This little gem, over a quarter century old, fell into my hands many years ago and shaped my idea of what homeschooling can and should be. I have just read it again and have, once again, come to the same conclusion: This is one of the few books that every Christian homeschooler should read. Although […]
Reviews: Nonfiction
Review: Prayers that Changed History by Tricia Goyer
Tricia Goyer, homeschooling mother of many, wrote this unique devotional church history book to teach children about prayer and to encourage them to pray. She focuses on historical characters whose prayers had wide ranging and long lasting effects, and her refrain is, “And history was forever changed.” There are various aspects to this book. Children—and […]
Review: The Peaceful Wife by April Cassidy
When April Cassidy, a driven, perfectionistic, controlling type A person, got married, she didn’t realize that the very qualities that led to her success in the workplace were a handicap in her marriage. In The Peaceful Wife she shares what it took her years of misery to find out: how to apply the biblical view […]
Review: Gifted Mind, Inventor of the MRI
More than simply a straighforward account of Dr. Damadian and the MRI, Gifted Mind is the memoir of a delightful, talented gentleman who is determined to share the hard-won lessons of his life while telling you of his dream to fight cancer. When Damadian was a young boy, his dear grandmother died a horribly painful death […]
Review: Smart but Scattered Teens by Guare, Dawson, and Guare
Perhaps you have one of them, a teen who is bright but just can’t seem to get things together. Sometimes I suspect most of us, parents and teens, are scattered in one way or another. But some struggle in a deeper way with executive skills, ‘the functions of our brains and thought processes that help […]