When my children were quite young, I introduced them to colors. What color is this? What color is that? It was a fun game to play with them as we were in the car or in the store. It kept them engaged. One day though, I told my girls that I was going to read…
Walk the Romans Road
In homeschool this year, we read Pilgrim’s Progress together. In that allegory, the path that Christian travels on demonstrates to us the life of every person. There are good times, hills and valleys, hardships, disappointments, joys, and sorrows. This road brings challenges, but those things are what leads him from unbelief to belief. He comes…
Sounds of Easter
Throughout the year our home is filled with music — kids and parents alike singing and playing music. We mostly enjoy various kinds of Christian music, and we even choose to start our homeschool day with hymns of the faith. (Read more in THIS article.) As Good Friday and Easter approach, our music shifts to…
Creating PEACE in Your Home
What would it be like to have peace in your home? What would that look like to you? We all desire for our homes to be a haven, a place of rest and peace for our families. We want our homes to be characterized by peace and love. How do we get the peace-filled home…
Essentials in Biblical Parenting — Part 3
When you think of the “perfect family” that you desire to have, what do you see? I see the eight of us sitting on a hill looking out at the still lake with the sun setting. Danny and I are in the middle. He has his arm around me, and our kids are all pressed…
Essentials in Biblical Parenting — Part Two
It was a lovely, sunny spring morning when we decided to go for a family bike ride. We got our bikes out, our helmets on, and the littles strapped into the bike trailer. Our two oldest excitedly mounted their bikes, and off we went. We enjoyed the blue sky, singing birds, and a family activity…
Essentials in Parenting — Part one
Leaving the hospital with my newborn daughter, I felt extremely unprepared for what lay ahead as a new mom. How could I know all that I needed to keep this little human alive? How was I to train her in Biblical Truth? Wasn’t there a manual on Amazon that could be delivered next day or…
Mommy, Teach me to Pray
Does that title remind you of the story of Jesus and His disciples? In Luke 11 the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Jesus shared with them what we call the Lord’s Prayer. This prayer was not meant to be copied or recited, but it was meant to show us an outline for…
Must Have Christmas Books
One of our favorite traditions when our children were young was wrapping up our Christmas books. I would number them one to twenty-four. For each day in December, we would unwrap the one that matched the date and read it. It was like being reintroduced to an old friend. “I remember this one!” “I love…
Curriculum to Use when Homeschooling on the Mission Field
The question that I get the most from homeschool moms everywhere is, “What curriculum should I use for homeschooling?” This question has too many layers to unpack in a simple conversation. But my answer gets doubly complicated when talking with fellow missionaries. From these conversations this article was born. There are many great curricula to…