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Embracing sovereignty
This space has become a place where I muse on what God is teaching me. If it seems as though I repeat myself (as suggested by our editor!), it is because I am a slow learner. I do hear kind words from some of you that what has been written encourages you, and that is my prayer. Even if I am not learning the lessons that God is trying to teach me, perhaps
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Our homeschool mission
Some time at the beginning of the past school year I recieved an e-mail from a witty friend of mine that ended with the words, “Hope your time is fruitful and wonderful as you dare to go where few will go … BACK TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR KIDS!” I chuckled, somewhat ruefully, when I read that as I
Long view of the kingdom
This year for the first time I attended the homeschool graduation exercises. I have gone to the banquet in years past but somehow never attended the actual commencement. I was not prepared for what I saw when I walked into the sanctuary at Central Baptist church. It was a sea of families about 2,000
Family resistance
It began as a slow trickle earlier this year but now has turned into a full blown flood of e-mail. Each time I open my in-box I am inundated with bad news on way too many fronts. The economy is faltering and getting worse; yet another troubling nomination for a cabinet level post; the pro-life movement
Sovereignty & frailty
Many of you know that one of my greatest challenges has been figuring out why one child has had such difficulty with reading and writing. For the past four years or so, we have tried vision therapy, private tutoring, special consultants, not to mention a myriad of reading curriculums, remedial math and
Mirror images
Even though it is a timeless classic, I never could bring myself to read more than the first chapter or so of Jane Eyre when I was a girl. It was so dark, so bleak, rather oppressive, or so I thought. But last year when my 16-year-old daughter read it, loved it and started watching movie adaptations
Side by side
Two are better than one. Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls. For he has no one to help him up. —Ecclesiastes 4:9,10 During this month of February, a month when we think of hearts, flowers
Perfect family images
I alluded in November to the lost art of letter writing. I do not know about you but we are one of those families that send an end-of-the-year letter to out of town family and friends. OK, I admit that the past two letters were sent closer to Valentine’s Day, but no one seemed to mind. My strategy
My inbox runneth over
Ah, Thanksgiving. A time to appreciate all of our blessings. Truly we live in a country and culture of abundance. In so many areas we have far, far more than what we need or what we can keep organized. The piles in my life are a reminder, a rather mocking one, that I absolutely do not have it all together.
The Creep of Fear
Right now there are some scary things going on—and I do not mean just the decorations we see for Halloween! The Wall street debacle seems to threaten everyone’s financial security. Results of the upcoming election are uncertain and may result in further loss of freedoms. We are at war and