Encouragement for homeschool parents
Hear from our executive director Kirk as he shares reflections on faith, character, and discipling children at home
Learning How to Be a Parent
Back in the early 1990’s I was so concerned about the marriage and divorce rate that I put together an eight-week pre-marriage counseling packet. I then went to the ministerial alliance in my county and encouraged the other pastors not to marry anyone without at least three premarital sessions. They agreed. It was one of the best decisions our alliance…
We Can Never Start Too Young
(Preparing for the Teen-Age Years Part 2) Many parents start thinking about the young adult years when their children turn 12, but we need to start contemplating the implications (thoughts) and the possible ramifications (fruit) long, long before that. The teen years are simply the accumulation of the trajectory created in the first 12 years of life. From Day One…
What is So Wrong With This?
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. –Hebrews 3:13 I have discovered that if homeschoolers rebel, they tend to do so later than their public-school counterparts. Perhaps it is because homeschool parents choose to insulate their children a bit longer than public-school…
Preparing for the Teen-Age Years
The young adult years can bring some of the greatest of joys or the keenest of misery to Christian households. It is a glorious thing to see a son or daughter come into their own, embracing Christ not just as their Savior but as their Lord, and aggressively preparing for adulthood. On the other hand, if a seed of rebellion…
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How to Have a Happy Home
The importance of a happy home cannot be overstated. It affects not only the here and now, but it will also set the trajectory for our children’s future homes as well as our grandchildren’s. What a great motivation to do all in our power to create a positive atmosphere! Perhaps, however, joyful and edifying are the last terms you would…
Another Homeschooling Family Gets Involved Politically
Monique Sullivan is the wife of gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan. They have 5 children ages 2 months to 8-years-old and two older foster daughters. Monique has her masters in education and was a high school English teacher and adjunct English Professor. God planted a seed a few months before COVID that she should homeschool her children and she shares here…
State Senator Darren Bailey’s Record on Homeschooling
Overview: Despite Illinois being one of the bluest of the blue states, the Land of Lincoln has a long history of being one of the most homeschool friendly states in the nation. Homeschools in Illinois do not have to register with public schools, nor do they have to provide paperwork to the state verifying their children completed the requisite number…
What’s a Parent to Do?
(You Can Run but You Can’t Hide) And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. –Jonah 1:17 Over the course of the last several years, I have heard numerous parents lament the spiritual state of their aging children. Some of these young adults…
Where’s the Passion?
Most of us who over the age of 50 remember her well. She was the little old lady (actress Clara Peller) who looked sorrowfully at a hamburger patty and lamented, “Where’s the beef?” Although Wendy’s lacked a big-name burger like Burger King’s “Whopper” or McDonald’s “Big Mac,” this one line became iconic in 1984 and was even used in a…
The Abyss of Grey
This year I have taken the time to read four or five books that were written in the forties and fifties, and whose authors seemed to have some insight into the happenings and psyche of mankind’s future. To my knowledge, none of these men were Christians, which makes their thoughts even more interesting. As I read the various volumes, the…