Memorials – Everyday Conversations with Kids about God (Part 3)
As we’ve already been discussing in this series, it is good to get in the habit of carrying on conversations with my children about God as often as possible. The Bible gives some specific things you want to be sure to talk about often, so we need to make a list...
Creation – Everyday Conversations with Kids about God (Part 1)
When I was a new mom, I read a book called Creative Family Times by Allen Hadidian and Will Wilson. The authors encouraged me to get in the habit of carrying on conversations with my children about God as often as possible. They suggested that a tree could remind me...
Character Training
On a recent survey, I asked you what topics you’d like to hear more of. More than 75% of you wanted to hear about how to teach good character to children. One mom put it so well when she said, “I want to know how to practically apply God’s word in...
Secrets to Joy
As homeschoolers, sometimes life doesn’t feel very joyful, even though the sentimental picture of a joyful day with our children is what we are usually picturing when we first imagine ourselves as homeschoolers. Then reality hits. Usually, the joy is gone. I...
How Good and Pleasant It Is When Brothers Dwell in Unity!
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of...
Don’t Allow Evil in Your Home
Poor Eli. He was a victim of grace-based parenting. Maybe it was because he was a priest of YHVH, serving daily in the Tabernacle. Maybe when he would place his hand on the head of an animal to be sacrificed, the sins of his childhood would flash before his eyes. His...Feeling Like a Terrible Mother
Way last June (!), I received this note: Please, please could you help me out with something? Sometimes I think I missed out on your “foundational fours” and need to spend time going back to that. Our multi-grade classroom is not working, and I’m...
The Seven Laws of the Teacher
When I was in high school, I had the privilege of taking a “how to teach” class from one of our school’s elementary teachers. I took the class because I was considering majoring in elementary education in college, so I wanted to see if I would like...
Must Our Children Obey?
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—which is the first commandment with a promise— ‘that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.’ Fathers, do not...
God’s Lesson Plans
Ephesians 2:19-20 tells us that we are members of God’s household, “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets.” Paul refers to this again in 2 Timothy 3:14-17, when he reminds young pastor Timothy, “But as for you, continue in what...