Bedtime Stories

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…

Make Your Own Rockets!

In this article, we’re going to learn how to build a simple “matchstick rocket” right at home! If you already know how rockets work, you can skip the next two paragraphs and get right to the project. Otherwise, read on to learn the basic principles behind the rockets we’ll build. To begin with, a rocket…

A Father and a Son

I sit here in the car driving home from the office. My twelve year old son sits next to me and I think back on the years in which our relationship developed into what it is today. Small Beginnings When the doctors pulled that little guy out of the womb (by C-section) almost thirteen years…

Preparing Our Sons to Serve

There is an epidemic of mediocre, prayer-less, visionless, immoral, irresponsible men in our culture. And if we continue to train our sons the same way, we will not stem the tide. If we see home education as nothing more than a means to better scores, a safer environment, and individualized learning, then we will miss a golden opportunity. We have an opportunity to raise a generation of men that will turn the world upside down. We have an opportunity to invest in the lives of future visionaries, statesmen, churchmen, and family leaders. We must keep all of this in mind as we educate our sons. As we educate our sons, we must prepare them to serve Christ, to serve their wives and children, and to serve their community. And the Bible must be our guide…