Femininity is a divine gift. A mother ought to take great pleasure in teaching her daughters to glorify God through femininity. To glorify God through a characteristic one must agree with God on the definition of that characteristic. Therefore the first order of business is to define femininity from a biblical standpoint and shed the [...]

I’ve been using Who is God? from Apologia to teach my boys about worldview. We were recently discussing how God meets our needs. God meets all of our needs, both physical and spiritual, and he begins even before we’re born. God is carefully creating and caring for a baby even before he or she leaves [...]

Here’s a dilemma that most families face: Your child is ready for a “real” Bible or you want to read a “real” Bible to them from the beginning instead of a children’s Bible, but there are so many choices. How do you know which Bible translation is best? Choosing a Bible translation can be difficult [...]

A few months ago, I shared with you how to do Bible journaling with your kids. I mentioned that older kids, especially teenagers, would benefit from taking things one step further by using the SOAP method. What is SOAP? SOAP is an easy to remember acronym that steps you through processing a verse or passage [...]

Do you have a Nativity set in your home? I’m a little ashamed to admit that I don’t have a Nativity set up in my home. I do have a set of stacking dolls – Joseph, Mary, and Baby Jesus that I put on the mantle. I also have a Nativity set passed down from [...]

Thanksgiving is now behind us. Are you still stuffed with turkey and green bean casserole? Are you out running off your dinner at the Black Friday sales? Christmas is now upon us. It’s the perfect time to celebrate the reason for the season, Jesus. The holidays are a great time to put your regular homeschool [...]

We recently went to lunch after church before heading to get groceries. I knew that everyone would be cranky, Mommy included, if we didn’t get some lunch. We ended up at Pei Wei. Pei Wei is a sort of fast-food, serve yourself, diner style Asian restaurant. In the middle of the tables are tall containers [...]

Unqualified. Inadequate. A failure. Do these words ever come to mind when you think about the prospect of discipling your kids? Let’s take a look at Peter… In Matthew 16:18-19, Jesus says to Peter: “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell [...]

My older son, Jonathan, became a Christ-follower when he was barely 4 years old. He’s been listening to the Bible read to him since he was a baby. He often listens to an audio Bible playing in his room at night. He’s been flipping through his Children’s Story Bibles for years. Now that he can [...]