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There are a number of different homeschooling styles, as well as an infinite way to integrate the various styles to find the one that is perfect for your family. At the end of this list, I have included what my family does. Spoiler: We incorporate a lot of these different styles because there are aspects […]
Stop. Right now. Stop going onto Pinterest and looking at homeschool rooms and organizational set-ups. There will be a time for that, but it is now now. After you have your WHY established, the next step is HOW. The HOW step depends primarily on three things: you, your family, and your children. You- the primary […]
“Honey- do you know what I just realized? Joseph doesn’t say anything in any of the Gospels.” “That is not correct.” “Huh?” “Joseph, at the public naming of Mary’s son, had to pronounce his name to be Jesus.” Matthew 1:18-24 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was […]
So… you want to start homeschooling. The most important question you can ask yourself and your spouse is: WHY? This one question is critical because it will shape your entire homeschool. There are as many different answers as there are homeschool families. Finding yours is critical. Here’s mine: I love seeing understanding. That moment when […]
Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him. During the Second Temple Period, there were generally four groups of Jews: Pharisees, Sadducces, Zealots and Essenes. Pharisees: Believed in the primacy of Torah and the rabbinic interpretation of the Law. Jesus was a Pharisee. He has discussions with many other Pharisees, and their disputes […]
Do you remember when you came home from the hospital with your baby? I do. I was ecstatic…. and terrified. “With great power comes great responsibility.” All I could feel was the weight of the responsibility. Parenting comes down to three things: Protect your child. Provide for your child. Prepare your child. Protect your child. […]
Isaiah 49: 3-6 3 He said to me, You are my servant, in you, Israel, I show my glory. God intends to show His glory through people. But what does God mean by “glory”? Here, the Hebrew word is פָאַר “paar” and it generally translates as “beautify” or “glorify.” God intends to use us, His people, to beautify His Creation. […]
I never really understood the Palm Sunday liturgy. We spend the first five minutes singing, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!!” and then head straight into fifteen minutes of the Passion and death of Jesus. As a result, I figured that the Palm Sunday part of it was pretty […]
“Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me” ~ Matthew 28:10 These are among the first words that Jesus says after the Resurrection. “Go to Galilee.” WHY? Galilee is green and lush, full of hillsides covered with orchards, goats, wildflowers, and paths leading up the surrounding mountains. Jerusalem is […]
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ: Beresheet bara elohim ayth hashamayim ayth haaretzIn the beginning, God himself created the heavens and the earth. These could be the most important words in all of Scripture. Why, you ask? Because everything else depends on them. If you do not believe that God himself created the heavens […]
