Monthly Archives: October 2012

Oct. 22, 2012

17 minutes on Why Homeschooling Rocks!

By Luke

Do you need some encouragement that homeschooling is a great choice? Would you like a reminder that your decision to home educate your kids is a good one? Even if you aren't feeling like maybe this homeschooling thing is too … Continue reading →

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Oct. 19, 2012

Shake Things Up, Make a Goal

By Luke

The air is a brisk 58 degrees as I step into the sunshine for my daily walk after lunch. My phone rings three times before my wife picks up. Immediately following our exchange of hellos, Brittany passes me off to … Continue reading →

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Oct. 17, 2012

Lazy vs Greedy

By Luke

I woke up thinking about a question I saw a while back: "Why is it easier to believe that 150,000,000 Americans are being lazy than that 400 Americans are being greedy?" I think the question was posed by someone of … Continue reading →

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Oct. 16, 2012

Monday

By Jonelle

I've got the Monday Blues. Or the Monday Foggy Brain. Or the Monday Exhaustion. Or, well, something to do with Monday's that mean this is my least productive day of the week. I often find that I'm dragging out of … Continue reading →

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Oct. 15, 2012

Grades: the less-helpful metric

By Luke

We went to Prom together over a decade ago. Yesterday we chatted in the church hallway while we waited for the kids in the Christmas play to finish rehearsal. I don't even know how the topic came up. "At our … Continue reading →

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Oct. 12, 2012

Grateful for His Provision

By Luke

Smoke snaked through the air from behind the dishwasher. A moment before an audible "pop" had reverberated through the house. It smelled like burnt plastic and boiling gutter water. Turns out the power cable to our dishwasher had arced, taking … Continue reading →

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Oct. 11, 2012

Transitions ...

By Judy

Any journey comes with changes in direction. Our homeschool journey has been no different. Our path changed dramatically when our firstborn graduated from our homeschool and went to college ... and then graduated from college ... and got married. The … Continue reading →

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