Last month marked the passing of Ravi Zacharias, a great teacher and apologist. His was the first book of substance I read willingly as a young adult, skeptical of digging deeper than complacency in the Christian faith. If you are unfamiliar with Ravi, his mission can be accurately summed up in his organization’s motto: “Helping […]
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Education is not a race. I had to tell myself this truth repeatedly throughout the year, and I think it’s finally starting to sink in. It is so easy to set goals for my children and then, despite my knowing different, pressure them and myself to “get it done”. This has been my approach to
These past few months have brought a lot of change. Our school has been disrupted and our plans have been thrown out the window. As difficult as all of this has been, it has challenged us in both the good and the bad. Maybe we have slowed down and spent quality time with our children.
At my most insecure, uncertain moments as a homeschooler, I am reminded that my purpose is not fulfilled by what my kids can exhibit, but to equip them with the ability to learn. Tempted to feel diminished by the lack of latin recitation, the absence of drama performances or coding classes, like Christian on the
This is the age of information. Everywhere we look we are confronted with news, theories, rants, facts and fallacies. Even when we choose to opt out of social media, you can be sure that a friend or neighbor will inform you of something you didn’t know. I have come to realize that the more information
