Encouragement for homeschool parents
Hear from our executive director Kirk as he shares reflections on faith, character, and discipling children at home
One of the Greatest Opportunities
Who would have ever thought that one of the biggest contributors to the popularity of homeschooling would be state governments? Some states are already closing down their public schools for the 2020-2021 school year while others are massaging their schedules and mandating masks. The result is a lot of confusion and justifiable concern on behalf of public-school parents. A nationwide…
Freedom to Be Who God Made Them to Be
One of the most staggering doctrines in the Bible is that God uniquely creates—and therefore knows—every single person who existed in the past, is existing in the present, and will exist in the future. Every bit of information located in the DNA of each child is crafted by God in the womb according to His glorious purpose. Similarly, every person…
Breaking Free
When I look back at the beginning of our nation, I am awestruck at the courage, vision, and audacity of the founding fathers. The idea of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people had never been tried in the history of mankind. Additionally, one of the greatest military empires the world had ever seen stood…
Understanding Freedom
For 430 years the Hebrew people sojourned in Egypt. They were treated well initially. After all, it was solely because of God’s grace through Joseph their empire survived the seven-year drought that decimated neighboring nations. Sadly, the Egyptians soon lost touch with their own history and believed the Hebrews more of a threat than a blessing. It was out of…
Obedience in Inconvenient Circumstances
God foretells Jeremiah that his uncle is going to come to him soon with an offer for Jeremiah to buy the family farm. This no doubt perked Jeremiah’s interest; after all, so many men dream of having a little spread of their own. The only problem? The circumstances were incredibly inconvenient. First, Jeremiah was in prison. For months he had…
To God Be the Glory
One of ICHE’s main emphasis is that we homeschoolers must be dependent upon the grace of God to lead us, give us wisdom, and supply all of our needs to raise our children to the glory of His name. Without Him, we can truly do nothing. As it is true for individuals and families, so it is true for organizations.…
Looking at What is Right
From the age of seven through my early twenties, I spent much of my school career on the field, on the court, or in the locker room. Athletics taught me some great lessons like teamwork, submission to authorities, discipline, and how to win and lose graciously (though I was more comfortable with the former than I was with the latter!)…
What Next?
One of the many weapons in the devil’s arsenal is busyness. Life moves at the speed of sound, especially in the 21st century when technology blasts happenings on the other side of the world into our homes in a matter of minutes. Information comes so quickly that it seems there is not enough time to process one event before the…
Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
Although the phrase, “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” is usually reserved for the promotion of political agendas, it is a good line to remember as parents with school age children throughout the Midwest have their children at home. Our governor has even mentioned the possibility of public schools being closed through the fall. With all this educational…
Using the Coronavirus to Teach Our Children the Importance of Facts
Shakespeare said, “All the world’s a stage.” The question that begs an answer is, “Is this present play a drama or a comedy?” Only last week the New York Times reported that 3,700 of New York’s 10,000 deaths attributed to the Coronavirus had never even been tested; the rationale was since people died during the pandemic, they must have died…