Informative Reviews for Homeschooling Moms…and a slice of our life as well
Imagine understanding how the ancient Christians lived and thought. Imagine spending time with them. Imagine learning about our faith from them, day after day. With Awakening Faith, all these are possible. The authors have collected 366 writings from people like Augustine, Polycarp, Ambrose, Boniface, Gregory the Great, and even Macrina just before her martyrdom. Each […]
Most Christians have heard of Augustine, but who was he really? In Augustine of Hippo, Simonetta Carr tells his story for children, outlining the life of this great man simply but with much detail and many illustrations. Beginning with his childhood, Simonetta tells us the story of Augustine and the times in which he lived. […]
In the spring my husband and I will be married a quarter century! While anticipating this milestone, I also want to focus on making our marriage even better for the next 25 years. As you probably know, every long-term relationship develops blind spots. To discover and eliminate new blind spots that have popped up, I […]
When Lindsey O’Connor entered the hospital for the birth of her fifth baby, she fully expected to walk out in a few days with her baby in her arms. Instead, she hemorrhaged terribly and spent the next 47 days in a medically-induced coma. This is the story of her long, long awakening—all the physical, emotional, […]
Would you encourage your teen to hang out, unsupervised, with some of the most charming, persuasive, and articulate non-Christians in the world? That is what’s happening when they read literature without guidance. Obviously, this can have devastating effects. So, what is a Christian homeschooling parent to do? We must understand the both the ideas and […]
Here’s an essential question for all homeschoolers: does God have anything to say about mathematics? Is there a Christian way to teach math, or is it a neutral subject on which an atheist and a believer would agree? In 357 thoroughly-researched pages, James Nickel shows that those who do not believe in God eventually […]
Although I had seen the book Captivating mentioned all over the internet, I was not planning to read it because it seemed all wrong. “Your heart matters more than anything else in all creation.” (back cover) “You are sought after, pursued, romanced, the passionate desire of your Fiance, Jesus.” (p 217) “For the root of […]
So here you are, looking at homeschooling high school. So many people outsource these best and most important years of homeschooling because they feel inadequate. They think they might fail their child. And while that is technically possible, every diligent homeschooling parent can succeed with all the fantastic resources available these days. One resource that […]
We are each given one life to live. How do we live it well? Homeschooling mom Ann Voskamp addresses this question in her lyrical bestseller One Thousand Gifts as she wrests everyday meaning from a Greek word, eucharisteo. One Thousand Gifts is the author’s journey to understand heartbreak, faith, daily life, and God’s goodness. After a […]
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