Education of an Imagination – Part Two

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  What Does This Matter to Me? Now that we have scanned the childhood of Hannah More we return to our original question: What does it take to educate an imagination that changes the world? What practical gleanings can we take for our own teaching?   Start Early Hannah learned to be a great writer
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Education of an Imagination – Part One

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  What does it take to educate an imagination that changes her generation, her nation, her era, her world? During the great 19th century campaign to end the British Slave Trade one woman did so through her pen. Novels, poetry, and inexpensive pamphlets flowed furiously from the imagination of Hannah More. But like all children
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Baby Prepping

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  As I write this, I’m currently 29 weeks pregnant with baby #4. The baby is due sometime in January, so we will still be actively homeschooling. What am I doing to prepare for this huge event? Actually, I am already prepping so that when the time comes, I will hopefully be “mostly” prepared. Here’s
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A Lesson in Patience and Maturity

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  “I just love it when my friends decide it’s time for me to start a diet!” said no person ever.  I may know without a doubt that I need to start that diet, but if it isn’t something I’ve come to terms with or decided on my own, it will either flat out not
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Sowing Spiritual Seed – Part Two

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  One of the great influences used of God during this time of seeking in William’s life was pastor and celebrated hymn writer John Newton. John himself was a man who had started life with a gentle hand guiding him in paths of righteousness. His mother, Elizabeth Newton, was a sickly woman, but this did
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Sowing Spiritual Seed – Part One

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  What if you were not guaranteed tomorrow with your children? What if a relative didn’t approve of your faith and snatched away your children? Or what if a premature death cut short the light of maternal influence? What would be the one thing you could teach them that would woo their hearts to Christ?
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Teaching Kids About Money

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  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
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Set Comparisons Aside

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  I have always found it hard to get back to our school schedule after the holidays have passed. Facing the later half of the school year, I constantly analyze how my kids are doing with our curriculum and how I can push them further. Worst of all, I catch myself comparing their growth and
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