In teaching children about handling money God’s way, more is caught than taught, so make sure you model what you are teaching. Be humble about mistakes. Here are some practical ways to impart wisdom to your sons and daughters. Stewardship Everything, including our money and possessions, belongs to God because He made it and
Your teenager has breezed through math all his life and suddenly he hits a wall: Algebra II. He is discouraged and doesn’t want to do math anymore. What can you do to encourage him? When I speak on high school at homeschool conventions and workshops, at least one parent confides in me afterward that
It may have started off as a regular Tuesday, but shortly after breakfast, as Bible time begins, the washing machine starts to flood the laundry room and a child has accidentally hurt themselves. Once you get that under control, here comes the phone call, causing an immediate get-up-and-go response. As soon as you all
One of the benefits of homeschooling that I really enjoy is the freedom to create lessons that go beyond the textbook page. Since our school days are not bound by rigid time constraints, we can explore topics in various creative ways. One way that has proven to form lasting memories for my children is
For millennia, the Bible was read and taught by Christians as a historical book. Before then, the Jews held the Torah as not only sacred, but their own historical narrative, questioning the historical record and figures of Adam, Noah, Job and Abraham no more than Americans question our history of John Adams, Nathaniel Green,