“Most of our families are starving for fathers, even if Dad is around, and there’s a huge cost to our children and our society because of it,” says Douglas Wilson, author of Father Hunger: Why God Calls Men to Love and Lead their Families. He addresses some fundamental questions. What is fatherhood? Where did it […]
older teens and adults
For our college age young people, and also for ourselves as homeschooling moms. (I used to tag this as ‘adult’ but my hubby told me that had the wrong connotation.)
Review: Stress Point by Sarah Francis Martin
“In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, ‘That is mine!’” Abraham Kuyper Sarah Francis Martin bases her book, Stress Point, on this idea that Christ is King over our lives. Our lives are not about us, but […]
Review: 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy
There’s one book I always recommend to new homeschooling moms, 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy. But it’s getting old. This summer, a new edition of Cathy’s wonderful book has come out, called 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum. It is similar to 100 Top Picks in format and content, but some […]
Review: Overcoming Social Anxiety by JoJo Tabares
Everyone is anxious in some social situations, and some people are anxious in all of them. Such social anxiety has nothing to do with being homeschooled, but much to do with both personality and lack of communication skills. According to author JoJo Tabares, a communication expert who used to be painfully shy, “Shyness isn’t part of my personality, […]
How to Write a Book—A Free Christian Novel-Writing Course for Teens and Adults
Over half the members of our family write, but Miss 14 is our fiction star, having penned several novels. I’ve been thinking of getting her a novel-writing course. She participates in NaNoWriMo every year and imitates other writers’ styles as recommended in The Writer’s Workshop, but I wanted to give her something more. As I […]