A memory came to my mind this morning: At one point in my childhood, my father worked on passenger trains. He’d be gone for a few days, then my mother would pick him up at the train station and bring him home (he’d be really tired). He would slowly climb up the stairs to our […]
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Exercise. Many of us have experienced that when we begin a new form of exercise, be it swimming, walking, running, playing a new sport, using weights, at the beginning we don’t do it that well. But as we continue to do it, we get better. It’s pretty simple, really. I was thinking recently of a
As homeschooling parents, there are many important things we want to teach our children: reading, writing, and arithmetic for starters. But there is an extremely important lesson that we want to make sure our children learn, and learn well! And that is: if we are going to be God-followers, we are going to be different.
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I went on a walk and what did I see? First of all, let me say that I had things on my mind. Sad things. Naturally, as I was walking, I was thinking of these things. I could have easily missed the beauty, being preoccupied with my thoughts. But as I walked on a concrete
I am different. So are you. We know that scientifically speaking, each individual has a different DNA and fingerprints, but beyond that we know that our personalities, our gifts, and natural abilities are unique as well. Why then do we have such a strong desire NOT to be different but to be like others? I
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Some children are easy going, some are not. Some children are parent-pleasers and therefore are relatively easy to raise and home school. Others are not. When a child is being difficult, there are likely reasons, and discovering the reason(s) can make such a difference! Sometimes it is simply that the child born after a parent-pleasing
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