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Showing posts with label home education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home education. Show all posts
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Hummingbirds and Water!
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Learn a lot of Science
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to him."
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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Sunday, October 8, 2023
A Wonderful Union Like no Other
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Romans 12:9-13
..."Let love be without hypocrisy.
Abhor what is evil;
cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love;
give preference to one another in honor;
not lagging behind in diligence,
fervent in spirit,
serving the Lord;
rejoicing in hope,
persevering in tribulation,
devoted to prayer,
contributing to the needs of the saints,
practicing hospitality."...
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Ephesians 5:25-33
..."Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of His body.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband."
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..."Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge."...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Conversations
..."Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person."...
Ephesians 4:25-32
..."Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."
..."Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing."...
James 1:19,21-23,25
..."This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God....
Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was....
But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does."...
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Friday, March 18, 2022
A Properly Situated Family
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" Contrary to popular opinion, the most important characteristic of a godly mother is not her relationship with her children.
It is her love for her husband.
The love between husband and wife is the real key to a thriving family.
A healthy home environment cannot be built exclusively on the parents' love for their children.
The properly situated family has marriage at the center; families shouldn't revolve around the children."
-John MacArthur
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Thursday, February 17, 2022
Midwestern Education and Patriotism
..."Daily studies included reading, writing, arithmetic, and spelling. Children were called to the front of the room by age and learning level to recite their lessons to the teacher. Topics such as honesty, patriotism, decency, and respect were incorporated daily."...
Sadly, this is very different than these last decades.
Children of the past grew up learning the dignity of humanity even if they did not personally know the LORD of the Bible. They saw this dignity mentored to them in their families and communities as well as in their own school.
Thank you, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. who mentor truth to our young ones. It is a rare quality indeed, but so worthy.
May the LORD be glorified by our choices.
..."Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father."...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
The Summer Snowman
This is a classic children's book - most probably not in any library now - although it should be.
A simple story of family and community. It is a treasure if you can find one.
Does anyone remember it?
Our own Summer Snowman now in the freezer waiting for July Fourth :o)
This one is very unique snowman with chocolate chips for buttons and eyes, a piece of cheese for the nose, and pussywillow sticks for arms :o)
Friday, May 8, 2020
Life Education Begins at Home
"All that I am or hope to be
I owe to my mother."
-Abraham Lincoln
Proverbs 1:7-10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head
And ornaments about your neck.
My son,
if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
An Autumn story with a bird watcher
Another lovely story with wit, wildlife, beautiful art work,
and a happy ending.
The Audubon Cat is really Hilda who is an avid bird watcher.
And...
this is why we named our first calico, Audubon,
as she loved to watch the birds.
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Monday, June 18, 2018
Picture book, Green Eyes, by A. Birnbaum
Here is another sweet picture book to share with young ones. The beautiful, simple illustrations from this book written in 1953 recounts a little kitten's life while going through the seasons.
The little kitten, Green Eyes, first remembers being in a big box in which he eventually can climb out to discover the world around him. He then discovers each wonderful season until he is one year old and loved by his family as another year begins for him. It is a delightful story!
Friday, March 23, 2018
Good Educations
One Room Schools, also known as Country Schools, are where so many of my precious older friends acquired their educations.
Over these years I have heard them often comment, "Oh, I only had a Country School education".
These dear people say and even believe this lie because of the propaganda which was pushed on them so long ago. They were told that the bigger city schools had a better education compared to the "country schools". This is not true.
In reality, their education was one on one, character building, mixed with a variety of ages who all worked together learning so much in their school years, so much so, that very few of us would be able to pass their 8th grade graduation tests . Country Schools also brought the whole community together in a way that can not be matched by any consolidated schools.
Every one of these dear people I know have shared their stories of their schooling. They lovingly tell story after story, and I would say they were blessed beyond words.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Don't listen! Read to your children!
Please! check out this ridiculous piece telling us we shouldn't read to our children.
Bedtime-story privilege?
This world becomes more and more upside-down everyday. Please! do not listen to their madness, and read to your children!
....“I don’t think parents reading their children bedtime stories should constantly have in their minds the way that they are unfairly disadvantaging other people’s children, but I think they should have that thought occasionally,” he said....."
Bedtime-story privilege?
This world becomes more and more upside-down everyday. Please! do not listen to their madness, and read to your children!
....“I don’t think parents reading their children bedtime stories should constantly have in their minds the way that they are unfairly disadvantaging other people’s children, but I think they should have that thought occasionally,” he said....."
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Cleverly disguised as the word "authority"
The Shame of Beauty
by Michelle, from Recovering Grace*:
"Before I was born my parents started following the teaching of Bill Gothard and IBLP, and when I was 5, they joined ATI (Advanced Training Institute), the homeschool program that Gothard developed for the families of his Basic and Advanced Seminars.
