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Zeal Without Burnout for Homeschoolers

At this time of year most homeschoolers are feeling a little bit burnt out.  That’s no wonder after an intense ten months of teaching some of the most important people in our lives some of the most important things they will ever learn.  Or perhaps vainly trying to teach them without actually succeeding, which is […]

Celebrating Ascension Day

Tomorrow is Ascension Day, the day we celebrate that Jesus went to heaven. But why is that a cause for celebration? Why is it good that Jesus went to heaven? First of all, of course, he is interceding for us at God’s right hand.  (Romans 8:34) And, amazing thought, he is busy preparing a place […]

Time Sensitive: Being a Woman of the Word by Nancy Campbell

I just listened to “Being a Woman of the Word” by Nancy Campbell.  It is probably the most important talk I have heard in years, and I encourage you to drop everything to listen to it! Yes, now, or tomorrow.  Just take one hour to be inspired, encouraged, and equipped to be a woman of […]

Review: Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey

As soon as Love Thy Body arrived, Miss 15 asked permission to read it and ran off with it.  Who better to teach her than Nancy Pearcey? But after a while she came back.  “I don’t like it. You will, though.” And later, to someone else, she said, “It hits all the hot button topics, […]

Review: 52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Obsessed Kid by Jonathan McKee

Smartphone use, a huge social experiment that some say is leading to disaster, needs to change.  We all need to learn to be ‘smarter than our smartphones.’  And while we parents are trying to learn this, we need to be teaching our teens as well.  That’s a tall order, especially since the devices are addicting. […]