Homeschooling dads gaze across Jordan
Steaming brew, lively talk early on Fridays
By James Hindman
Although cold weather has set in around Chattanooga, area homeschool dads have enjoyed the warmth obtained from good fellowship, strength and encouragement during the Friday meetings at Panera Bread Co. in Hixson.
The meetings have been relaxed and easygoing with an abundance of stimulating topics. At each gathering, we have been blessed with a bond which has equipped us to do battle in a culture continually attempting to confuse what it means to be a Christian, leader, servant, husband, father and friend.
There have been a great many topics exchanged at our meetings:
❏ We have discussed how to prepare our sons to be skilled and sufficient, as they will one day provide for their families.
❏ We have exhorted each other with ways to handle our little girls growing up and the changing complexities, which accompany that process.
❏ We have talked through developments we have seen in our country and what potential implications those changes may have on our jobs, our families and our homeschools.
❏ We have shared prayer requests for ourselves and loved ones and felt the calm assurances, which come from the knowledge that those prayers are being lifted up to a sovereign God.
The informal gatherings have been much more than a meet and greet. They have provided a connection, a place where paths cross, ideas exchange and the value of friendship learned.
So plan to come out and join us, Fridays 6:45 a.m. as we equip each other to be better men.
Chris Davis has supplied the following sample of topics we have discussed:
- Prayer requests
- Homeschool laws / concerns / events
- Theology / reformed doctrine / good books
- Leadership (as a husband and father) / multigenerational legacy
- Culture / worldview / cultural shift / abortion / media / Christian colonization
- Darwin and evolution
- History / Christian roots / various political current events / socialism
- Entrepreneurship
- Square-foot gardening
- Hunting / guns / camping / Boy Scouts
- Appleseed [marksmanship] Project
- Courtship vs. dating
- Sports / homeschool teams
Contact James at jehind@gmail.com.