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35: God Revealed His Great Love

The last missive was entitled Rooted and Grounded in Love. In this email we will be reading about how God chose to reveal His love to us. Let’s begin with prayer.      Prayer: Father, according to the inspired word of God, let us be…

34: Rooted and Grounded

     Last Fall I wrote about my journey to love God and be loved by Him, in the September newsletter entitled “First Things First”. Here is one paragraph from this article.      I see with new eyes that the best thing I can…

33: When All Around My Soul Gives Way

This phrase is taken from the third stanza of “Solid Rock”: His oath, His covenant, His blood Support me in the whelming flood; When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay.        Several times this year…

32: God Has No Baggage

     Have you ever driven to your folk’s home and when they meet you at the door their faces light up when they see you? Or have you ever walked into a room and had a child’s face shine just because you are there?…

31: First Things First

Dear Friends, Deuteronomy 6:6-7 is probably one of the most quoted Scripture references when speaking of home education: “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when…

30: Count Your Blessings

A few weeks ago I was a guest on a local Christian radio station along with another homeschool family. The host asked me for a favorite song. I chose Count Your Blessings. Here is the first verse and the chorus: When upon life’s billows you…

29: Principal and Teacher

Dear Principal of the School Meeting in Your Home,      My wife and I home educated our four sons over a period of twenty-one years. Our first son began formal education in 1985 and our fourth son graduated in 2005. Most of the daily…

28: Deuteronomy 6:5

     It is November and a month an a half until the new year. Earlier this year we were searching for ways to “stir up” one another to love and good deeds. And from January 9th to May 28th, 2011, all the families receiving…

27: Parents as Teachers

     As we begin this school year, I hope we will each be encouraged by meditating on how God has created us to be teachers. As the wise bumper sticker says: Every parent is a teacher, but not every teacher is a parent. A….

24: I Like Us

     Gratefulness and contentment are decidedly Christian virtues. They are rooted in an understanding of God’s purposes, as well as His wisdom, love, and sovereignty. At a family camp last summer, I had a mom recount to me how her husband would come home when…