Encouragement for homeschool parents
Hear from our executive director Kirk as he shares reflections on faith, character, and discipling children at home
The Command to Change in 2022
“… because they do not change and do not fear God.” –Psalms 55:19 As homeschoolers, there seems to be two major times of the year that we expend the necessary energy to review how we are doing life. One is at the start of the school year while the second one is at the start of the New Year. We…
Pondering or Floundering?
Prayer Prompts for December The New Year is rushing down the tracks toward us at the speed of life. As the merry-go-round of life spins faster and faster, families are being stretched to the max, and many are fraying in the emotional and spiritual dizziness. Numerous parents keep on running harder and harder to get further and further behind, being…
How Thanksgiving Can Transform Your Home
Thanksgiving is not simply a special day that Abraham Lincoln established out of gratitude for a Union victory at Gettysburg in 1863. It is a spiritual and emotional posture that brings God glory and us great joy. It was this same disposition that carried 102 passengers aboard the Mayflower for 66 days over the winter seas of the Atlantic Ocean…
How to Keep Our Kids Home for the Holidays
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. –Psalms 78:4 One of the best ways to keep our children home in heart and body—not just for the holidays but every day—is through family traditions. Traditions do not have…
The Risky Side of Homeschooling
Many trained educators equate homeschooling with risk. I agree, but for a much different reason. I believe homeschooling is a wonderful way to teach our children the need of taking calculated risks in life. Everything about government schools is bent on teaching students to think INSIDE the box, not outside, and stay within lines of the school’s objectives versus what…
The Need of the Hour
I have always enjoyed the political scene. Both of my parents held elected positions in the county in which I live; therefore, our family has always been politically active. I have vivid memories of being at the local campaign headquarters late in the evening on election day, watching women write down the returns on a massive wall of paper to…
An Overnight Revival
(What Is Too Big for Our God?) Judah’s new king, Hezekiah, looked at the culture he inherited from his father. The picture was not pretty. His father had led his countrymen into total debauchery, walking in the ways of the kings of Israel. He made images for Baal, burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, sacrificed some…
The Measure of Wealth
The most consistent barometer of wealth in the Old Testament was land. It was so important to the family economy that every fifty years, called the Year of Jubilee, all land was returned to the original family who owned it. If someone sold land a few years before Jubilee, they were given less for it since it would soon return…
Use Time Wisely
Uses Time Wisely? When I attended public school, not only did students receive evaluation on schoolwork, we were also graded on such things as, “Respects authority,” “Gets Work Done in a Timely Manner,” and “Uses Time Wisely.” Now, let us start with the semi-laughable. How is a teacher of thirty students supposed to give an objective, systematized response to each…
Moms’ Favorite Conference Session
Moms’ Favorite Conference Session Almost without exception, the best attended workshop at our annual conferences is on time management. Moms are looking for a way to stretch more out of a 24-hour day to better serve their families, especially if they are homeschooling moms. Let’s face it. Moms are busy. Not only do they run their households–including cleaning, laundry, food…