Generations with the Treasures of the Truth Recently Ray read a short passage to me out of a geography encyclopedia compiled by a well-respected scientific organization, published by a well-respected publisher. This isn’t a curriculum book but ...
Raising a Generation Who Knows the Lord One of the blessings of working with our Notgrass team is the opportunity to talk about the most important things. One day I spent hours on Zoom with our videographer, Titus. As we discussed the messa...
Simple Pleasures My mother lived with us for the last few years of her life, but when she was still able to live in her own home, she and I used to talk on the phone each night. She enjoyed hearing about my day. Once ...
Thank You For Doing Whatever It Takes One of my favorite people is 97-year-old Miss Katherine, a retired schoolteacher who is a member of our church. I love to hear her tell stories of long ago. One year Miss Katherine taught 5th and 6th ...
Thank You for Homeschooling THANK YOU FOR: Knowing that God trusts you to homeschool your children. Realizing you are not perfect and asking God to help you. Doing the most important job your children need you to do today. Being...
Thank You for Teaching Your Children How to Live in the World One day a homeschooling mama expressed a concern that I know many of you are feeling also: What kind of world are my children going to face when they grow up? For decades, many Christians, including R...
The Mirror Image of a Homeschool Mama It happened again yesterday: one of our friends lamented that his mother-in-law watches a television news channel all day long. I think this is a common daily time filler for the elderly. Whew! Wouldn...