Do your kids love to work? Surrounded by a culture which views work as a necessary evil, it’s no easy task to train your children to work ”heartily as to the Lord” – all the time, no matter who’s watching. On November 19th, Dave Tucker, homeschool Dad, missionary, and serial entrepreneur, joins us live to take on this important but neglected issue. You’ll love Dave’s…
Simple Tips to Getting More Involved Long day. I pulled the car into the driveway from a less-than-relaxing commute, only to be greeted by a new set of responsibilities. How was I going to manage my time, my attitude, and the workload at home? That has been my thought more than once. Being a homeschooling…
The recent economic turmoil hasn’t left homeschoolers untouched. Even in the best of times, single-income homeschool families often need to watch their pennies. Add rising costs and economic instability to the mix, and the result can pose a real challenge. In times such as these, it can be tempting to put the kids back in…
I’m 23, which means I’m old enough to be an adult, but young enough to still have stubborn weeds of foolishness, insert-foot-directly-in-mouth moments (“When I was young…”), and general lack of perspective. I’m also single, which status means that I’m stuck in our culture’s stereotype of an awkward no-man’s land: not a carefree kid, but…
The Problem I recently had a talk with a minister friend of mine. He was very troubled. It seems some in his congregation are growing increasingly critical of his sermons. Some want more depth. Some want more of the basics. Some want more life, more illustrations; some want less. Some more humor, some want more…
Photography is the art of capturing something fleeting; holding that which cannot be held; moments made still. Good photographs are hardly about the technical side of photography. The technicalities are secondary when it comes to taking good photos, because you aren’t just taking photos–you are capturing life! Your main goal is to be on the lookout…
…That Could Change Your Home! I recently conducted an informal survey to find out what homeschooling moms wish their husbands knew about homeschooling. Responses came in from across the nation. Keep reading to learn the nine top answers, as well as 27 practical applications you can consider implementing in your own home. Of course, every…
Keeping Our Vision Strong at the Beginning of Another Year Another school year brings with it a torrent of blended feelings—expectation and excitement on one end of the spectrum, trepidation and questioning on the other. The hope of a new beginning mingles with the doubt and questions that linger in the corners of our minds.…
Here’s the rub: “The parent’s convenience becomes the children’s addiction.” If raising children is just too difficult without frequent bouts of resorting to seating children in front of media to give us a rest, we are out of step with history. Abraham raised children without the Internet, as did Noah, yes, even when they were…
As a father of five children, and now a grandfather, I have spent three and a half decades seeking to pass down the Christian faith to the next generation. Let me deal with only one area of this vast work — one, I believe, that appears to have had some effectiveness in bringing up our…