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Whether or not you receive grief for homeschooling, let me encourage you to stick with the homeschool basics and keep your eye on the finish line. One can expect negative feedback from those who might not understand the choice to homeschool, but thankfully very little came our way. So when I was hit with a...

Turkey and dressing. Sweet potatoes and brown sugar. Pumpkin pie and whipped cream. These are winning combinations found in many a recipe book. After a fine time with family enjoying these as part of a great meal, you will most likely find my crew in the basement continuing another Thanksgiving tradition—a Dallas Cowboys football game....

How is your marriage? Your family? Your business? Your church? Your home school? Is anything in your life broken and in need of repair or even rebuilding? Life would be so much easier if we could just snap our fingers and make everything new again. The good news is that our God is in the...

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 October 31, 2017, known as Reformation Day, marks the 500-year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, which began when Martin Luther nailed...

Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12) C. S. Lewis was a renowned author, scholar, and apologist. Although many of his works address fundamental issues about God, the Christian faith, and the Bible, Lewis was often quick to point out that he was not a trained theologian. Yet his raw, honest, and open writing style...

 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and...

In June of 2013, my wife and I went on a date with our oldest daughter, Savannah Anne. This wasn’t just any old date—this was a senior year planning date! We had no earth-shattering revelations or life-altering changes to discuss. But this time together was set aside to allow us to shower our daughter with...

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. (Psalms 19:14) Psalms is a book of poetry with 150 chapters. The Hebrew title of this book means “songs of praise,” while the Greek title, Psalmoi, has come to mean “sacred...

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. — Deuteronomy 6:6-7 I have a workshop...

It is exciting to discover an interesting homeschool field trip destination and organize a group visit. Your idea may be so popular with your homeschool group that you decide to organize multiple visits. There are many details that go along with planning a homeschool field trip with a group of other families. How can you...