Gothard emphasized “principles” which simply meant there were many different rules that dictated specific activities in my life. My parents controlled what music we listened to, movies we watched (none), things we ate and drank (no alcohol or anything Biblically ‘unclean’) and the clothing our family wore (specifically the women).
I didn’t choose this life. I was born into it (like your own children are born into the life you chose for them). For me, this life was completely normal, and the world around me was different and labeled “bad.”
Until I was about 5, my childhood pictures show me wearing “normal” clothes, meaning that I resembled any other average American child. After that, I wore a lot of dresses and skirts, even for situations where they may have been less than appropriate for the occasion. I remember wearing skirts over my pants to play in the snow (I grew up in the Washington, D.C. area), to hike mountains, and to play games at AWANA.
In my teenage years, my mom started telling me what I could and couldn’t wear based on my body. Skirts had to be below my knees, shirts must have high necklines so as not to show that I had breasts. Nothing could be worn that “hugged” my body or showed the shape of my body. My mom would tell me to change if things were too tight or low. Accessories like earrings and nail polish were restricted or banned. The list of things I could not wear was a long one.
My parents were essentially taught by Gothard that we were to be under their control (cleverly disguised as the word “authority”) and this extended to my clothing choices. My mom was telling me what to wear into my 20’s...."
by Michelle, from Recovering Grace*:
"Before I was born my parents started following the teaching of Bill Gothard and IBLP, and when I was 5, they joined ATI (Advanced Training Institute), the homeschool program that Gothard developed for the families of his Basic and Advanced Seminars.
Gothard emphasized “principles” which simply meant there were many different rules that dictated specific activities in my life. My parents controlled what music we listened to, movies we watched (none), things we ate and drank (no alcohol or anything Biblically ‘unclean’) and the clothing our family wore (specifically the women).
I didn’t choose this life. I was born into it (like your own children are born into the life you chose for them). For me, this life was completely normal, and the world around me was different and labeled “bad.”
Until I was about 5, my childhood pictures show me wearing “normal” clothes, meaning that I resembled any other average American child. After that, I wore a lot of dresses and skirts, even for situations where they may have been less than appropriate for the occasion. I remember wearing skirts over my pants to play in the snow (I grew up in the Washington, D.C. area), to hike mountains, and to play games at AWANA.
In my teenage years, my mom started telling me what I could and couldn’t wear based on my body. Skirts had to be below my knees, shirts must have high necklines so as not to show that I had breasts. Nothing could be worn that “hugged” my body or showed the shape of my body. My mom would tell me to change if things were too tight or low. Accessories like earrings and nail polish were restricted or banned. The list of things I could not wear was a long one.
My parents were essentially taught by Gothard that we were to be under their control (cleverly disguised as the word “authority”) and this extended to my clothing choices. My mom was telling me what to wear into my 20’s...."
*Please check out the rest of Michelle's testimony at the link above.
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Over these many years I have certainly seen more than "gothardites" destroying people and families with their control, manipulation, judgements, and legalisms. Groups of "manipulators" who are full of the lack of mercy, the lack of compassion, the lack understanding---
---no grace! no grace whatsoever! and yet saying they have the way that God desires!
They use His name to control and manipulate people!
How abhorrent! Detestable! Despicable! Aberrational! Just plain evil!
How can we stop this?!
The answer is that God is the One who is working. He can work through us also.
Usually we will be coming alongside only one person at time who has been trapped in legalisms. "One at a time" is a good thing, even if your heart is to help many, many people. You see, each "one person" will then become another person who will eventually come alongside others. It will "snowball"---so be thankful to be there for your "one at a time"!
If you have an opportunity to be the "light" to someone in darkness, please do so with the LORD as your strength. Remember that those who have been controlled, manipulated, and lied to all their lives are broken in many ways. They need gentle reminders of His truth and His love to come rightly into His freedom! To be truly set free is a joy!
May the LORD be glorified!
Monday, May 27, 2013
Where does your influence stop?
Ladies, mothers, grandmothers, home educators, fellow teachers! Praising God with you! The LORD is our solid ground. He is the rock which is higher than us. He is our strength, wisdom, comfort, compassion, …
Some of us are home school mothers, some of us send our children to a school, but each one of us was a teacher of our own children before they began formal education. All of us as parents have a job which is far bigger, broader, and more everlasting than we can fathom. We are busy molding each individual’s certain character and presenting to them in everyday ways the true and awesome Savior and God’s truths.
Our job is important, but it is not the end of the “equation” of our teaching. Once we begin to pour ourselves into each little to big individual, we must realize this equation includes their choices and their decisions throughout their lives. Choices to follow their parent’s instructions, values, and the One and only Savior, Jesus.
Sound familiar? We, ourselves, are still making these choices in our lives no matter what age we are.
As parents our job is never finished. We will always “be there” for them and even more significant for them is our prayer life and our prayers on their behalf.
*Never give up or give in!*
*God’s ways are not our ways.*
God can take a person’s life which looks hopeless and turn it all around in ways we could never think of or in which we could never even do. When we are told to give our anxieties to Him, there is a real and true reason. God has much bigger plans in His solutions than we can fathom. What a lesson to learn: to let go and give it to God even if that means every minute or every day.
God can take our own agonies as we wait for better choices by our lived ones. He can mold and make our pain into something beautiful which glories His name -- all the while we wait for our loved ones, our children, to make right choices once again.
When we allow Him to work on our loved ones, when we allow Him to use us in our pain, this waiting is not passive at all. This waiting is very active. We are active in learning to give our anguishes to Him. We are learning to trust in Him even when it is the darkest night.
We must continue each day to run to God in all our issues! His ways are higher than our ways and we can trust Him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. So are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
We can trust Him and we can rest in Him.
Some of us are home school mothers, some of us send our children to a school, but each one of us was a teacher of our own children before they began formal education. All of us as parents have a job which is far bigger, broader, and more everlasting than we can fathom. We are busy molding each individual’s certain character and presenting to them in everyday ways the true and awesome Savior and God’s truths.
Our job is important, but it is not the end of the “equation” of our teaching. Once we begin to pour ourselves into each little to big individual, we must realize this equation includes their choices and their decisions throughout their lives. Choices to follow their parent’s instructions, values, and the One and only Savior, Jesus.
Sound familiar? We, ourselves, are still making these choices in our lives no matter what age we are.
As parents our job is never finished. We will always “be there” for them and even more significant for them is our prayer life and our prayers on their behalf.
*Never give up or give in!*
*God’s ways are not our ways.*
God can take a person’s life which looks hopeless and turn it all around in ways we could never think of or in which we could never even do. When we are told to give our anxieties to Him, there is a real and true reason. God has much bigger plans in His solutions than we can fathom. What a lesson to learn: to let go and give it to God even if that means every minute or every day.
God can take our own agonies as we wait for better choices by our lived ones. He can mold and make our pain into something beautiful which glories His name -- all the while we wait for our loved ones, our children, to make right choices once again.
When we allow Him to work on our loved ones, when we allow Him to use us in our pain, this waiting is not passive at all. This waiting is very active. We are active in learning to give our anguishes to Him. We are learning to trust in Him even when it is the darkest night.
We must continue each day to run to God in all our issues! His ways are higher than our ways and we can trust Him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. So are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
We can trust Him and we can rest in Him.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Monday, November 28, 2011
"It was a Fragile Facade"
How the LORD must grieve over how we tend to twist God's Word to suit our own desires.
LORD, have mercy on us...
Over on Recovering Grace, November 21, 2011, "Keeping up With Appearances" sounds like an all too familiar a story of control and manipulation of people~~~ mainly children - children in homes of Christian parents using the LORD's name to spiritually abuse their children of any age as a way of controlling their "holiness". One poignant statement of the writer, Kristiana, concerning the all consuming "job" of making their lives appear to be perfect was: "It was a fragile facade."
Personally knowing people who sound very much like Kristiana's family, I can totally understand this statement. Appearances are everything to people who live by law and not by God's grace, so the facade is always on the edge of falling apart when a least one person is balking at the "rules". It is not an easy life when you are always "in trouble" with the leader.
Bill Gothard's teachings are not the only ones twisting God's Words to suit the leader; all it takes is one person who wants to control and manipulate others who follow them.
The LORD is our God of recovery! We can overcome the pain we have endured or are enduring. Run to Him if you are in pain of any kind. He will be your hiding place of recovery in Him, and you will be able to sing songs of deliverance!
Psalm 32:7
"You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance."
LORD, have mercy on us...
Over on Recovering Grace, November 21, 2011, "Keeping up With Appearances" sounds like an all too familiar a story of control and manipulation of people~~~ mainly children - children in homes of Christian parents using the LORD's name to spiritually abuse their children of any age as a way of controlling their "holiness". One poignant statement of the writer, Kristiana, concerning the all consuming "job" of making their lives appear to be perfect was: "It was a fragile facade."
Personally knowing people who sound very much like Kristiana's family, I can totally understand this statement. Appearances are everything to people who live by law and not by God's grace, so the facade is always on the edge of falling apart when a least one person is balking at the "rules". It is not an easy life when you are always "in trouble" with the leader.
Bill Gothard's teachings are not the only ones twisting God's Words to suit the leader; all it takes is one person who wants to control and manipulate others who follow them.
The LORD is our God of recovery! We can overcome the pain we have endured or are enduring. Run to Him if you are in pain of any kind. He will be your hiding place of recovery in Him, and you will be able to sing songs of deliverance!
Psalm 32:7
"You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance."
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